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We’re helping to spread some love and awareness

We’re helping to spread some love and awareness for the koala this #savethekoaladay! 🐨❤️

The @australiankoalafoundation (AKF) this week released alarming figures showing one of our nation’s most loved creatures is in rapid decline.
The AKF report suggests that there has been an estimated 30% decline in koalas across Australia in the last three years; with koala populations in Queensland shown to have declined by as much as 37% since 2018, following devastating fires across much of their range.

AKF is calling for the Australian Government to enact the Koala Protection Act to stop land clearing in prime koala habitat and protect this national treasure. You can support the proposed Act here 👉 https://www.savethekoala.com/our-work/support-the-koala-protection-act/

ARE YOU KOALAFIED? 🐨🤔
Stay tuned next week for information about our upcoming free koala webinar which will provide registrants with expert tips for finding and identifying koalas and will encourage ongoing participation in citizen science surveys across South East Queensland during koala mating season.

📸 1. @jairandhawa_ / 2. @stradbrokeislandphotography / 3. @ficlarkphotography / 4. @jussymarie

#savethekoala #savethekoalamonth #wildlifeconservation #threatenedspecies
#koala

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢🙌 Wildlife Queensla

EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT! 📢🙌

Wildlife Queensland's PlatypusWatch Network program has been granted funding under the federal government's Regional Bushfire Recovery for Multiregional Species and Strategic Projects program to survey fire-impacted waterways in SEQ and determine the impacts of bushfires on platypus populations, and engage and educate local communities to facilitate the ongoing health and conservation of this iconic species.

Find out more via the link in our bio ☝
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#platypuswatchnetwork #wildlifeconservation #platypus #bushfirerecovery #platypusconservation #edna #environmentaldna

Springtime – the time of year when our native an

Springtime – the time of year when our native animals are more active, and many are having little ones. 🐣❤️

It is also the busiest time of the year for wildlife carers and vet clinics, so it’s a great time to help ensure a safe environment for wildlife, including keeping numbers on hand to ring if you find an injured animal.

Ways to help wildlife this spring:

🚰 Leave bowls of fresh, clean water in shady locations around your home.

🏡 Create a wildlife-friendly garden.

🏨 Provide additional habitat for wildlife by building a pond, a frog hotel, or a nest box.

🚘 Be extra vigilant when driving at dusk and dawn as these are the times wildlife are most active.

Head to our Living with Wildlife web page for more tips and information 👉 https://wildlife.org.au/living-with-wildlife/

WHAT TO DO IF YOU FIND SICK OR INJURED WILDLIFE:

📱 Contact the 24-hour Wildcare Emergency Line on 07 5527 2444 or your nearest vet as soon as possible. Additional species-specific and area-specific wildlife rescue and care numbers can be found on our web page at https://wildlife.org.au/wildlife-rescue-and-care

🚱 Do not feed the sick/injured animal or give it water, as this may delay treatment and could compromise their recovery.

❗If you see an animal that may have already been hit by a car, check pouches and surrounding areas for young if it’s safe to do so.

📷 IG:
1. Black swan cygnet / @dean_rule_nature
2. Juvenile Black-tailed nativehen / @driftwood__photography_
3. Mareeba rock wallaby Joey / @tomfrogbrooke
4. Masked lapwing (plover) chick / @bobbybert_
5. Australasian swamphen chicks / @sgdickinson
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#wildlifewednesday #wildlife #spring

Go soft this September with our wildlife plush and

Go soft this September with our wildlife plush and puppet range!🐨🦘🦇

We have the sweetest, softest, FLUFFIEST wildlife plushies and puppets in store just waiting to crawl/glide/fly/walk/hop/swim/climb into your heart and into their fur-ever home.❤️

From koalas, gliders, echidnas and wallabies to possums, quolls, platypuses and flying foxes, you'll find your favourite native fur baby waiting for you today. Plus, you’ll be directly helping these species as all sale proceeds go to help us protect and conserve Queensland’s native wildlife.

Have a look at our fantastic range and order now to beat the Christmas rush 👉 https://wildlife.org.au/store/wpsq-merchandise/toys
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#gifts #wildlifeconservation #wildlifequeensland #wildlifeplushies #plushies #toys

The Mahogany Glider Recovery Team, which met in Tu

The Mahogany Glider Recovery Team, which met in Tully last week and includes members of the Wildlife Queensland Cassowary Coast and Townsville branches and the Queensland Glider Network, is working to improve the future of the endangered mahogany glider.

The species is endemic to the southern Wet Tropics and has the most restricted distribution of any Australian gliding mammal. Unfortunately, some 80% of this glider’s habitat has been destroyed, and ongoing fragmentation of its remaining habitat and natural disasters such as tropical cyclones place populations at high risk.

