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	<title>General information &#8211; Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers Inc.</title>
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		<title>Introductory training &#8211; register your interest</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifecarers.com/introductory-training-register-your-interest/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re interested in becoming a wildlife carer, please register your interest for our next introductory training. This workshop introduces the common species of animals that come into care and why. New members will learn basic rescue methods for wallabies and kangaroos, birds, possums, echidnas and reptiles. At the end of the day you will have <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/introductory-training-register-your-interest/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can you help us with a tax deductible Donation</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifecarers.com/can-you-help-us-with-a-donation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers Inc is a local 100% volunteer group that operate in Ballina, Byron, Lismore, Kyogle &#38; Richmond Valley Council areas. We have no paid staff or government funding and rely on donations to support our volunteers to care for orphaned and injured wildlife. Please consider making a tax deductible donation to support <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/can-you-help-us-with-a-donation/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Native or not, do you know the difference?</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifecarers.com/native-or-not-do-you-know-the-difference/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a native Australian Swamp Rat! He is in care with one of our volunteers after he was unfortunately attacked by a cat. He was picked up by a member of the public and taken to the Lennox Head Vet Clinic where they treated him for his injuries. He is doing well and once <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/native-or-not-do-you-know-the-difference/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Online Newsletter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We have decided to start publishing our newsletter online. We hope you enjoy the stories published in here. Thanks to our newsletter editor Rowan, who is continuing in his role as editor of Wildlife News which he has now done for 10 years. Click on the link below. Sept-Oct2015(136)WebEd]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How to protect the fruits of your labour</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifecarers.com/how-to-protect-the-fruits-of-your-labour/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s summertime and nothing says summer more than a tree in your backyard laden with fruit, particularly mangoes.  But what do you do if someone, or something, is beating you to that delicious ripe fruit?  Many are happy to share their fruit with local wildlife, but for people who really want to protect their crop <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/how-to-protect-the-fruits-of-your-labour/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Treacherous times for local Flying Foxes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2014 10:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to ignore that local Flying Foxes have been having a tough time lately. Last month heat wave conditions killed thousands of Flying Foxes at Casino, leaving hundreds of young orphaned. The high temperatures experienced so early in the Flying Foxes breeding season, meant that many females were nursing very young babies when they <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/treacherous-times-for-local-flying-foxes/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Noisy Miners to the Rescue</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2014 09:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; The Noisy Miner isn&#8217;t one of the most appreciated birds in our gardens, but it deserves to be up there with the rest of them, they are very intelligent &#38; family orientated. This little guy was having trouble staying in his nest which was also a bit close <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/noisy-miners-to-the-rescue/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Disease strikes local lorikeets</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2014 11:52:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A disease that robs lorikeets of their ability to fly, has again surfaced in our region. Although the disease is not uncommon, the Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers said the sudden increase in lorikeets presenting with Beak and Feather Disease was unexpected and worrying. Beak and Feather Disease is a virus found in both wild and <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/disease-strikes-local-lorikeets/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wildlife &#8216;App&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifecarers.com/wildlife-app/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2014 03:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Story by: Rowan Wigmore Have you ever felt helpless not knowing what to do after coming across injured or orphaned native wildlife? All too often help comes too late, with numerous calls made to the wrong organisation, wasting many people’s time and endangering animals’ lives. Wildlife Rescue App, a free mobile phone application &#8211; the <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/wildlife-app/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>One Year In</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifecarers.com/one-year-in/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2014 11:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Published in Wildlife News September 2012 By: Paul Cheeseman Late one Sunday afternoon, a mother and daughter were returning home to their Coorabell farm. Along the way, on the Caniaba Road, they noticed a wood duck, injured and unmoving. They paused in their journey to gather the bird, wrap it in the daughter’s coat and <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/one-year-in/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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