The Shelter officially opened in January 2013. The year was huge with many challenging cases and at times
many tears shed. The total number of cases for the year was 76 (52 Koalas, 6 kangaroos, 5 Wallabies, 1 Echidna, 11 birds, 1
Possum). Highlights were the successful releases and hand raising of
3 young orphan babies.
The following statistics are official data lodged with DEPI. We are required to record all animals whether they are found alive or deceased. We encourage the residents to continue contacting us even if the animal is deceased, tagged or untagged we need to record all for accurate numbers.
The Shelter is operated by Susie and Stephen Pulis, who wish to
thank the hard work and dedication of fellow Wildlife carers Rosie Nuttall, Shelley
Robinson, Mary Dharmarajah, Barbie Richardson & Nancy McMurray. We also wish to thank the Committee and volunteers who
worked tirelessly on building works, fundraisers/donation tins, browse plot
maintenance, advertisement and hours spent at meetings. Thank you to East Gippsland Wildlife Rehabilitators Group Inc.
for endless support and donations. A special mention to Marie –Louise & Charlie for
sponsoring Susie as a wildlife carer. Thanks go to Les Bradd, for his hard work in maintaining our
browse plots and for helping us feed hungry koalas with browse sourced from his
property. Thank-you to Coralie and Peter Foxton, Liz and Jude Gunn,
Pam and Ron Basket, Amanda and Julie-Anne for allowing us to cut browse on
their properties.
We also wish to extend our sincere thank you to the residents,
tourists and the general public for helping us care for the wildlife. Without
your calls and generous donations there would be many suffering animals. We are
extremely grateful for the support. We rely totally on donated funds and are a
non profit voluntary run organisation.
Finally a special thank you to the Main Street Veterinary
Practice and special mention to
Jade Hammer, Grant Kuseff, Albert van Zyl & former vet
Jason Wong. These hard working, dedicated people make themselves available to
us at all times, day and night, to help us treat the sick and injured wildlife.
Raymond Island Koala and Wildlife Shelter looks forward to
another year caring for our wildlife.
