Waterholes Wildlife Sanctuary Specialising in Koalas & Kangaroos
Caring for sick, injured, orphaned and abandoned Kangaroos & Koalas.
The last few days have been busy with calls .
This little girl on Raymond Island was one with old wire wounds that sadly were so severe with infection, we no choice but to humanly , peacefully end her suffering.
Thank-you again to our vets
Main Street Veterinary Clinic Bairnsdale and to Gippsland Natural Veterinary
for their ongoing support they give to our Wildlife in care.
It is really important to phone in fence hangers and only cut from a fence if you can confidently stay with the Kangaroo until help arrives. Some can hop away but then later succumb to these injuries, like this young girl.
Joeys and smaller kangaroos can be freed and wrapped in a blanket.
If not confident to cut free and support, you can help them by placing a blanket, towel anything you may have of this nature, under their head/neck to take weight off while still hanging and cover where possible.
Always stay away from their back legs to avoid being kicked. Always sit behind with their legs away from you.
Please always phone for help if you find a kangaroo caught in fence.
Freeing them can result in their death, if not treated. They may appear ok, but it is never the case in my experience of many many years dealing with them.
Wounds become infected from the wire and they have no chance of survival, suffering a slow painful death. They also will have compromised kidneys.
All fence hangers require iv fluid to support for the first few days.
They will also have temporarily paralysis from nerve injury for 2-6 weeks but then fully recover. Some can initially hop for a small distance once freed. It is a fight, flight response, but then collapse and will not be able to get up.
Some also can have a dislocated hip and will not be able to hop. We always have xrays done to check for any additional injuries.
Fencehangers have a high rate of survival please always call for help .
They all require care for a number of weeks to months, but with high success, every life is important.
Thank-you to Michael for phoning for help for this young kangaroo.
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Just a little add on…. Make sure the male kangaroo isn’t nearby watching. My 80 year old mum got attacked whilst de-fencing a joey.
Found a huge male on Sunday that was so near death. It must have hung for days in the rain and mud. I euthanised immediately. Can’t bear to think what they go thru
Fencing is a terrible issue for wildlife, but barbed wire is my most hated enemy it’s cruel to all animals & when rusty takes on yet another cruel & devastating disease. Ban barbed.🙏
This is what I have been asking
East Gippsland Water .
What sort of message are they sending to children and the community?
You can do things better.
To kill the Kangaroos was not right.
We all need to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Email
Enver Erdogan MP
Minister.erdogan@deeca.vic.gov.au
Cc
Enver.Erdogan@parliament.vic.gov.au
Ask for the Kangaroo ATCW permit to be revoked to ensure the remaining kangaroos are safe from harm from East Gippsland Waters farm management, who cannot be trusted.
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Please be a voice.
Until you see the cruelty you can never imagine how bad it is.
No animal should be subject to cruelty. There is no such thing as humane killing of kangaroos.
We cannot post the videos of the cruel killing it is too graphic. But I do ask please, show kindness, just sign the petitions, send emails to put pressure on those in power, to be the most powerful voice of all....
Click on the link shared for Canberra's kangaroos, to sign and be a voice.
For Victorian kangaroos ask for a moratorium on the kangaroo harvesting program. Ask for East Gippsland Waters ATCW permit to kill Kangaroos, to be revoked, currently active until March 2027.
Email
Enver Erdogan MP
Minister.erdogan@deeca.vic.gov.au
Cc Enver.Erdogan@parliament.vic.gov.au
👇
c.org/Sqyy59Qtc5📧 TAKE ACTION FOR CANBERRA’S KANGAROOS
We’ve had new followers recently, and many people have been asking how they can express their opposition to the ACT’s kangaroo cull.
One of the most powerful things you can do is contact ACT decision-makers and tell them that you oppose the killing.
We’ve created a simple email action to make it easy to send a message.
📧 Facebook: Click the link below.
📧 Instagram: Visit the link in our bio.
Personalised emails have far more impact than copied templates, so please put your own thoughts and feelings into your message if you can.
Other points you may wish to raise include:
• Shooting thousands of native animals each year inevitably causes suffering.
• Kangaroos are living, sentient animals with families and social bonds.
• Conservation should be about learning to coexist with wildlife, not constantly finding reasons to kill it.
• The ACT’s recognition of animal sentience should be reflected in how native animals are treated.
• Kangaroos belong in nature reserves and have lived on this continent for millions of years.
• Nature reserves should be places where native animals are protected, not killed.
