These babies may appear to be abandoned by their parents, but in many cases, they are simply learning to fly!
Last spring, Kate C and Kado attended this rescue nearby the Zoo, where a member of

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Yesterday James and Kado headed out to Toogoolawah, approximately one and a half hours drive west from the Zoo, to help some local wildlife carers with a koala that had been hit by a car.

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The Rescue Uit were recently called out to a Flying Fox rescue, where the flying fox had been entangled on some barbed wire, overhanging a creek. Toby and Andy headed out straight away, and launched

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James and Kado were just finishing up last Wednesday at work when an urgent call came through; an Eastern Grey Kangaroo had somehow got caught between two large water tanks and the retaining wall surrounding

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We received a phone call from a concerned member of the public, who had been driving on the Bruce Highway and saw some Crows attacking some type of Bird of Prey. Normally this type of

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Just before Christmas, Bushfires tore through wildlife reserves in suburban areas south of the Zoo. Our team worked with many community groups to rescue wildlife from these burnt areas. We were called upon to climb

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The Australia Zoo Rescue unit are out and about every day in South East Queensland rescuing car loads of Wildlife, so we get to see a lot of animals! It always surprises us when we

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Spring has sprung and so has baby bird season! Quite often baby birds can encounter a bit of ‘tough love’ from their parents as they encourage them and teach them to fly!
This juvenile Whistling Kite

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James and Andrew were called up to Peachester for a very sad rescue. Dogs had attacked an adult female Koala and Joey. Sadly the mother Koala died before the team arrived, succumbing to the injuries.

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Late one afternoon the AZ Rescue crew got a call from a family business at Elimbah. They were reporting a magpie that was up a large gum tree, attached to a nest with fishing line!

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