WIRES Training

After rescuing the five stranded ducklings last week, I did the WIRES basic rescuer course over the weekend and discovered how much I had done wrong for the little things! If you find yourself faced with distressed animals of any kind, remember the basic is Warm Dark Quiet - not at all what we did! The ducklings looked cute strutting around the Ray White Beecroft office, but the main objective of WIRES is to return native animals to the wild, and it is essential to avoid them becoming fixated on humans. Keep them in a box, put a hot water bottle or lamp under or beside the box for warmth, cover the box with a towel so they cannot see any light, and don't keep peeking at them to see if they are happy. Hey, that's just the start of it, if you want to learn more join WIRES!