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In late February and early March 2022, areas in South East QLD and Northern NSW were impacted by torrential rain and devastating floods. The floods also lead to a significant rise in animal admissions to Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, which remained open throughout the entire crisis. At one stage the hospital was itself surrounded by flood…
Today Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley announced increased protection for koalas in NSW, the ACT and Queensland listing them as endangered rather than their previous designation of vulnerable. As shocking as this sounds, the Federal Government’s focus on Koalas comes as no surprise to the team at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital led by Senior Vet…
Currumbin Wildlife Hospital is a hoot right now, with eight young barn owls receiving treatment. The subadult owls were admitted to the Hospital after being attacked by other birds like noisy minors, magpies, and butcher birds. Owls are attacked more frequently as the weather warms, as breeding season for the smaller birds begins and they…
The arrival of spring has brought more baby birds into Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, and vets are reminding community members to act wisely when they come across a baby bird in distress. The warmer months are the busiest for baby bird admissions at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital. This is because storms can cause baby birds to be…
Save the Koala Day falls on September 24, and to mark the occasion, Currumbin Wildlife Hospital is celebrating a monumental achievement. It has now administered a lifesaving chlamydia vaccine to a total of 135 Koalas that have been released back into the wild. Currumbin Wildlife Hospital is working on the vaccine program with Queensland University…
The Senior Vet of the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital, Dr Michael Pyne has issued a statement surrounding the current situation for wild koalas in Australia. The Currumbin Wildlife Hospital is one of the busiest wildlife hospitals in the world, admitting 12 200 patients per year.Alongside his team, Dr Pyne has facilitated the treatment of nearly 600…
Dr Michael Pyne, senior veterinarian at Currumbin Wildlife Hospital discusses the plight of Koalas and the disease that is killing them. There is a disease killing South-East Queensland’s Koalas and one of the world’s busiest wildlife hospitals is trying everything they can to help prevent the losses. It has gotten so dire that Koalas are now listed as a vulnerable…
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