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Written by Bill Waterhouse
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Winter is well and truly upon us now with cold days and freezing nights making survival in the wild all that more difficult.
Survival for healthy wildlife is tough enough at this time of year, but survival for injured and orphaned animal is extraordinarily difficult in these conditions.
Mother wombat , kanga or wallaby gets hit and killed by a car in the middle of the night and baby in the pouch is stuck there. Temperature in the pouch soon drops from a comfy 28 degrees to near freezing, then freezing, then 5 or 10 below freezing.
Feral cats and foxes are on the prowl. Chances of survival for pouch young in these circumstances are pretty low. Lucky are the few that get brought in by caring members of the public and by wildlife rescuers but sadly only a few survive. NARG and our surrounding groups continue to work hard to rescue and save these poor little orphans. So please please help us to help our native species by checking pouches of roadside wildlife or by calling our helpline 4846 1900 for assistance. Any time of day or night is fine- we'll do our best to help you help our wildlife thrive and survive.
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Written by Bill Waterhouse
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2010 training program well under way.
Saturday the 20th of March saw NARG deeply involved in another successful training course. This event was all about initial rescue and first aid techniques.It was well attended by some NARG regulars as well as a healthy number of members of the public. About thirty interested individuals came along to get upskilled in what to do as a "first response" to finding an injured or orphaned animal. There was a strong interest from Canberrans who made the trek across to the Braidwood Exservicemans Club to attend. As always with NARG courses, people came from far and wide.
Congratulations must go to the organiser, training officer and Animal Advisor, Lesley Machin and our Secretary, Phil Machin, for the set up of the day. Lesley backed up as one of the presenters talking about reptile and turtle rescue. Opening the presentations was Shirley Lack who dealt with general rescue issues and bird and mammal rescue. Dr Rosemary Austin provided an interesting presentation on zoonoses which included all the various health related matters rescuers and carers need to consider. All three presenters did a fantastic job: all three were informative and entertaining . The participants remained fully engaged and involved. The final session was a most informative experience which was a Q and A exchange. The questions were intelligent and insightful and the answers thorough and practical. The day slipped quickly by finishing with many requests for further NARG courses.
If you are intersted in attending NARG courses or, indeed, joining NARG, please contact any of the numbers found on this website or by running off a copy of the membership form and sending it off.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 21 March 2010 )
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President's 2009 Annual Report |
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Written by Bill Waterhouse
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The annual report was delivered to the members present at the 2009 AGM held at Braidwood Exservices Club on Saturday 31/ 10/ 2009.
Welcome to you all. Thank you for your attendance today, for your membership and your ongoing commitment to the aims and objectives of Native Animal Rescue Group.
On the auspicious date of 09/09/09 Native Animal Rescue quietly passed its second birthday. This to me is a positive indicator of Native Animal Rescue's successful mode of operation. Its members go quietly about their business steadily and calmly getting what needs to be done, done.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 14 November 2009 )
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