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	<title>Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers Inc.</title>
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	<description>looking after wildlife in the Northern Rivers since 1992</description>
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		<title>Introductory training &#8211; register your interest</title>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>Wrestling with Venomous Snakes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2017 10:14:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Article &#38; pictures by Tom M. Gabriela and I have been removing snakes from people’s homes for a few year’s now and have attended a number of non-venomous snake handling training days. Whilst we have caught the occasional black snake, brown tree snake or baby brown snake, we have never felt fully confident dealing with <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/wrestling-with-venomous-snakes/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Barbed wire removal saves endangered wildlife</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifecarers.com/barbed-wire-removal-saves-endangered-wildlife/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The little bat in this photo is Fedra: she was one of the lucky bats who survived being caught on the barbed wire security fence around Byron Bay High School (BBHS). She is a Grey-headed Flying-fox (listed nationally as a vulnerable species) and only just over three months old. She was the inspiration to approach <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/barbed-wire-removal-saves-endangered-wildlife/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mags goes shopping</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2015 11:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Story by Rowan Wigmore Kmart’s website says that they make “Low prices irresistible”. They certainly had something irresistible for a young male magpie! Mr Mags entered the store on Sunday 12th of July and had no intention of leaving. He had explored all of the departments and much to the annoyance of the staff and <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/mags-goes-shopping/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Online Newsletter</title>
		<link>https://www.wildlifecarers.com/online-newsletter/</link>
		
		<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>Swamp Wallabies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Norris]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Story and pictures by: Tracey Sanna Some kind and thoughtful members of the public in Pottsville stopped to check and remove a swamp wallaby from the road. The driver of the vehicle that collided with the wallaby probably would have noticed the impact but for whatever reason had not stopped to check the animal. It <a href='https://www.wildlifecarers.com/swamp-wallabies/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></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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