Rescues
Fleet loses his battle
FLEET, the koala who was shot seven times with an air rifle has died during an operation to remove one of the pellets that was lodged in its head. Fleet won the hearts of Queenslanders after it was found peppered with slugs high in a tree at Kippa-Ring, north of Brisbane, last October. Although Australia [...]
Happy New Year 2012
We wish everyone a happy, healthy and hopefully for the animals a better year in 2012. Here are some of the current patients in the Australian Wildlife Hospital – let’s hope less koalas will come into care next year.
Statistics October 2011
In total 116 calls (telephone, email and website) were received for help with koalas and other wildlife. This number included sightings of 92 koalas, of which MBKR koala admissions to Australian Wildlife Hospital were 32: Reasons 8 Car hits 15 Illness 3 Dog attacks 1 Orphaned 5 Misadventure/injury Results 8 Died/dead on arrival 3 [...]
Statistics September 2011
In September 2011 we received a total of 107 calls (telephone, email and website) for help with koalas and other wildlife. This number included sightings of 91 koalas, of which 44 were admitted to the Australian Wildlife Hospital. Reasons: 19 Car hits 19 Illness 2 Dog attacks 0 Orphaned 4 Misadventure/injury Results: 13 Died/dead [...]
Rango comes to the party
Talisa and Ellen have had some time to get to know each other and they are doing really well, gaining lots of weight and they are now living in the outside enclosure having a good time. They love their fresh leaf in the afternoon, but they also still enjoy a bottle or two until they [...]
Heartfelt words for “Winn”
For one so young Winn left a lasting impression on quite a few people in her last days. Here’s Marilyn’s story. Rita was driving from Mt Samson when she came across a koala crossing the road at Ekko Ridge Cl, Cashmere. Apparently Winn just stopped in the middle of the road and had to be [...]
Twin koalas or a koala adoption?
Mother Augustine was taken to the wildlife hospital with her 470 gram back rider called Gus. She had a mild form of conjunctivitis, commonly known as “pink eye” – which can be treated very well. After 2 days in care, another male joey was taken to the hospital. He lost his mother who was hit [...]
Talisa is now with a human mum
Tara is one of the older females in a tracking project in Brendale. When the vets checked her health 6 months ago, they discovered a little jellybean in her pouch. This time during the health check they saw that mum is still in pretty good nick, but Talisa her little back rider was very skinny [...]
Please restrain your dogs between dusk and dawn
We are very sad to report another koala has died from the injuries sustained by a dog attack. The koala nicknamed “Swordfish” suffered deep wounds to his lower body and groin. In the early hours of Saturday morning Moreton Bay Koala Rescue received a frantic call from a member of the public stating that his [...]
Another koala savaged by dogs
In Cashmere a koala sustained horrific injuries to his left arm this week in a vicious dog attack and is now fighting for his life. Moreton Bay Koala Rescue performed a critical and dangerous rescue to take him to the wildlife hospital in order to receive the necessary treatment. This Wednesday our rescue team received [...]