• Most importantly, please explain why you personally oppose the killing. Your own words and experiences matter.
🔗 kangaroos.good.do/stoptheactkangaroocull/
#savecanberraskangaroos #animalrights
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Done
Done.
East Gippsland Water announced the cull was complete via letter received on the 5th of June. A minimum number of Kangaroos were removed, according to Mr Wandmaker.
A polite way to say killed...
Its far from over with many unanswered questions and lives taken without any justification, no evidence has been released to date.
From monitoring by residents, myself and others, there is no evidence to support the ATCW permit being issued to East Gippsland Water by Deeca.
We are continuing to address the Ministers
Harriet Shing MP
Enver Erdogan MP
Nick McGowan MP
We are requesting for the ATCW permit, currently active until March 2027, be revoked and an investigation into this killing to be undertaken.
This is the opportunity for our new Environment Minister , The Hon Enver Erdogan, to show real leadership and governance and care for the Kangaroos. The Minister has the opportunity to show Victoria, Labor can do better.
The numbers simply don't add up .
Pre cull and post cull numbers documented equate to approx 50% of the population killed.
However if we based the cull on East Gippsland Waters numbers of 300-400 , then it would equate to approx a 75% of the population killed, given numbers post cull.
How many kangaroos did East Gippsland Water kill and how many were they allowed to kill??
The Farm Management of East Gippsland Water, needs serious investigation.
Monitoring is continuing and will not stop we will make sure the kangaroos are protected for the future. Cattle have also been returned post cull at Metung and Kalimna. The numbers of Kangaroos are much lower at these two properties.
Eagle Point has approx 90 left, far from quoted 300-400...
Please continue to sign and share the petition to revoke the permit to ensure no more kangaroos can be killed by East Gippsland Water.
Petition here 👇
c.org/Sqyy59Qtc5
Long term goals are to abolish the current harvesting program completely, it is not fit for purpose.
It does not protect Kangaroos from cruelty. Kangaroos are solely in the hands of shooters. No pre or post inspections are undertaken.
In addition to this, a reform of the ATCW permit system, also currently not protecting kangaroos from cruelty.
The current system does not work it is cruel and inhumane, time for change.
We need our Environment Minister to initiate these changes.
Photos below are taken from the Forge Creek Reserve looking onto East Gippsland Water property at Eagle Point.
Small mob of kangaroos visible with what's known as a hunt tower, used for shooting from, to give an advantage point....
Please write to the Environment Minister
The Hon Enver Erdogan
minister.erdogan@deeca.vic.gov.au
Cc Enver.Erdogan@parliament.vic.gov.au
To the Shadow Environment Minister
Nick McGowan MP
Nick.mcgowan@parliament.vic.gov.au
To The Minister for Water
Harriet Shing MP
Harriet.shing@minstaff.vic.gov.au.vic.gov.au
Deeca Conservation Regulator
Conservationregulator@deeca.vic.gov.au
Thank-you to everyone for your support.
It's been a very emotional time and we are all extremely overwhelmed by the messages, calls and emails of support.
I apologise I simply can't respond to you all, but thank you so much.
Our beautiful Kangaroos need your voices .
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I travel these roads every day and the roo numbers are through the roof 💯 % cull was needed
Wouldn’t it be fantastic to do a class action against Decca for these bloody permits they hand out when fencing is clearly a alternative action. I heard of another on swamp wallaby’s recently at the back of lakes entrance and fencing could of been applied instead of a killing
So they did it despite the objections. That’s so sad that they wouldn’t consider community feelings around this 😭
This sums up The Victorian Governments failure to protect our wildlife.
Enver Erdogan MP you have the opportunity to show respectful leadership for our wildlife and end cruelty.
Please call for an urgent reform of the ATCW permits and harvesting program which has failed to protect all wildlife.
There is no protection against cruelty with these current systems in place.
No Accountability
No transparency
No oversee
No follow up inspections post cull
Absolutely no protection against cruelty by shooters.
We know how cruel these shooters are.
East Gippsland Water have also failed to protect kangaroos from cruelty with their completion of their wildlife management program. Slaughtering and unknown amount of kangaroos with absolutely no evidence to support this killing. Cruel killing organised by their management with a serious conflict of interest.
Our current system in place has completely failed innocent lives gunned down for doing nothing wrong but breathing.
Our Kangaroos deserve so much better and to inflict such cruelty is deplorable.
To ignore the communities opposition to the cull and requests for a pause and review is utterly disgraceful by a goverment owned service provider. Over 6500 people have signed the petition to stop killing of kangaroos.
