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Monday 8am - 7pm Tuesday 8am - 7pm Wednesday 8am - 7pm Thursday 8am - 7pm Friday 8am - 7pm Saturday 8am - 7pm Sunday 8am - 7pm

Kanyana Wildlife, 120 Gilchrist Road, Perth (2026)

For over 45 years Kanyana Wildlife has been providing hands-on specialised care and expertise to ensure our sick, injured, displaced and orphaned native animals are given a second chance.

25/08/2026

We always appreciate the people that stop for wildlife.

As some of you may remember, we had a difficult Sunday afternoon recently, with multiple patients being rushed into care, after they were hit by vehicles. One of the only survivors was this beautiful Western Brush Wallaby joey 🦘, who was found hiding inside the pouch of her dead mother, after she was killed and left by the side of the road. If her rescuer Alison hadn’t seen her and stopped to check for a pouch, she would never have made it into care.

When she arrived in the hospital, we were worried to see that she was thin, cold and trembling, with lacerations and bruising along her tail and hind legs. Our rehabilitation officer Sonique gave her anti-anxiety medication and placed her in a hanging pouch in a quiet room, to reduce the risk of capture myopathy (a painful and potentially fatal metabolic condition that can develop in macropods, after stress). Once she was settled, we were able to assess her, start subcutaneous fluids and pain relief and organise for her to be transferred to our senior treatment person and retired chair, Helen, for an overnight stay. Helen then drove her up to our wonderful offsite carer Jade, who looks after all of our macropod patients.

She is now doing well with Jade, enjoying her overnight feeds and the company of other joeys her age. She is too young to be out of her pouch, but Jade gives her time outside in an enclosed pen, so she and the other joeys can enjoy the dappled sunlight and hear the sounds of the bush. We really appreciate everything she does to help these young, sensitive patients feel safe again.

Western Brush Wallabies are listed as a priority 4 or near-threatened species by DBCA, which means that their populations are in need of monitoring and may become conservation-dependant. Despite this, they have not been the subject of detailed study, with little being known about their food preferences or breeding season (although the young appear to be born in April-May and emerge from the pouch in October-November). They have benefitted from fox control programs, but their populations have also suffered significant declines in our Jarrah forests 🌳, most likely as a result of habitat destruction and fragmentation.

We are worried that this little-known, shy and beautiful macropod is disappearing, without the greater community even being aware of their existence. Please help us to protect their habitats and populations – and please drive carefully in the Perth Hills and southwest.

Thank you to her rescuer Alison, carer Jade and everyone who has helped her so far 🤍.

23/08/2026

This is the reality OUR CHILDREN now face, because the wildlife rehabilitation sector is at breaking point.

Wildlife admissions are rising by 10-15% every year, while wildlife hospitals and rehabilitators continue to rely on volunteers, donations and fundraising to survive.

Without sustainable government funding, wildlife will continue to suffer.

Sign the petition and help us demand change:
www.change.org/stepupforwildlife.

Our wildlife needs us to step up!

21/08/2026

It has been incredibly sad to see the increasing number of H5N1 2.3.4.4b avian influenza cases in South Australia, Victoria and other states.

Australia has had 277 confirmed H5N1 events as of 19 August - and it appears that these numbers are set to rise, as the South Australian government investigates mass mortalities of Greater Crested Terns on three remote offshore islands. Most of the detections have been in seabirds and shorebirds, but there have also been isolated cases in Australian Magpies, Ravens and a Peregrine Falcon.

Our threatened species – especially those with small or geographically isolated populations - are particularly vulnerable to H5N1, as they are already impacted by habitat destruction, overfishing, invasive species, plastic pollution, climate change and other threats. Species that live in aquatic habitats or large colonies, disperse extensively, scavenge or predate on birds and mammals, have a low reproductive rate or a high rate of endemism also have increased susceptibility. Scientists estimate that 344 bird and 42 mammal species in Australia are at extreme to high risk. The Christmas Island Frigatebird, Herald Petrel, Houtman Abrolhos Lesser Noddy and Heard and Macquarie Island Imperial S**g may not survive if the virus occurs in their populations.

Our team is continuing to monitor the situation and prepare our facility for the arrival of local cases. We would like to thank the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions for their recent delivery of PPE - and all of the dedicated scientists, vets, wildlife rehabilitators and community members that are trying to help.

