Phillip Machin, Queanbeyan Wildcare, Author at The District Bulletin

Wildcare continues care, feeding for fire-affected animals

Living with Nature

by Phillip Machin, Queanbeyan Wildcare - 01/04/202001/04/2020

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You can help SINCE CHRISTMAS, WILDCARE, with the help of many affected property owners, and community volunteers, such as the Southern Tablelands 4WD Club, have been delivering essential food — grass, hay, pellets, bird seed, fruit/vegetables and ‘browse’ (native tree and shrub cuttings) — to known surviving animals, whose habitat has

Wildcare Training

Appendices

by Phillip Machin, Queanbeyan Wildcare - 25/04/201930/04/2019

— Beginners Possum Care course — will be held at the Karabar Community Centre, 183 Cooma St, Karabar, Queanbeyan on Saturday, 11 May 2019 between 9.30 am — 4.30 pm BYO lunch. New recruits are welcome to attend and join Wildcare. For more information, contact training@wildcare.com.au, or telephone 6297 3442. IMAGE: Brush-Tailed Possum, Australia (© Natalia Golovina

Alert: BARBED WIRE and NETTING, what’s the harm?

Animal Welfare

by Phillip Machin, Queanbeyan Wildcare - 04/04/201927/09/2019

Barb and netting grab flying foxes, other wildlife NORMALLY WILDCARE WOULD rescue a flying fox no more than once a week. Currently it is more like once a day and almost all are grey-headed flying foxes. One day saw five rescued and come into care. All have been trapped either in

Country living advice from Wildcare

Comment

by Phillip Machin, Queanbeyan Wildcare - 02/11/201802/11/2018

MANY READERS WILL be aware that ‘the magic towel’ has been mentioned before. Carrying a towel in the boot of the car is not only useful for cleaning your hands, but also quite useful for first aid. A towel can be part of your tool kit to rescue small native animals