Tips:
If you see an injured animal on the street or on the side of the road:
stop and check the situation, but do not touch it, especially kangaroos can still attack when frightened. Also, don't take young animals out of the bag.
If a young animal that was once in the bag in now outside and nearby, wrap it in a blanket.
The animals need a veterinarian as soon as possible. It's best to call WIRES or the police.
Wildlife Rescue Line: 13 000 WIRES or 1300 094 737 https://www.wires.org.au
The most important thing is: never give water or food to an injured animal.
The media sensation with the cyclist who gave a koala a bottle to drink: that's wrong! The animal can die from it, because this can cause a kind of pneumonia.
The widespread messages to put carrots out for the kangaroos is also wrong. Kangaroos only eat grass, which you can buy in pellet form. The carrots are also bad because they are used as a base for poisons used against imported species such as foxes and rabbits, and the animals should not get used to this food.
At https://www.wires.org.au
Here you can not only donate, but also register for training as a volunteer, find out how to build a bird feeder for parrots, what you can use as food for animals in need and much more.
Die beiden letzten Kängarus die nach dem Buschfeuer noch in Ingas Backyard sind. Source: Inga Schweiger
