Media Releases

20th May 2013: Recruitment Drive for Wildlife Volunteers in North East Victoria

2nd May 2013: Rescuers Disturbed by Rise in Mutilation Cases

18th March 2013: Duck Shooting Season comes to Boronia 

22nd February 2013: Local Businesses Help after Craigieburn Fires

7th February 2013: Fruit Tree Netting Vs Bats 

14th January 2013: The Forgotten Victims of Bushfires: Wildlife 

20th August 2012: Victorian Koala's – WV’s response to ABC’s 4 Corners episode

25th June 2012: Wildlife Victoria’s Response to Nigel Franks

3rd May 2012: Victorian Koala's

14th December 2011: Wildlife Victoria Announces New Board of Management

16th September 2011: Wildlife Rescue & Transport Volunteers Needed

28th July 2011: Lyssavirus and Hendra in bats

25th July 2011: Possum Birth Control in Curtain Square

13th July 2011: Lyssavirus in bats - more to the story

 

For media enquires please contact Amy Amato on 0404 847 022.

 

Wildlife Victoria Media Coverage


31st May 2013

Wildlife Victoria volunteer shortage leaving Greater Dandenong carers exhausted, Herald Sun/Dandenong Leader

 

29th May 2013 

Wildlife carers wanted, Benalla Ensign


15th May 2013

Wildlife carers call for better planning after spate of Melbourne suburb rescues, Herald Sun/Leader


2nd May 2013

Spate of kangaroo mutilations in northern suburbs, Herald Sun/Leader
 

19th March 2013

Duck found in Boronia after being shot in the eye recovering after life-saving surgery, Herald Sun/Leader


19th March 2013

Fauna in our midst shouldn't be fair game, Mooney Valley Weekly


19th March 2013

No match for the madding crowd, Hume Weekly


26th February 2013
Catalogue of strange requests revealed from Melbourne clients, Melbourne Leader/Herald Sun

 

21st February 2013

Wallaby rescued on roof of four-storey Westfield Doncaster carpark, news.com.au (Manningham Leader/Herald Sun)

 

20th February 2013

Calls for retailers to stop selling netting catching flying foxes in Darebin, Northcote Leader/Herald Sun

 

14th February 2013

Plea to stop animal cruelty after kangaroo is shot and left to die in Toolern Vale, Sunbury Leader


12th February 2013

More kangaroos targeted in Melbourne's north, Hume Leader

 

9th February 2013

Outer suburban development is pushing wildlife, including kangaroos, closer to the city say wildlife advocates, Progress Leader

 

31st January 2013

Peninsula Link blamed for more animal fatalities on Casey roads, Cranbourne Leader


28th January 2013

High number of injured wildlife reported in Moreland, Herald Sun/Leader


17th January 2013 

Kangaroo released back into wild after venturing into a Preston street, Herald Sun


8th January 2013

Marsupial makes a lucky escape on Victorian road, but a motorcycle doesn't, drive.com.au 

Camera captures the moment a koala tipped over a motorbike on a Gippsland road, Herald Sun


25th December 2012

Horrible trail of pet cruelty in Knox, Knox Leader


5th December 2012
Kangaroo recovering after being shot with arrow, 7NEWS
Kangaroo recovering after being shot with arrow, ABC NEWS
Shot kangaroo found, Berwick Leader
YOUR SAY: Animal cruelty rife in Whitehorse, Whitehorse Leader

 

3rd December 2012
Hope for kangaroo shot by arrow, Berwick Leader

 

29th November 2012
Search for shot roo in Narre Warren, Berwick Leader


28th November 2012
Search to find kangaroo hunters, Channel 7NEWS live cross

 

27th November 2012
Hopping mad, Ten NEWS

 

24th November 2012
Wildlife Victoria in funding crisis, Bendigo Advertiser


21st November 2012
Kangaroo trapped on bridge, Diamond Valley Leader


19th November 2012
Ordeal was water off a duck's back, Herald Sun 

 

12th November 2012
Going Batty, Ten NEWS


29th October 2012
Airport roo recovering at shelter, Sunbury Leader
 

15th October 2012
Possum “pill” or culling a liberal party call, Herald Sun


11th October 2012
Mums the word for Mill Park wildlife rescuer, Northern Weekly


8th October 2012
A safer passage back to the wild, ECOS Magazine

Northern suburbs sprawl strikes native animals, Northern Weekly


1st October 2012
Mutilated kangaroo dumped in Werribee, Wyndham Leader

Roo decapitated, dumped in street in Melbourne's west


19th September 2012
Wombats killed on urban roads, Manningham Leader


13th September 2012
Baby Seal Found in Blind Bight Car Park, Cranbourne Leader


10th September 2012
Rescued fur seal released into wild, Sky News


8th September 2012 (SEAL RESCUE MEDIA COVERAGE)
Seal rescued in Middle Park, 3AW online

Sunbaking Seal's Saturday Morning Ruined By Authorities On A Mission, Triple M online
Traffic stopping seal released into the wild, 7NEWS

Cops rescue a fur seal from vic road, 9NEWS

Fur seal taken to Melbourne Zoo after second dramatic road crossing in Middle Park, Herald Sun, News.com.au, Perth Now

'Tired' traffic seal resting at zoo, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald

Fur seal is sleeping it off after being rescued twice in one day, Digital Journal

Lost seal stops traffic in Melbourne, ABC online

Why did the seal pup cross the road, Canberra Times

 

29th August 2012
Wombat Wonders Into View, Manningham Leader 
 

13th June 2012
Helen McCoy is the real McCoy, Herald Sun

PRIDE OF AUSTRALIA: Gembrook's wildlife whisperer, Berwick Leader


8th June 2012
Prickly rescue for cranky echidna in Bairnsdale, Herald Sun


30th May 2012
Sleepy town tops state for road kill, The Age


26th May 2012
Hume drivers urged to help wildlife, Hume Leader


22nd May 2012
No seatbelts for wildlife, Melton Weekly


17th May 2012
Fantastic Mr Fox moves to the city and makes himself at home, Herald Sun


15th May 2012
A passion for helping native wildlife, DPCD and Shepparton News


18th April 2012
Injured seals need dedicated response team, Herald Sun


8th March 2012 
Lucky the black swan gets the all clear for take-off, Herald Sun


7th March 2012 
Impaled swan on mend, Wyndham Weekly / Point Cook Weekly


20th February 2012
A wounded hawk's plight, LaTrobe Valley Express


14th February 2012 
Firefighters plaster sick animals with some love, Melbourne Leader


26th January 2012
Australia Day: Unsung heroes of our nation, Herald Sun


10th January 2012
Watch for wildlife plea in Ferntree Gully, Knox Leader

 

6th January 2012
Surgery saves Myrtle the turtle from hooks in the tummy, Herald Sun