Allowed to Grow Old

03/06/2026

Teeny, tiny Olive ❤️

01/06/2026

The gangs all here! 🦆🪿🐓

28/05/2026

How awesome is this!!!

Check out what our cameras have found! 📸

Big thanks to Coastal Wildlife Management for setting these up ☺️

26/05/2026

A story from our partners Sumatran Sun Bear Team 🐻❤️

Rossa is a 17 year old female Sun Bear. She was our little surprise to welcome in 2022. As a 13 year old, she, in comparison, was a calm and peaceful girl. Rossa arrived to our centre with Uca after being confiscated by Authorities in Medan. Her history isn’t clear, just that she had been a pet since a young cub and caged for 13 years. Rossa would have been taken from her mum as a young cub in the forest. It’s awful to think of what she may have witnessed.

Philip Stubley and Lesley Small were able to introduce her to the energetic bears, Uca and Jessy not long after the arrival. They were all excited during their first introductions in the den area. We introduced 2 bears at a time to each other. Both of the young girls were boisterous but Rossa remained clam and both Uca and Jessy respected her presence. It wasn’t long before we could have all 3 of the bears together and even though her energy levels were lower, she could still “control the room”.

It was very humbling for Philip and Lesley to be a part of this and we agreed that Rossa appeared to be a motherly figure to the young ones who too were taken from their forest mums from a very young age. She is well loved by everyone who meets her. Rossa is calm and wise, she has a presence that meets your soul.

We thank Allowed 2 Grow Old for the support given to us to allow us to care for our bears now and to be able to plan for future rescues.

21/05/2026

Another month of helping Warm Paws - Supply Donations for Rural Pounds NSW!

And an amazing result that all of the puppies below are SAFE!

🎉🐾 𝐏𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 – 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐎𝐥𝐝 (𝐀𝐭𝐆𝐎)! 🐾🎉

Every single month, Allowed to Grow Old quietly makes a huge difference for rural and outback poundies by sponsoring 𝟏𝟎 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐨 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 through our Warm Paws Parvo Vaccination Program 💉💚

These vaccinations don’t just protect dogs from parvo — they give poundies a better chance at rescue, transport, foster care and adoption 🐾✨

And this month brought the BEST outcome…

🥰 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐘 𝐏𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐄 🙌

💚 8 poundies are now safe with rescue
🩷 2 poundies have been adopted into loving homes

A huge shoutout to the incredible rescues, foster carers and adopters who stepped up for these precious souls:
🙏 WISH Rescue
🙏 POUND Rescue
🙏 FurKids Rescue
🙏 Ozzi Hearts 4 Paws

It truly takes a village — and we are so grateful to everyone helping these forgotten dogs get the second chance they deserve.

🐾 If you or your organisation would like to support our lifesaving vaccination program, we’d love to hear from you. Every donation helps protect vulnerable poundies across rural NSW.

💛 Because every dog deserves the chance to grow old safely and loved.

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Warm Paws NSW
BSB 082 842
ACC 309017732
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19/05/2026

Incredible work completed by Tom from Coastal Wildlife Management & Will from Binyal Environmental Services

We are so thrilled that our new Powerful Owl box has been installed. One one of the other cameras Tom has installed on the property, he was able to get footage of a Powerful Owl! 🦉

Another incredible step for our wildlife.

Follow both Binyal Environmental Services & Coastal Wildlife Management.

🌳🐍

09/05/2026

That’s the spot! 🐴

07/05/2026

Mariah ✨

Mariah joined us late last year & she has settled so well.

She’s calm, peaceful & loves her new flock! ❤️

04/05/2026

Today is the International Respect for Chickens Day 🐤🐔

International Respect for Chickens Day is an annual project launched by United Poultry Concerbs in 2005 to celebrate chickens throughout the world & protest the bleakness of their lives in farming operations.

In light of today, I want to focus on the 6 hens that came to us late in December.

They were in a terrible condition. Scaly mites covered their bodies, they had missing feathers all over & bald in some patches. One hen did not make it & she passed soon after arriving with us.

Odette, Scarlett, Victoria, Isabella & Camilla have continued to bloom & are truely apart of the flock. Odette struggles with walking, something we will continuously help her with.

We are so amazed at their strength & bravery. They overcame such cruelty & now get to experience how life should be.

Because all animals should be..

01/05/2026

Remember sweet Holly who joined us late last year?

She was young & very shy! Now she has grown into a beautiful & confident girl! Look how beautiful her feathers are 😍