Wildlife Warriors to the rescue!

News source: Just Kidding Magazine

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to rescue animals every day? Well, let’s take a sneak peak into the lives of the Wildlife Warriors Rescue Team.

On any given day, the rescue team will find themselves doing anything from collecting a sick koala fallen from a tree to saving a goanna from the side of the road to relocating a crocodile to a safer habitat! Their job is so cool and action-packed, we had to hear about it straight from the source. Here’s what Briano Coulter had to say about his amazing job:

Brian, what does your job entail?
Rescuing sick and injured wildlife, releasing rehabilitated animals back into the wild, and relocating wildlife to safer habitats.

Describe a day on the job.
Every day is different to the last. Yesterday, I rescued a couple of sea turtles, collected a Carpet Python out of a lady’s roof, picked up a family of Feather-tail Gliders that had fallen out o a tree and rescued a koala who had been injured on the road. I bring any sick or injured animals back to the Australian Wildlife Hospital for treatment.

What do you do if you have a slow day and no animals need to be rescued?
Unfortunately, we never have slow days, but when we have a bit of a break from rescues, I help with hospital enclosure maintenance, or go shopping for food for the animals. We also do a lot of research on wildlife and environmental issues.

Tell us about your favourite rescue.
I rescued a dolphin from a local beach. That was an awesome experience. He had been tangled in the shark nets, which had severely damaged his pectoral fins, top jaw and mouth. I untangled him and guided him to the shore. Right there on the beach our vets treated him with antibiotics, pain relief, oral fluids and he was x-rayed with a portable x-ray machine. He was then taken to a marine wildlife care unit for treatment and rehabilitation.

What advice would you give to someone wanting to become a wildlife rescuer?
If you truly have a passion for helping animals, learn all you can about them and volunteer at a zoo or wildlife park. You have to put in the hard yards to gain experience with all kinds of animals.

Thanks Briano, the Australian Wildlife Hospital makes the world such a brighter place for animals to live!