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For over 45 years Kanyana Wildlife has been providing hands-on specialised care and expertise to ensure our sick, injured, displaced and orphaned native animals are given a second chance.

Today is World Kangaroo Day 🦘🦘🦘 We are lucky enough to share our beautiful national park grounds with a small mob of Wes...
24/10/2026

Today is World Kangaroo Day 🦘🦘🦘

We are lucky enough to share our beautiful national park grounds with a small mob of Western Grey Kangaroos and we often see them using our water sources and walking paths, while we are working on site. Our volunteers also occasionally see the smaller Western Brush Wallabies – a much rarer species – while they are driving around the Perth Hills. It is always a joy to see these gentle animals in our forests, but we are increasingly concerned about the destruction and fragmentation of their habitats, which is leaving them exposed to cars, dogs, foxes, or fire - or without safe passage through to new foraging areas or the company of their mob.

We have admitted a number of injured and orphaned joeys over the last 12 months. The public is often unaware of the time involved in macropod rehabilitation, which is one of the most demanding fields of wildlife care, requiring a long term commitment. Joeys must be kept quiet, safe and warm in the company of other joeys, given overnight feeds and toileting and have their routines, enrichment and exercise adapted carefully as they develop and start to explore the world outside of their pouch or pen. We are grateful to everyone who works in this area - particularly our wonderful carer Jade, who has sent these beautiful photos through of her Western Grey Kangaroo and Western Brush Wallaby patients 🤍.

Kangaroos and wallabies form close attachments with their family groups and they are known to mourn the loss of their parents, siblings and companions. Please see the comments for our advice, so we can help protect them - and allow the joeys to grow up as they should: with their mums.

As well as caring for magpies in our hospital, we have a large tribe of wild magpies that lives in the national park aro...
22/10/2026

As well as caring for magpies in our hospital, we have a large tribe of wild magpies that lives in the national park around Kanyana.

They are naturally territorial at the best of times - they take particular exception to the sight of our poor magpie patients and will sing aggressively through our hospital windows, whenever one of these intruders is spotted inside – but their behaviour is even more forceful at the moment, as they have chicks to feed 🪺 🐣!

Although we would never feed them directly (we see too many juveniles suffering from metabolic bone disease or behavioural problems, as a result of human feeding), they know full well that our team regularly transports food for our patients and sanctuary animals across our carpark. They usually trot along after us hopefully – occasionally a volunteer will accidentally drop a dish or turn their back while opening an enclosure - but recently they have upped the ante and started trying to sn**ch food on the wing 🦅!

We can’t afford to lose our precious patient and resident animal food to our wild magpies (who have an entire national park to forage in 🤨), so our team decided to start using plastic tubs, to protect their food during transport. The magpies still stalk our every move, but there is disappointment in their eyes… we await their next move with trepidation.

Do you have a beautiful native garden at home 🍃🌼🌳?If so, our patients and sanctuary animals would love regular donations...
20/10/2026

Do you have a beautiful native garden at home 🍃🌼🌳?

If so, our patients and sanctuary animals would love regular donations of fresh, unsprayed, disease-free native flowers and leaves 🍃, please! We use native plants every day in our hospital and sanctuary, to support our animals' natural diets and foraging behaviours, create hiding places and scent trails, add perches for exercise and to reduce stress. Each species has their own requirements for browse, which means we are always searching for particular plants to help support our patients. We especially appreciate local native species, where possible!

Young soft leafy tips from:
🌿 Agonis flexuosa (native peppermint)
🌿 Eucalyptus (jarrah, tuart, wandoo, blackbutt)
🌿 Corymbia (marri)
🌿 Adenanthos (woolybush)

Fresh flowers from:
🌷 Grevillea
🌷 Hakea
🌷 Callistemon, Beaufortia (bottlebrush)
🌷 Kunzea
🌷 Calothamnus
🌷 Banksia
🌷 Melaleuca
🌷 Anigozanthos (kangaroo paw)
🌷 Isopogon (coneflower)

If your property is affected by shot-hole borer, Phytophthora dieback (which can affect Jarrah, Banksia, Adenanthos, Darwinia, Grevillea, Hakea, Isopogon and Xanthorrhoea), marri canker or other plant diseases, please don't transport any materials off your property. There are also a few weedy species that we can’t accept, so please feel free to message us photos, if you are unsure!

