Wildlife

  • Endangered bandicoots arrive at Apollo Bay

    Six endangered southern brown bandicoots have arrived at their new home at Apollo Bay’s Wildlife Wonders.

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  • Chopper keeps eye on ducks

    Helicopters will head through the Colac district to count duck numbers in wetlands.

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  • No mask necessary for furry visitor

    While human visitors are unwelcome on our properties at the moment due to COVID-19, cute wildlife are welcome.

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  • Project to relocate up to 600 Cape Otway koalas

    LORNE will become the new home for up to 600 koalas translocated from Cape Otway over the next month.

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  • Minister refuses exclusion zone

    COLAC DISTRICT wildlife carers have welcomed a government commitment to review culling permit procedures to ensure they are consulted before neighbours receive licences to kill native wildlife.

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  • Hope for cape koalas amid health project

    STATE GOVERNMENT workers have euthanised 47 koalas and released another 280 back into the forest as part of an initiative to manage koalas at Cape Otway.

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  • Director to meet wildlife carers amid kangaroo shooting crisis

    A CARLISLE RIVER wildlife carer hopes a meeting with a State Government director might lead to the changes in rules he has been fighting for.

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  • Homeless roo falls victim to state policy

    A STATE GOVERNMENT decision to issue a licence to kill eastern grey kangaroos has forced wildlife carers to leave an orphaned joey at Colac’s government offices.

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