Pryde: Wild Life

21/04/2025

Early start 🦘

At 3 o'clock this morning we were called out for a rescue of an Eastern Grey Kangaroo joey at the RAAF Base. His mother had been hit and killed by a vehicle, leaving him orphaned. Thankfully, he appeared uninjured and was transported to a qualified wildlife rehabilitator.

Thank you, Somerset Sanctuary, for taking him into your care ❤️‍🩹 We hope his recovery is a smooth one, and look forward to updates on his journey and eventual release, all being well 🫶

Please remember, if you hit an animal it is imperative you stop to check their welfare. Even if they died on impact, they may have young with them in need of rescue - in which case always call a wildlife rescue group! If the animal(s) is deceased and no rescue is required, please remove them from the road to keep safe any preying animals in the area, saving them from the possibility of being killed while feeding.

If you find yourself in a situation where you have possession of an injured or orphaned animal, remember: quiet, darkness, and warmth - three things that animal NEEDS to survive. Followed by immediate handover to a professional wildlife rescuer.

A final thank you to the base workers for seeking help for this baby boy, he would not have survived otherwise ❤️

20/04/2025

19/04/2025

🐨 Photo Dump 📸

17/04/2025

Double rescue 🐨🚙

Yesterday, as we were heading out for a day of koala therapy, we received a call from another IKPS member about a koala with a badly injured hand.

We met Trudi at the site and were able to slowly and successfully flag down this boy, who had taken to living in a small koala food plantation. Given his sickly state, he was no longer able to climb large trees.

Once we had him safely on the ground, it became clear he was in a far worse condition than we initially thought. He appeared to be suffering from a skin condition. The pads of his feet were dry, scabby, and tearing. His ears were filled with dry, scaly skin. His front right hand, however, was the most concerning as he was missing a finger and it was continuously dripping blood. It was evident he had been suffering for a long time.

Despite it all, I believe, he was the sweetest koala we have rescued so far 💗

The vets at the RSPCA reported he had a body score of 1 and relieved him from any further suffering ❤️‍🩹

As he was transported to RSPCA, thanks to Trudi, Karen and I continued on with our rounds checking for other sick or injured koala in the colonies we monitor. Thankfully, we found none in need of help.

Spending the afternoon bush walking we managed to find 9 koala's. We’d been searching for two of them in particular for quite some time. It was a relief to see them both doing so well 🥰

Photos below of our Wednesday adventure 📸 more photos to come 💖

07/04/2025

31/03/2025

26/03/2025

Darcy ✨️

This beautiful little girl was attended to by Charlie Lewis and her rescue partner after being found in a bottle brush tree with an injured wrist.

Thanks to Charlie and Shannon's expert wildlife rescue skills, Darcy, was successfully loaded up for transport. At which point IKPS was contacted to deliver her to RSPCA.

Regrettably, her injuries were too severe for her to make a recovery. It is suspected Darc suffered as the result of a vehicle strike which left her arm crushed and her in immense pain. Her injuries were old, partially healed in places which added to her pain as they'd healed improperly.

It was an incredible shock to hear this young girl was not able to be saved.

A great thank you to Charlie, for all you have done and continue to do, for the protection and preservation of our amazing native species. The impact you have had in Koala rescue alone is incredible. Without your kindness and dedication so many koala's would not be here today.

Though the news is absolutely devastating, Darcy's life lost means other Koala's have a chance at a longer one.

Please, if you hit an animal, or find an animal has been struck by a vehicle, always stop for help. A simple phone call is all it takes ❤️

26/03/2025

Gold Coast Koala Conservation Plan 2023-2028, please note (p.28) "Injury to koalas caused by domestic dogs is a major threat to the survival of koalas in urban and semi-urban areas".

However….

The policy currently being applied in managing wildlife within the Coomera Connector corridor considers koalas who move into residential areas as safe.

A contradiction?

https://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/v/3/pdfs/policies-plans-amp-strategies/koala-conservation-plan.pdf

A sad, true story.
The Koala in the picture below is Cedar.

Craig Shepherd, a Senior Researcher at the University of New England, in his own words:

“Cedar first came to my home in suburban Helensvale, Gold Coast in June last year. For a while he was joined by a friend/partner. I’ve lived here for 15 years and never before had one, let alone two koalas in my backyard.

Cedar and his friend are both now dead. Killed by domestic dogs (in separate incidents).”

25/03/2025

Photos from yesterday 🐨

After a very wet few hours spent monitoring we were able to locate 20 odd koala's, all in great health.

Some exciting news! After 6½ weeks of no sighting, Kath & Kim were found by other IKPS Members, a few days prior, and thanks to them we got to find them too 💓 Both are safe and sound, looking very happy in their new home 🏡

24/03/2025

Post Alfred photo dump 🌀📸

Collection of photos I haven't had time to upload ♡

After the extreme weather event we ventured out in search of any possible sick or injured wildlife. Covering over 200km we were fortunate to find none in need of rescue.

Though acting in the interest of any sick wildlife our focus was on the koalas. We managed to locate over 30, not so happy, koala. Many we were already familiar with but we also found many new.

Aside from being very wet all were in great condition 💖

22/03/2025

06/03/2025