Aussie Native Rescue Inc is a rescue based in the South Burnett Region of Queensland looking after native Australian animals and feathered friends. 

All our carers are volunteers and give up their time and resources to care for the animals that are injured or sick.  All funds raised will go towards the food, medication and containment for the animals in care. 

From the time a rescue call comes in and is placed on our message board, what happens after that point? The first thing we do is allocate a first responder. We always hope that we can send someone who can triage, apply first aid treatment and care for wildlife until the end solution but sometimes this isn't always possible. 

The first thing we do when we go out to rescue is an assessment of the situation itself. Is the animal contained? If yes, we can move straight into triage mode where we assess both presenting injuries, dehydration - which is almost always a factor as well as other presenting symptoms. Minor issues we are trained on to be able to deal with ourselves others need veterinary treatment. 

No matter what the situation is we treat dehydration, stabilize broken limbs and transport to vet if required. Otherwise, we transport the animals to our homes and continue treatment until either the animal makes a full recovery and released back to the wild or needs to be euthanised if injuries are too severe. Babies that are orphaned need to be handraised until they are independent. 

As their caretakers we have a responsibility not just to provide the care and comfort their parents would normally provide but we also have to teach them the life skills that their parents would teach them to enable them to survive in the wild. We also have the responsibility of ensuring that the threats they would face in the wild remain threats to them while they are in captivity. 

Predators such as dogs and cats as well as raptors and other Apex predators don't suddenly become their friends in captivity. We don't allow our domestic cats and dogs to interact with wildlife otherwise when we release them back to the wild they will make the mistake of attempting to interact with the wild animals and end up dead anyway. 

We have a responsibility to do what we can to educate the next generation to continue to care for our wildlife. The world needs the wildlife to keep the balance of our own existence stable. We need to teach our children to continue our legacy.