WIRES recently had a very special bird in care. Initially, two albatrosses that were entangled together by fishing line were seen in Eden by an alert member of the public. 

He rang  to report that the birds were in serious trouble and couldn’t fly. 

Luckily, a WIRES volunteer was in Eden at the time and quickly went to the rescue. Sadly, the male bird was dead. 

However, the female only had an injury to one of her legs.  She spent five days in care and was given a course of antibiotics to heal the infection. She also dined on fresh squid! 

Training courses for early 2012 are currently scheduled for Lismore, Bourke, Goulburn, West Lindfield, Coffs Harbour, Liverpool and Grafton areas.

WIRES needs caring people to help native wildlife, particularly in spring and summer when fires and floods are more frequent.

If you have ever wanted to help and want to be ready to assist, look for a training course in your local area.

If there is no training scheduled for your area you can register to receive email updates on upcoming training courses.

This little Sugar Glider had a rough start to the new year, being found on the road in the north of the state on New Year's Day.

Gliders are rarely hit by cars so there had to be another reason why this little fellow was in trouble.

WIRES receives hundreds of calls from people concerned because they see a snake on their property.

WIRES is a volunteer organisation with trained reptile handlers. These dedicated people are volunteers who in most cases are employed in full time jobs and rescue and care for reptiles in their own time.

WIRES priority is to respond to situations where reptiles are injured.

We are unable to respond to all the calls we receive where the snake is not injured or posing an immediate risk to human safety.

We do however give advice to callers on steps they can take to safely and humanely encourage the snake to relocate elsewhere.