If this is something you can help with, you are welcome to drop off small buckets of fresh browse to our gate or top carpark at 120 Gilchrist Rd Lesmurdie (open 8am-7pm every day) 😊.

The Aussie Bird Count starts TOMORROW - Monday 19 October 🦅🦆!This annual citizen science event is a fun, easy way for al...
18/10/2026

The Aussie Bird Count starts TOMORROW - Monday 19 October 🦅🦆!

This annual citizen science event is a fun, easy way for all of us to take a national snapshot of the birds around us as we connect with nature. With just 20 minutes, you can help build a picture of how our feathered friends are faring and contribute to something that really counts.

Just spend 20 minutes in your favourite outdoor space and record the birds you see during that period. You can submit your results using the app or the web form and there’s a built-in “bird finder” tool, to help you identify birds you’re unsure of.

Right now, one in six Australian birds faces the threat of extinction, making it more important than ever to pay attention.

Register your name first 📝
https://aussiebirdcount.org.au

Then download the app 📲
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.org.birdlife.birdcount
https://apple.co/2QO8Z8v

17/10/2026

Baby bird season is definitely here and we have a lot of young birds both in our hospital and offsite care 🪺🐣.

These two young Tawny Frogmouths were brought in from separate suburbs in the Perth Hills last week, after they were found on the ground without their parents. The younger nestling was too young to be out of his nest, while the older was being attacked by magpies, so their rescuers took them to the wonderful team at Mt Helena Veterinary Clinic.

When they arrived at Kanyana, we were pleased to find that they were both healthy, bright and defensive (we are always concerned about their eyes, when magpies and ravens have been involved). Unfortunately we were not able to reunite them successfully with their parents, so our hospital manager Tasha has taken them into offsite care, to minimise their exposure to people and sounds.

This can be a difficult time of year for these gentle, charismatic birds. A windy day can cause a nestling to fall from its fragile stick nest, while our increasing urbanised landscapes expose both fledglings and adults to cars, cats, foxes, pesticides and artificial light at night, which disturbs their foraging. Please send us videos if you think a young Tawny is injured, sick or alone. In many cases we can keep families together with artificial nests, or by placing fledglings on branches while keeping pets and children well away – but sometimes they do need extra help.

If you are advised to rescue a young or adult Tawny Frogmouth, please make sure you record the exact found location on Google Maps, before bringing them into care. This allows up to reunite offspring with their parents, or adults with their mate. We must do everything we can to keep these families together.

Are you looking for a way to help wildlife this weekend? We'd love for everyone to make their windows bird-friendly 🐦 🪟!...
16/10/2026

Are you looking for a way to help wildlife this weekend? We'd love for everyone to make their windows bird-friendly 🐦 🪟!

Every year we see a significant number of birds admitted after window strikes. Despite the community belief that these injuries are minor and only require a brief rest in a shoebox, these patients are often suffering from serious concussion (not always apparent until the second day), bruising, air sac ruptures, fractures and spinal injuries that require urgent care. If they are released without an assessment or anti-inflammatories, there is a high risk they will be caught by a cat, once their symptoms start to overcome their adrenalin.

If you have windows at home that reflect the garden or sky – or show a flight path through the house – then they are a major risk for birds. Please see the graphics below to help keep your local birds safe.

And if you ever come across a bird that has hit a window, please don’t try to care for it yourself, or release it without an assessment - please bring it into care so we can start pain relief, arrange x-rays and monitor their injuries carefully. The sooner we can assess and treat these patients, the better our chance of saving them.

Please remember to check your garden for nests *before* pruning, this spring 🪺🐣🌱!This honeyeater nest was brought into o...
15/10/2026

Please remember to check your garden for nests *before* pruning, this spring 🪺🐣🌱!

This honeyeater nest was brought into our hospital yesterday, after a gardening contractor disturbed it while pruning a vine for a local property owner. The kind-hearted contractor was concerned to find the nest and rushed it into care, but sadly the egg was slightly cracked and no longer viable.