If you see any animals with clinical signs, any sick or dead seabirds, waterbirds, shorebirds, predatory or scavenging birds, predatory or marine mammals or 5+ sick or dead animals of any species, please:
⛔️ AVOID contact, keep pets and people away
🎥 RECORD the number of animals, species, location, date and time (videos preferred)
☎️ REPORT to the Emergency Animal Disease Hotline on 1800 675 888

Please call the Wildcare Helpline on 9474 9055 if you see 4 or fewer sick or dead animals (unless they fit the above criteria), or for orphaned or injured wildlife.

Our sincere thanks to our team, our colleagues and to everyone who is working to protect Australia’s vulnerable wildlife.

14/08/2026

This poor young Australian Boobook was found hanging on a barbed wire fence🦉 near a truck yard in Hazelmere, yesterday morning.

Her rescuer first noticed her plight when she saw ravens attacking an animal on a fence near her workplace. When she went to investigate, she found the Boobook hanging from her right wing, frightened and bleeding.

Thankfully she knew not to attempt to disentangle her, but instead cut the wire⛓️‍💥, gently contained her with the wire still in the wound and called us for assistance. Our treatment person Rusty drove out to collect her, started pain relief and took her straight to our friends at Wattle Grove Veterinary Hospital, where they removed the wire safely under general anaesthetic and stitched the wound closed with duoderm.

Unfortunately the muscle tissue and feathers around her right elbow are quite damaged, as she had most likely been hanging on the fence overnight, so she will need some time in care for medications and gentle physiotherapy. If the wound site becomes contracted and fibrotic it could limit the extension of her wing, so her prognosis is guarded at this stage. We will do everything we can for her.

Barbed wire fences are a major cause of wildlife injuries and deaths in Australia, especially for our nocturnal birds and mammals. They are a particular problem after twilight, near water, trees and ridgelines – and whenever they cross wildlife corridors or flight paths. Animals that are focused on prey 🐀 will rarely see them in time. Injuries can become very severe if animals are caught overnight or hit the fence at speed - and entangled animals are also highly vulnerable to predators, exposure, infection, stress and starvation.

If you have barbed wire fences around your property or workplace, *please* consider replacing them with barbless sighter wires such as Knightline, which glows in the dark. You can also cover the top two wires (the most dangerous) with split white polypipe. Please see the comments for our other advice.

Our sincere thanks to her rescuer, our vets and our rehabilitation team, for helping her.

12/08/2026

It is always sad for us to see how many people will hit an animal with their vehicle - and not stop to rescue them, or even try to call for assistance 💔.

We had six patients rushed into our hospital on Sunday afternoon - all rescued by other drivers, after they were hit and left terrified and broken by the side of the road.

Over just a few hours, we admitted an echidna with a fractured right clavicle and beak; an Australasian swamphen with a fractured spine and severe internal injuries; a Eurasian coot with a fractured right leg and open wounds to his left ulna and right elbow; a bobtail in the early stages of flu, that had been hit by a motorbike while in a national park – and a dead female Western Brush Wallaby (a Priority 4 threatened species 😞), with a terrified young joey cowering in her pouch .

Only the bobtail and the joey survived their injuries. The poor mother wallaby had already died and our team had to provide a humane end to the suffering of the echidna, coot and swamphen. It was upsetting to see their fright and pain. They were all just trying to get back home.

We are really grateful to each of the people who stopped to help these animals 🤍. Even if their efforts couldn't save every animal, their quick actions helped to prevent hours of suffering.

We realise that people can hit animals accidentally – but *how* we choose to drive and what we do if things go wrong is our responsibility.

Please stop safely and take animals to your closest wildlife hospital or 24 hour vet 🏥 wherever possible. If you cannot stop, please drop a pin in Google Maps and contact the Wildcare Helpline on 9474 9055, so they can coordinate a rescue. You are also welcome to phone us or message our socials, if the Helpline is unavailable.

11/08/2026

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Wildlife needs us and we need you. Every signature counts.

Please sign, spread this message and help us continue providing the care and support our precious wildlife deserves.

Address

120 Gilchrist Road
Perth, WA
6076

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 7pm
Tuesday	8am - 7pm
Wednesday	8am - 7pm
Thursday	8am - 7pm
Friday	8am - 7pm
Saturday	8am - 7pm
Sunday	8am - 7pm

Telephone

+61892913900

Website

http://www.kanyanawildlife.org.au/

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