Media Releases

WIRES is caring for a young koala who was hit by a car in Sydney’s south west and was rescued by the fire brigade from the very top of a pole.  read more

WIRES has launched a mobile phone app today that will allow most people with an iphone, ipad or android device to report a native animal in need of rescue.  read more

After waking from a temporary slumber and going in search of food, an Eastern Pygmy-possum climbed along the door frame of a home in the South of Sydney. Little did she know, that from here she would wind up in the care of long-term WIRES volunteer Tammy Lawler who has been looking after possums like this for years.  read more

Native animal organisations have gone to great lengths to get a Powerful Owl back to the wild after it presented with a head trauma in Lake Macquarie, NSW in March this year.  read more

A male koala found wandering the streets of Campbelltown and brought into care by native animal rescue organisation WIRES, will soon be returned to his home range. WIRES is calling on members of the public to join the organisation and learn to be carers of wildlife.  read more

On World Environment Day 2014, WIRES is celebrating the work of volunteers in the Mid-North Coast of NSW who worked to help some 540 Wedge-tailed Shearwaters successfully begin their migration north from Muttonbird Island this year.  read more

Native animal rescue organization WIRES is pleased to report, an Australian Hobby has managed to survive multiple injuries after colliding with a car while chasing its lunch.  read more

After eight months in care, a rare species of New Zealand penguin has been returned to the sea where it was discovered on the far south coast of NSW. WIRES carer Janine Green has been pleased to contribute to the survival of one of the Fiordland Crested Penguin, which is threatened to extinction.  read more

Knitting enthusiasts can help make a very big difference to the life of an orphaned joey by knitting a pouch to keep it warm and comforted through the winter months.  read more

Bats, or flying foxes, are a protected species in Australia. By nature, they avoid human contact, pose very little threat to our lifestyle and without them our forests would not exist. Whether we like it or not, they are sometimes a feature of our community, but rarely a permanent one.  read more