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MACROPODS

POSSUMS & GLIDERS

WOMBATS

BATS 

MONOTREMES

KOALAS

Information

Please click on the image or link above to visit the page about those animals.  We are currently updating our site - on each new page you will find the following information:

• Warnings: What you should be aware of when interacting with these animals
• Injuries:  What injuries commonly affect these animals and what you can do if you find an injured mammal
• Diseases: What diseases commonly compact on these mammals and what you should do if you find a sick mammal
• Welcome visitor: What you should and shouldn't do if you want to attract these animals on to your property
• Unwelcome visitor: What you can do when you find one of these animals in a place it doesn't belong
• Hyperlinks: to further information, where you can find out more about the animals mentioned on that page

Warning

• In NSW, if you find an injured native animal you may transport it to a vet or another place where it can be cared for by a licensed carer, taking an animal into care if you are not trained is not only a risk to the animal, it is illegal.
• Native animals see people as predators and will bite and scratch to avoid capture
• Do not handle bats or snakes, call a wildlife group so a trained and vaccinated carer can assist
• Pouched mammals may have young in the pouch.  If the young is attached to the teat, don't remove it; call a wildlife group for help
• If you find a sick or orphaned animal that can be handled, please keep it in a warm, dark, quiet place and call a wildlife group for help