Rescuers And Firefighters Helping Wildlife During Bush Fires in Victoria, Australia
These are difficult times in the land down under, and donations are appreciated
With over 450,000 hectares of land affected by the disastrous bushfire in Australia, destroying over 1,000 homes, officials anticipate the human death toll will be over 200. However, according to the
Associated Press, they also fear that millions of animals may also perish.
Fortunately, there are local rescue organizations that have stepped up to help. If you are in the area, and encounter injured wildlife, contact
Wildlife Connect.
While the Best Friends Animal Society
Rapid Response team will not be responding to this particular emergency, you can still assist the animals living down under.
How You Can Help:
The following was posted as a comment in the Best Friends Animal Society
Australia Network community:
The Help for Wildlife response team who are actually based in the vicinity where the Kinglake/Healesville fires occurred are on standby waiting to enter the fire ground when safe to rescue injured wildlife. They already have a number of animals in care at this early stage and are expecting many more needing help. They desperately need medical supplies such as, silverzine cream, non stick dressings, soft bandages, vet wrap, Saline, disinfectant/clorhexidine, syringes, pain relief and antibiotics.
They are also needing feed such as hay to provide food for starving wildlife, and donations for fuel to carry out the extensive search and rescue needed to help these animals. Notably kangaroos and wallabies found in abundance in this area can take months to recover and require a great deal of dressings and medication during this time.
HELP FOR WILDLIFE
PO Box 181 Coldstream 3770 Victoria Australia
Ph 0417 380 687
NIGEL'S ANIMAL RESCUE
PO BOX 1096 HARTWELL 3124
Ph 0427 533 083
All money donations received will be spent directly on injured wildlife – there are no administration costs and Help for Wildlife does not have paid staff.
Donation page for Victoria bushfire wildlife victimsFor more information:
The Best Friends network produced an article today about the bush fires called
Victoria - Nature’s Contradictory Forces at work in Australia.
Related articles are all over the internet:
Millions of animals dead in Australia firesKoala receiving water from bikerKoala rescued from Australia's wildfire wastelandPosted by Marti Lombardi, Best Friends network volunteer. Photo provided by morguefile.com.