On the roads of New South Wales (Australia) 7,000 native animals are killed every day. — A pretty horrific statistic....
...Not as horrific as the survivors though.
Often left alongside of the road, maimed, bleeding and unable to move. Few people give any regard to these stranded animals. There is a group of people however, who continue the legacy of people, such as Steve Irwin, by volunteering their time in order to rescue, rehabilitate, and release orphaned and injured wildlife.
A wildlife rescuer checks the
pouch for an orphaned "Joey"
pouch for an orphaned "Joey"
At WIRES (Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service), animals come first. And in many cases this means unpaid care and nursing by unpaid volunteers. A costly business. That's why we need your help to cope with the 120,000 calls we get annually.
You can help by making a tax deductible donation —
visit www.wires.org.au for details.
Volunteers deal with a wide range of calls from rescuing baby ducks to catching venomous and non-venomous snakes that have become a nuisance on people's properties. Raising an Eastern Grey Kangaroo "Joey", to release weight, that has come in from its dead mother's pouch, can cost in excess of $400.00. Wombats require compounds to be built in order that they can be cared for until release back into the wild.
A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of my artwork goes directly to WIRES in order to continue this vital work.
