'Wildlife Rehabilitation and Climate Change'
The Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference 2025 was proudly hosted by ACT Wildlife.
The conference was held in the Novotel Canberra and ran from 5-8 August.
The theme was 'Wildlife Rehabilitation and Climate Change' and was opened by Wally Bell Ngunnawal Traditional Custodian and Sen David Pocock, Independent Senator for the ACT.
The Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference 2025 was proudly hosted by ACT Wildlife.
The conference was held in the Novotel Canberra and ran from 5-8 August.
The theme was 'Wildlife Rehabilitation and Climate Change' and was opened by Wally Bell Ngunnawal Traditional Custodian and Sen David Pocock, Independent Senator for the ACT.
Presentations Day 1
Dr Colin Salter - Roads and wildlife: what can we do?
Robert Leach - Integrating wildlife into emergency management
Lauren Bassett - Wildlife rehabilitators - update and next steps
Frances Carleton - What is moral injury and do I have it?
Prof Steve Garlick - Wildlife caring and learning about nature.
Peggy Rismiller - Of monotremes and monitor lizards: Two climate change survivors.
Loriann Shibish - The gathering storm: Caring for wildlife in uncertain times.
Ellen Rasidi - Survival of a wedge tailed eagle after a hallux talon amputation.
Presentations Day 2
Greg Gordon - Implications of climate change on the wildlife rehabilitator and the need for advanced training.
Sonja Elwood – Emergency Response for Wildlife - 5 Years on from the Black Summer Fires - Where are we now?
Megan Johnston - Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome
Joanne Connolly & Dianne Lane – Pre-Release Health & Post-Release Fate of Rehabilitated Macropods.
Peggy McDonald - The Gang-Gang
Yolandi Vermaak – Wombat Abundance: Perception vs. Reality in a Changing Climate
Panel Session
Kerryn Parry-Jones – Do Rehabilitated and Hand-reared Flying-foxes Survive in the Wild?
Fiona Ryan – Building Capacity for Assessing Native Wildlife within General Practice Veterinary Professionals
Presentations Day 3
Vicky Wilkinson and Rosie Stott – H5 bird flu prevention and preparedness using the Wildlife Health Australia risk mitigation toolbox for wildlife care providers.
Rebecca Millsteed – Human activity in the urban environment impacts habitat choice and survival of Tiliqua rugosa rugosa within the Perth Metropolitan Area.
Joanne Connolly – Diseases in Marsupials.
Zara Bennett – Victorian Wildlife Rehabilitation Guidelines.
Jacqui Marlow and Jess Crauss – Urban Owls – giving a hoot about outcomes.
Dr Rosemary Austen & Prof Steve Garlick – Macropod Fence Hangers: Questions remain regarding successful treatment; especially in relation to stress.
Fiona Ryan – Preparedness for and Response to Wildlife During Disasters.
Brendah Nyaguthii – Using Bluetooth Low Energy Tags To Estimate The Home Range And Social Structure of the White-Winged Choughs During The Non-Breeding Period.
Dr Colin Salter - Roads and wildlife: what can we do?
Robert Leach - Integrating wildlife into emergency management
Lauren Bassett - Wildlife rehabilitators - update and next steps
Frances Carleton - What is moral injury and do I have it?
Prof Steve Garlick - Wildlife caring and learning about nature.
Peggy Rismiller - Of monotremes and monitor lizards: Two climate change survivors.
Loriann Shibish - The gathering storm: Caring for wildlife in uncertain times.
Ellen Rasidi - Survival of a wedge tailed eagle after a hallux talon amputation.
Presentations Day 2
Greg Gordon - Implications of climate change on the wildlife rehabilitator and the need for advanced training.
Sonja Elwood – Emergency Response for Wildlife - 5 Years on from the Black Summer Fires - Where are we now?
Megan Johnston - Lorikeet Paralysis Syndrome
Joanne Connolly & Dianne Lane – Pre-Release Health & Post-Release Fate of Rehabilitated Macropods.
Peggy McDonald - The Gang-Gang
Yolandi Vermaak – Wombat Abundance: Perception vs. Reality in a Changing Climate
Panel Session
Kerryn Parry-Jones – Do Rehabilitated and Hand-reared Flying-foxes Survive in the Wild?
Fiona Ryan – Building Capacity for Assessing Native Wildlife within General Practice Veterinary Professionals
Presentations Day 3
Vicky Wilkinson and Rosie Stott – H5 bird flu prevention and preparedness using the Wildlife Health Australia risk mitigation toolbox for wildlife care providers.
Rebecca Millsteed – Human activity in the urban environment impacts habitat choice and survival of Tiliqua rugosa rugosa within the Perth Metropolitan Area.
Joanne Connolly – Diseases in Marsupials.
Zara Bennett – Victorian Wildlife Rehabilitation Guidelines.
Jacqui Marlow and Jess Crauss – Urban Owls – giving a hoot about outcomes.
Dr Rosemary Austen & Prof Steve Garlick – Macropod Fence Hangers: Questions remain regarding successful treatment; especially in relation to stress.
Fiona Ryan – Preparedness for and Response to Wildlife During Disasters.
Brendah Nyaguthii – Using Bluetooth Low Energy Tags To Estimate The Home Range And Social Structure of the White-Winged Choughs During The Non-Breeding Period.