Time for change right now...
Please continue to sign and share the petition to revoke East Gippsland Waters ATCW permit so that no more kangaroos are cruely killed.
c.org/Sqyy59Qtc5
But what we truely need overall, is the Minister to call a moratorium on the ATCW permits and harvest programs, to stop further cruelty happening.
Total reform of the current management.
Please keep writing to-
The Hon Enver Erdogan Environment Minister Victoria
Enver.erdogan@deeca.vic.gov.au
Nick McGowan MP
Shadow Environment Minister
Nick.mcgowan@parliament.vic.gov.au
Georgie Purcell - Animal Justice Party MP
Georgie.purcell@parliament.vic.gov.au
Our current labour government has killed more wildlife than any other government in history.
We need change.....
Cover-ups, culls and cruelty: Inside Victoria's wildlife crisis
independentaustralia.net
Victoria's environmental policies are facing growing scrutiny as critics accuse the Allan Government of secrecy, excessive wildlife culling and a failure to protect the state's native species. ...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
A big thank you to Georgie Purcell - Animal Justice Party MP for advocating for our Kangaroos. We are truly grateful to have Georgie and Nick McGowans voices, to speak for the Kangaroos and all Wildlife.
We are seeking an urgent revoke of the ATCW permit issued by Deeca to East Gippsland Water.
We are also seeking an audit on this cull .
The permit is active for 12 months and given East Gippsland Waters failure to respond to our requests, we cannot trust they will not continue, to kill Kangaroos.
We are also seeking reform and change to the current ATCW permit system and harvest operations which do not protect Kangaroos from extreme barbaric cruelty.
There is no accountability
There is no oversee of the killing
There is no post inspection reporting of the killings
I was advised by the consevation regulator of occasional audits.
Kangaroos are subject to pain and suffering at every single cull.
The current permit system and harvest system must go.
Management of kangaroos must be humane.
Shooting of kangaroos is NOT HUMANE
Enver Erdogan MP
Harriet Shing MP
Nick McGowan MP
Please revoke the active ATCW permit issued to East Gippsland Water to protect the remaining kangaroos.
They have failed to acknowledge native habitat surrounding the properties and have ignored the fact, this is kangaroo habitat. They belong here, its their home.
East Gippsland Water have failed to listen so far, to over 6500 people opposing the killing of kangaroos.
This requires Ministerial leadership to revoke and investigate this permit.
Thank-you to everyone for speaking out for being a voice for East Gippsland kangaroos.
Email
The Environment Minster
The Hon Enver Erdogan
Enver.erdogan@deeca.vic.gov.au
The Minister for Water
Harriet Shing MP
Harriet.shing@minstaff.vic.gov.au
Shadow Minister for the Environment
Nick McGowan MP Nick.mcgowan@parliament.vic.gov.au.
Georgie Purcell MP
Georgie.Purcell@parliament.vic.gov.au
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💗💗💗 🦘
Thankyou Georgie
Good job well done by everyone involved. Keep the momentum going and keep making Government and Government Departments and Shooters accountable and name and shame them 🙏🏻❤️🐨🦘
Benalla Golf Club's media release defending its plan to shoot local kangaroos is unacceptable.
The community is demanding the club abandon this cruel proposal, consult local wildlife experts, and adopt humane coexistence strategies. They want clear assurances that the kangaroos will not be shot - not PR spin.
Make your voice heard: compassion and coexistence, not killing.
🦘CONTACT GOLF CLUB
manager@benallagolfclub.com.au
admin@benallagolfclub.com.au
(03) 5762 1920
Wording by: Victorian Kangaroo Alliance
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Sharing this petition again .
Please sign and share.
Our Kangaroos are really needing help state wide.
Choose kindness, love, respect and understanding.
Let's send the right message to our younger generation for the future .
Enver Erdogan MP
Georgie Purcell - Animal Justice Party MP
Nick McGowan MP
We now need a total reform of the ATCW permits and changes to the harvesting rules.
It is extremely cruel.
The permit conditions set by Deeca are not worth the paper they are written on.
No accountability
No over see
No follow up
Absolutely zero protection against cruelty.
Kangaroos are exposed to cruel barbaric killing.
Change is urgently needed to protect our Kangaroos from pain and suffering.
Please sign and share
We respectfully ask
The Environment Minster
The Hon Enver Erdogan to pause and review and choose non lethal management.
Acceptance of our native Kangaroos.
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