Every year we see cases like this, where eggs and baby birds are brought into care after tree loppers or gardeners have disturbed active nests. In some cases, where the habitat is still partially intact and the parent birds are still around, we can attempt a reunification, but often the eggs or baby birds need to be admitted into care - which is not an ideal outcome for any of our sensitive bird species.

We really encourage everyone to check every tree, shrub or other habitat carefully, BEFORE booking contractors or tree loppers, or starting the gardening themselves. Nests can be hidden anywhere from the ground to the tallest eucalyptus canopy, depending on the species of bird. If you do find an active nest, please consider leaving the habitat alone permanently, but at least until the birds have fledged and departed the nest. Please also note that our native birdlife is protected and that it is against the law to disturb or relocate an active nest 🪺.

Australia’s birds are under increasing pressure from habitat destruction, outdoor cats, invasive species, pesticides, climate change and other threats. Please help them raise their families safely this breeding season.

Australian Ravens are frequent patients at Kanyana – but they are also the reason that many other species come into care...
13/10/2026

Australian Ravens are frequent patients at Kanyana – but they are also the reason that many other species come into care.

This poor Common Bronzewing was found half-alive near a chicken coop yesterday, after a group of Australian Ravens attacked her. She had multiple skin tears over her head and body, feathers had been torn from her beautiful wings and tail and there was a deep tissue injury to the back of her neck, which had exposed a tendon. Sadly, her injuries were too severe and our team had no choice but to provide her with a compassionate end to her suffering 😞.

We believe that the ravens had most likely been attracted by the chicken eggs and spilled food, while she had been looking for spilled seed – and the ravens, being predatory and territorial, objected to her gentle presence.

This type of interaction is of course natural – if confronting - but it also highlights a problem that wildlife researchers and rehabilitators are increasingly concerned about. Our intelligent, adaptable ravens have thrived in our modified suburban landscapes, benefiting from our open bins and landfills, chicken coops, outdoor pet food and eateries. Our open, ‘architectural’ gardens favour their hunting style, while removing the dense native vegetation that rarer species rely on for food, shelter and breeding. Ravens are sadly having a negative impact on our bush birds, beach-nesting birds, turtles, owls and even our endangered black cockatoos.

We love our fascinating corvid patients and we recognise that our wildlife faces many other more significant threats (largely human caused) - but we would like to ask that people consider how their actions might be favouring our larger predators at the expense of less aggressive species. Please try to avoid feeding ravens, secure your bins, keep chicken coops and outdoor eating areas clean, cover compost heaps, pick up fallen fruit and vegetables and - most importantly – add more dense, local native shrubs in your gardens, so smaller animals have some protections too.

If you are celebrating Halloween this year, please take care with your outdoor decorations 🎃!Fake webs, fishing line and...
10/10/2026

If you are celebrating Halloween this year, please take care with your outdoor decorations 🎃!

Fake webs, fishing line and plastic rubbish around houses are well-known entanglement risks for wildlife across the US. We would hate to see Halloween become a similarly frightening event for our own native animals. Please help keep our beautiful birds, bats and other animals safe!

🕸 Avoid buying fake plastic spiderwebs, to reduce wildlife injuries (and keep microplastics out of your garden and home)
🕷 Reconsider one-off plastic purchases - most of the Halloween items available for sale are poorly made, unrecyclable and single use
🦇 Avoid using long fishing line to suspend outside decorations
👻 Avoid using plastic-wrapped lollies as trick or treats - streetside rubbish can attract wildlife to forage near roads
🎃 Put decorative pumpkins in your compost, instead of feeding it to wildlife (outdoor food can also attract rats, which may cause neighbours to use rat baits)
🦉 Take entangled animals straight into care, after you have cut the web or string around them - please don't try to disentangle and release them, as they may have hidden wounds or fractures

Also - please don't book a spider spray this spring! Our beautiful native spiders make REAL WEBS for our nesting birds, control pests, invasive species and insect-mediated pathogens, support nutrient cycling, act as essential food sources and create habitats for other animals 🕷 🕸 .

Address

120 Gilchrist Road
Perth, WA
6076

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 7pm
Saturday 8am - 7pm
Sunday 8am - 7pm

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+61892913900

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