Our fabulous volunteers across Western Australia have as always, been hard at work rescuing and rehabilitating birds, raising awareness, and raising funds. They can only do this vital work because of your generosity. Thank you for your continued support. Click here to download the our latest newsletter (pdf) and/or click here
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Volunteer Week 2021
Dear Valued Volunteers, Following a year where the unprecedented became the norm, Australia’s 6 million volunteers have been working hard, dedicating over 600 million hours in total to helping others. By others, we mean people and animals. Western Australian Seabird Rescue has been rescuing and rehabilitating sick and injured seabirds
Volunteers save hundreds of coastal WA birds
Article about WASR by ABC Radio Perth‘s Emma Wynne. Click here to view article on the ABC’s website.
Mandurah Workshop
WASR held a comprehensive Seabird and Waterbird rescue workshop in Mandurah in December 2019 with 22 participants. A morning of theory was followed by a demonstration of rescue of a pelican. WASR is delighted to welcome our new recruits.
Libby Hall Workshop
At the end of October our volunteers were lucky enough to welcome Libby Hall, Taronga Wildlife Hospital Manager, to Western Australia to conduct two 2-day workshops on Seabird Intensive Care & Rehabilitation. These workshops were comprehensive and covered a range of topics including seabird identification; rescue, capture & transport; handling,
Milly Monger
Teamwork and another healthy pelican released! Thanks to Native ARC Inc. for rehabilitating this sick pelican in their excellent facilities. WASR volunteers Louise and Halina rescued the bird, Sharon liaised with Native ARC and visited daily to offer her pelican rehab tips and Elishia helped with the release. The pelican