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• A Quoll Quandary!!! - the story of two Eastern Quolls. Wildlife Foster Carer Raylene found two dead quolls beside the road near Little River, identified them and took them to the Melbourne Museum. Hopefully there may be others living wild in the area!
  

• Check out our new link and subscribe to the newsletter of the Wildlife-Friendly Fencing Project where you can get some advice.
  

• Wildlife Foster Carer Christine has created a Childrens digital storybook tale about Donna Koala while she was in care at Beremboke - and has put it online at You Tube.
  

• Channel 7 News crew visited Beremboke in Januay 2008 to film the Koalas in care following the fires near Elaine. We have uploaded this to You Tube.
  

• Article in the Herald Sun on 25 January 2007 - page 1 and 2

• Anakie bushfires January 2006 - our experiences!
  Focus Group (pdf - new page)
  Interview
  

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Article in the Herald Sun on 25 January 2007 - page 1 and 2

Koalas close together specially for the photo - (back L-R) Bella Bonita,
Mary and Kelly (front) Levi and Angus

They would sooner be up a gum tree, but the next best thing is a comfy armchair.

Eight cuddly koalas are lapping up the attention as they recover from bushfire injuries. Their badly burnt paws mean they can't climb trees to get their favourite snack, so the animals are bandaged up and relaxing in washing baskets or on soft chairs. The lucky survivors of fierce fires around Warrnambool are being lovingly nursed at the Beremboke Wildlife Shelter near Anakie.

The five females and three males are among just 70 koalas rescued so far from Framlingham State Forest.

Known as the koala capital of Victoria, the area boasted a population of about 5000. Melbourne vet Elaine Ong, who has been helping treat injured animals in the area, fears at least half the population has died in fires that have burned 1500ha.

Many of the animals have had to be put down but some have been luckier. Little Lena miraculously survived but was orphaned last week when her mother died from burns suffered protecting her baby.

Taken into the care of Beremboke shelter managers Marilyn Blankley and Gordon Lyall, the young joey has since been adopted by another koala, badly injured in the Anakie fires almost exactly a year ago. Mumma K has been cuddling the young orphan close to her chest, gently nuzzling its ears and comforting it. top of page

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