Wildlife rescue and rehabilititation in the Barrington Tops
The Barrington region north of Sydney in NSW was heavily impacted by drought and bushfire in 2019/20. ZAA-accredited organisation, Aussie Ark, were able to respond and save a number of wildlife in the area including brush-tail rock-wallabies, platypus and multiple species of turtle.
In regular communication with government, their team spent time in the field relocating animals to safer locations and monitoring the condition of those that required further care daily.
Aussie Ark began their rescue and rehab work in the Barrington in December and continued for several months given some of the long-term affects of drought and bushfire on wildlife leaving them vulnerable to starvation, predation and car strike.