Darwin 2006

The fourth national wildlife rehabilitation conference was held in Darwin  from Tues 29 August to Fri 1 September 2006. There was an optional Necropsy session on the Saturday, making this one of the most ambitious conferences to date. The theme was "Diversity"
The atmosphere was particularly laid back, including the novel approach of taking lunch at different local venues.
The Organising Committee included Mignon McHendrie, Jo Neyens, Barbara Backers, Gavin Eclipse and Pauline Pavey. The Masters of ceremony were Stuart Traynor, Tony Clementson & Lisa Reynolds. The conference AV produced by Steve Amesbury.

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Presentations

The following is a list of the presentations at this conference. Not all were  made available for download by the presenters. Presentations are listed by Surname of the key presenter. Click on the links below to download available presentations from the Northern Territory conference.
Note: These papers are the intellectual property of the authors and may not be copied or distributed in any way without the prior permission of the author. 

• Conference Program
  
• Armstrong, Martin: Mammal Diversity in the Top End
• Baird, Lesley: Salt Water Facility for Sea Turtles
• Baird, Lesley: Avian Gastric Yeast

• Buckland, Margaret: Wildlife Rehabilitation WA
• Chatto, Ray: Marine Turtle and Flatback Turtle Nesting Management Program

• Choy, Dr Jodie Low: Approach to First Aid 
• Crosbie, Kerry: The Asian Rhino Project
• \DeLaine, Jonathon: Benefits & Challenges Facing Wildlife Carers in Central Australia
• Ferris, Lance: Capture Techniques
  
• Fowler, Dr Anne: Recognition of Pain in Wildlife (part 1) (part 2)
• Fowler, Dr Anne: Treating Burns in Wildlife (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) (part 4)
  
• Fyfe, Greg : Considerations and Techniques for Successful Rehabilitaion of Reptiles
• Gipp, Gail: About Wildlife Warriors Worldwide
• Gordon, Greg: Distance Learning
• Hallinan, Judith: Injury Treatments to correct wing damage in Flying Foxes

• Hirst, Sarah: The Antilopine Wallaroo – An Unusual Roo (part 1) (part 2)
  

• Husband, Grant : Housing for Snakes (part 1) (part 2)
• Jerrett, Ian: Collection of Necropsy Specimens for Laboratory Investigation
• Kirwan, J & Goger, J: The Endangered Species Conservation Unit

• Manson, Dr Jo: Head Trauma (part 1) (part 2) (part 3)
  
• Pollock, Dr Jim: Staph Infection in Possums
• Pollock, Dr Jim: Euthanasia of wildlife
• Ramanathan, Anand: Conservation, Conflict & Rehabilitation - Perspectives from India
• Richards, Peter: Real Time Monitoring of Kangaroos

• Richards, Peter: Animal Husbandry Software for Australian Wildlife Carers
• Sawyer, Graeme: Effects of Cane Toads on Native Wildlife
• Scott, Karen - Encourage the Vets of Tomorrow

• Sitko, Yvonne:  Internal Parasites & Quarantine

• Turnbull, Deborah - Wildlife Carers as Environmental Educators
• Veyret, Lynda : Husbandary of Brolgas
• Woinarski, John: Handraising Black Footed Tree Rats
• Young, Bev : Urban Possums and Cat Attacks - Incidence and Treatment