Animal Patient Diaries

A mystery illness is afflicting black and white birds throughout Australia, especially Magpies and Currawongs. In response, the Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre is using an interesting technique to help at least some of the birds back to health.

Without the care of Mandurah Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre, this bird would not have survived.

Crispy - A bit of a Galah: This poor Galah was electrocuted and lost most of his feathers. However, he is doing well.

At the Mandurah Wildlife Centre, every summer we receive a lot of young birds, many of them Magpies, that have been “rescued” by the person who brings it in. Often, they are found in a park, on the ground and all alone and you might feel the urge to “rescue” it. However, in most cases you are just kidnapping this young bird from its poor parents. Young Magpies live on the ground It is normal for young Magpies to be alone on the ground, and sleeping in a bush at night. The par

We had a new patient in the Intensive Care Unit at the Wildlife Centre recently: Spunk, a little Dove. Spunk most likely had somehow...