Animals

  • Patrols and education reducing dog attacks

    DOG ATTACK numbers have dropped in the Colac Otway Shire due to proactive patrols and raising community awareness, a council ranger says.

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  • Otways koala culling was to save habitat – expert

    AUTHORITIES have culled more than 680 koalas at Cape Otway to help reduce the impact of koala overpopulation.

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  • Man attacks dog at Marengo Beach

    A COLAC couple is warning dog owners to take care in public, after a beach attack left their dog with a broken leg.

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  • Quoll filmed in Otways for first time in two decades

    PARKS VICTORIA rangers have filmed a tiger quoll in the Otways for the first time in more than 20 years.

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  • Otway wildlife carers making a difference

    APOLLO BAY residents are playing mum to injured Otways wildlife.

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  • Woman fears poison killed pet cats

    COLAC’S Linda Scott has made an emotional plea to cat owners to “keep an eye on your cats”, after finding her two seven-month-old moggies dead in a laneway beside her house.

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  • Quoll campaign needs cash

    A TEAM of 10 Colac district volunteers and their pet dogs are ready to do their part to conserve the endangered tiger quoll.

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  • Shooters suspects in joey deaths

    ILLEGAL shooting might be responsible for the death of kangaroo joeys at a Colac district farm.

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