Some cool animal rescue images:
Sally rescues a tree snake
Image by Nico Nelson
During the process of our works clearing the trees for the Sapphire to Woolgoolga Upgrade of the Pacific Highway in NSW we are required to remove trees that have been identified by the Project Ecologists as possibly being inhabited by the locally indigenous fauna. Trees that have been identified as “Habitat Trees” are left standing completely isolated after all other vegetation has been removed for 48 Hours. This time period encourages the wildlife to move on to less exposed trees that are not in the clearing envelope. Once the 48 hour period is up the Project Ecologists (Benchmark Environmental Services) attend site and supervise the felling of the “Habitat Trees” and carry out inspections of the trees once on the ground to rescue any animals that may still inhabit the trees. During this process our crews work closely with the Ecologists to gently move portions of the tree to assist in the recovery process or to relocate hollows with native bee hives (Trigona carbonaria). This process has been extremely successful, in most cases the animals have moved on by the time the trees are felled. However, when animals are encountered these have in all cases been successfully rescued and released. Some of the species rescued to date include the following:
•Green Tree Snakes
•Carpet Pythons
•Green Tree Frogs
•Brushtail Possums
•Squirrel Gliders
•Sugar Gliders
•Ringtail Possums
•Scaly Breasted Lorikeets
•Skinks
•Water Dragons
•Galahs
Rescued Hedgehog
Image by peteoshea
A rescued hedgehog at Secret World. I don't think I've seen a live one since I was a kid...
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Image by JBSibley
Animal rescue is very glamorous. Here we are pulling out of the Super 8.
For the full rescue story see:
foryourentertainment.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-rescue-trans...