The team is hopeful that the new Draft National Mahogany Glider Recovery Plan - currently awaiting approval by the Federal Minister - will be signed soon and the important conservation recommendations actioned under the binding terms of national recovery plans.

Read more here 👉 https://bit.ly/3nGk1hH

📸 @daryldicksonartist

#mahoganyglider #endangeredspecies #threatenedspecies #wildlifequeensland #wildlifeconservation #queenslandglidernetwork

WILDLIFE AUSTRALIA SPRING 2021 ISSUE IS OUT NOW! 🙌🥳

Many of the stories in this edition of Wildlife Australia Magazine are similar in approach – they tell in detail of the recovery of threatened species and habitat, offering hope for the future.

We look at how Maremma breed dogs, as part of a Zoos Victoria Guardian Dog Project, are helping to protect and expand a new colony of endangered bandicoots.

Equally inspiring is how a team effort by CDU researchers, the Sunwater regional water authority and the local Tiaro and District Landcare Group is working to recover precious Mary River turtle populations.

Plus:

🏞️ Western barred bandicoots return to Sturt National Park (NSW)

📸 Exceptional wildlife photographer and conservationist Wayne Lawler leaves a giant legacy for Australia.

👫 A dedicated community effort to re-wild K’gari.

🎈 Balloons ban will save wildlife

And lots more …

Take a peek at what's inside and Subscribe today via the link in our bio 👆

PS. Looking for that perfect gift for your loved one/s? 📦📖
A Wildlife Australia gift subscription makes the perfect gift that keeps on giving all year round! Plus, all proceeds go to help Wildlife Queensland protect and conserve Queensland’s native wildlife. Available in print and digital magazine formats - https://wildlife.org.au/magazines/
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#wildlifeaustraliamagazine #wildlife #wildlifemagazine #wildlifephotography #wildlifeconservation #australia #wildlifequeensland

Our latest round of PlatypusWatch Network surveys

Our latest round of PlatypusWatch Network surveys in the Ipswich LGA, in partnership with @ipswichcitycouncil, confirmed the presence of platypuses in three of the city's sub-catchments 🙌

Read all about it on the @ipswichcitycouncil website here 👉 https://bit.ly/2Xu63om

📸 @platypus_protector
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#platypus #wildlifeconservation #environmentaldna #platypuswatchnetwork

What role does technology play in the fight to pre

What role does technology play in the fight to preserve biodiversity? 👩‍💻🐨

Last week, the IUCN World Conservation Congress (IUCN WCC) met in Marseille, France, to discuss the ongoing issue of how to reverse biodiversity loss and prevent further declines in biodiversity. Part of the IUCN’s proposed solution appears to be a technological one.

Read more via the link in our bio ☝️

#nationalbiodiversitymonth #biodiversitymonth #biodiversity #conservation #wildlifeconservation #conservationbiology

Did you know that female platypuses carry leaf lit

Did you know that female platypuses carry leaf litter in their tails when building their nests for breeding season? 😮❤️

Read more from @platypus_protector below 👇

Posted @withregram • @platypus_protector Last weekend in the upper Condamine, we watch a platypus go into a hole in a mound of dirt in the middle of the river (see second photo). Maybe scratching around for worms or other food. It wouldn’t be a good place for a burrow because it would flood easily. The locals watched possibly the same platypus the previous afternoon carrying leaf litter in its tail! Females do this when building their nests for breeding season! A very lucky sight to see!

Psst! There’s something Batty happening this Hal

Psst! There’s something Batty happening this Halloween 🦇🎃😱

Dress up in your spooky best and join us for a fun-filled Batty Boat Halloween Cruise this 31 October!

🚢 Cruise the beautiful Brisbane River

ℹ️ Learn about Brisbane and our amazing flying foxes

🦇 Meet adorable, orphaned baby bats

🌇 Witness a spectacular flying fox fly-out at sunset

🏆 Prizes and raffles

Hurry! Only 15 tickets left. Don't miss the (Batty) boat, head to the link in our bio👆to secure your spot today.

📷 IG: @i.am.animal / Little Red Flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus)

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#battyboat #battyboatcruise #halloween #brisbaneriver #brisbanerivercruise

One more day to get on our giveaway! 🎟 ⏳ Ent

One more day to get on our giveaway! 🎟 ⏳

Enter for your chance to WIN a double pass movie ticket to the hilarious and heartfelt comedy of the year, Ride The Eagle.

To enter:
👍🏻 Make sure you're following this Wildlife Queensland page.
🦅 Tell us your favourite threatened Australian bird species in the comments below👇AND tag the person you'd want to watch Ride The Eagle with.

