On Sunday the Rescue Unit received a call from a farmer local to the Gympie region that had cut a koala off his barbed wire fence on Saturday. The family had done an excellent job

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Andy was called out to another adventurous rescue where a Masked Lapwing chick had fallen through the protective grill of a drain. The team got there as quickly as they could and Andy jumped straight

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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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It’s always exciting for us on the Rescue Crew when we get to see a species like the Green Tree Snake, which is quite common in our area, but with a different colour variation!
Kate

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The rescue crew were called out recently to an Osprey with a fishing line entanglement, stuck on one of the Pine Trees at Bullock Beach, Caloundra. We raced over, as we know with prior entanglement

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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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Cory and James received a call from Maroochydore about an injured Black Swan in their lake area. The team headed straight out and quickly set about catching the swan!
Cory fed the swan to get it

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The Rescue crew received a call from a concerned farmer at Nanango, approximately two hours west of Australia Zoo. The farmer had spotted a large Bird of Prey on his property, and as time went

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