Save Our Wildlife Foundation Inc

Thank you for the reviews.
A review not only means a lot to our team of volunteers, but it can also help others find a trusted source of help and advice.

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From cold, wet, and alone
To warm, dry, and cared for.
If you find cold, soaked, or injured wildlife, call SOWFI on 7120 6610 and follow these steps while you wait for rescue.
Use your judgment. Frightened animals have sharp teeth, beaks, and claws.
If you have gloves, put them on.
If it’s safe to help:
• Pick them up using a towel and blot them dry.
• Place them in a box and keep them somewhere warm, dry, dark, and quiet.
For young animals, like this possum joey:
• Blot them dry
• Place them in a small pouch made from tinfoil (shiny side inwards)
• Keep them warm against your skin, inside your jumper, while waiting for rescue
❌ Do not give food or water. The animal may be in shock
✅ Do call a rescue like SOWFI. Wildlife needs proper assessment and veterinary care

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Ducklings in May! 🦆
Assistance from Gen in the wildlife ambulance helped keep this family together.

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What happens when a tree falls.
Animals lose their food source, their nesting site and if you're a parrot, owl, or brushtail possum, a warm hollow to raise your young. Unusual weather, and a sunny autumn have played havoc with animals natural cycles. When a tree was felled, two young lorikeets fell from a height and were found on the ground.

They're with a bird carer now and will soon be joining another carer's creche as the team member heads overseas for a work trip.

A genuine story of teamwork, volunteers fitting rescue and care around work commitments, and what it means for wildlife every time a large tree falls.

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What habitat removal means for our team... and our animals.
Sam’s two young brushtails had reached their final stage. Independent, imprinted on their home box, and ready for release.
Finding a suitable location requires approval from a private landowner or council, and when the original release site for Hoff fell through, another solution had to be found.
The alternative became Hokey’s site, right next to Possum Park.
Given the recent controversy surrounding tree removal at Possum Park, another release location was found when landowner Cheryl opened both her land and her heart to these two young brushtails.
Thank you to Sam for preparing them for the wild, Cheryl for welcoming wildlife onto her property, and Sharon, who braved the rain to safely install their new treetop home.

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Scenes from our annual picnic.
An opportunity to connect with other members from across the state.
Share a lunch prepared by volunteers.
Catch up with regular attendee and local member, Catherine Hutchesson MP and welcome first time visitor Emily Bourke MLC, who distributed awards to SOWFI members.

And experience the fun of our popular initiative to paint a possum box.
Connected. Creative. Caring.

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Catherine Hutchesson MP

Tie a ribbon.
To let people see what will be lost.

PROTECT: SAVE THE DATE

Saturday 6 June 2026
10:30am
Victoria Park / Pakapakanthi (Park 16)

Public concern is growing as the Labor Government continues to encroach on your Park Lands.

Save the date and join others in a united call to say: enough is enough. We must stop the chop and protect the Eastern Park Lands from further destruction for the MotoGP.

Bring Yellow Ribbons
Bring yellow ribbons to tie around the trees in the park as a symbol of hope, optimism and confidence.

More details will follow.

📸:

SOWFI AUTUMN NEWSLETTER 2026 Challenges, leadership, and new opportunities shaping the future of wildlife rescue.

Whose foot is this?
The foot of a tiny pirlta.
A foot uniquely designed in Australia for life in the trees.
A thumb that closes around branches.
Fused grooming toes ending in small claws.
Larger third and fourth toes.
Every part has a purpose.
To climb. To hold on. To survive.
The foot of a baby brushtail possum.

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Whose footprint is this?
The back footprint of an endangered marsupial.
A foot uniquely designed in Australia for life in the trees.
A thumb that closes around branches.
Fused first and second toes, each ending in small claws used for grooming.
Larger third and fourth toes.
Every part has a purpose.
To climb. To hold on. To survive.
What does our footprint say about our species? 👣
Concrete.
Waste.
Consumption.
But what could our footprint be?
Understanding.
Shared space.
Protection.
The pirlta leaves only a footprint.
We decide what we leave behind.

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