T&Cs apply. Head to the link in our bio for full details👆

📷 IG: Pics of some of our beautiful threatened bird species.
1. @dean_rule_nature / Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
2. @glennroman2432 / Major Michell’s cockatoo (Lophochroa leadbeateri)
3. @owlcaholic_ / Powerful Owl (Ninox strenua)
4. @pattomkinswildlife / Golden-shouldered parrot (Psephotus chrysopterygius)
5. @nature.or.nothing / Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami)
6. @pattomkinswildlife / Carpentarian Grasswren
(Amytornis dorotheae)
7. @_faunagraphic / Masked Owl (Tyto novaehollandiae)
8. @pattomkinswildlife / Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton).
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#RideTheEagle #GiveawayAu #threatenedspecies #MovieGiveaway #MovieTickets #TicketGiveaway
#biodiversitymonth #biodiversity

Hello, Friday you good looking thing you! 😎

Hello, Friday you good looking thing you! 😎

How will you be celebrating nature this weekend? Here are some great ways to get back to nature and help support biodiversity:

🐦 Nominate your favourite bird on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #BirdOfTheYear as part of the @birdlifeoz 2021 Bird of the Year
 👀 Submit your Australian city sightings of fairy-wrens as part of a new #superbcitywrens citizen science project

🌸 Head to Toowoomba for the breathtaking flowers, flavours and sounds of the @toowoombacarnivalflowers

🏃 Support Wildlife Queensland at the WPSQ Southern Branches Meet-up and Annual General Meeting on Saturday 11 September, Nudgee Beach, Brisbane.

🙌 Celebrate #nationalbilbyday on Sunday 12 September

🐦 Register for the #glossyblackconservancy 2021 Glossy Black Cockatoo Birding Day, South East Qld & Northern NSW, 11–12 September

📝 Learn to Nature Journal, Grantham, Qld, Sunday 12 September

📸 Enter the @cityofgoldcoast #NaturallyGC2021 Instagram Photo Competition

For these and more events, visit our What’s On page 👉
https://wildlife.org.au/whats-on-page/

For more great ways you can protect and promote biodiversity in your local community this #nationalbiodiversitymonth 👉 https://bit.ly/3E6CJEG

📸 IG: @outbackosteos

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It's Include a Charity Week! 🥳 Include a Char

It's Include a Charity Week! 🥳

Include a Charity Week from 6–12 September is a national initiative that raises the importance of individuals leaving gifts in their Will so their favourite charities will thrive for generations to come.

This week, we want to encourage people to consider leaving a legacy gift to Wildlife Queensland to offer hope for our nation’s threatened species and to ensure Wildlife Queensland’s valuable work to conserve them continues.

We’ve partnered with Australia's top-rated Will-writing platform, Gathered Here, and are offering our supporters a free Will-writing service that easily allows you to leave a gift in your will to help us protect Australia's at-risk species.

If you would like to learn more about how you can leave a legacy for threatened species, head to the link in our bio👆or feel free to contact us direct if you would like to ask us some questions.

📸 2. Judith Deland / Spotted-tailed quoll

#threatenedspecies #legacyweek #includeacharityweek #includeacharity #biodiversity #charity #endangeredspecies
#bequests

Put a bit of colour in your #wrensday! 💜🐦 T

Put a bit of colour in your #wrensday! 💜🐦

The stunning colours of the male purple-backed fairywren (Malurus assimilis) are a sight to be seen! These beauties are found throughout most of Australia and are often seen foraging in dense scrub habitat or in low tree canopies.

This species is divided into four subspecies, M. a. assimilis (widespread, interior), M. a. bernieri (Bernier Island, WA), M. a. rogersi (Kimberly Range) and M. a. dulcis (Arhnem Land).

📸 @dean_rule_nature

#fairywren #purplebackedfairywren #wildlifewednesday

🎟️GIVEAWAY TIME🎟️ To celebrate Threate

🎟️GIVEAWAY TIME🎟️

To celebrate Threatened Species Day today and the release of Ride The Eagle in cinemas from 9 September, we have 10 double pass movie tickets to give away with thanks to @maslowentertainment.

For your chance to WIN one of ten double pass tickets to Ride The Eagle, simply:

👍 Make sure you're following this Wildlife Queensland page.

🦅 Tell us your favourite threatened Australian bird species AND tag the person you'd want to watch Ride The Eagle with, in the comments below.

🍿 For a bonus entry, share this post with your movie-loving, wildlife-loving friends!

Giveaway open to Australian residents only.

The giveaway closes Monday 13 September. For more information and full Terms and Conditions, head to the link in our bio 👆

#ridetheeagle #ridetheeaglemovie #giveawayaustralia #threatenedspeciesday #moviegiveaway #movietickets #ticketgiveaway

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