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Darwin 2021

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The 2021 AWRC Conference was the first ever online event and was hosted by the Northern Territory. 

Major sponsors include IFAW, WIRES and the Humane Society International.
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All papers on this website remain the intellectual property of the authors and may not be distributed without prior written consent of the author. 

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Since 2003 Australian wildlife carers have gathered to meet, learn and share their experiences. Each conference has been held in a different location, and has featured presenters from around Australia and beyond. Our goal is to help raise the standard of wildlife care in Australia through education and collaboration. Our conferences are the only national conferences delivered for and by wildlife carers.
The conference gives wildlife carers the opportunity to learn from each other and from experts in the field including researchers, carers and veterinarians. Topics have ranged from the latest hands-on treatment for wounds to emergency response, fund-raising and lobbying.

Conference Papers  - (Program)

  • Dr Howard Ralph OAM - Reflections
  • Frances Carleton - Caring for the carers of Australia’s wildlife
  • ​Dr Rebecca Duerr - ​​Avian Physical Exam
  • Dr Rebecca Duerr - Where’s the Break? Avian Fracture Prognosis
  • Tania Duratovic - First Aid for Bushfires (Burns)
  • Glenda Ralph - Wound management
  • Tania Bishop - Managing heat events / stress in flying foxes
  • Lisa Palma - Wildlife Rescue and Care: Now and Beyond
  • Dianna Bisset - Bushfire and flood: Supporting wildlife through and into recovery
  • Dave Pinson - Flying Fox manual
  • Anne Fowler - Prevention of ‘angel wing’ in growing ducklings with diets that meet their protein requirements during growth​
POSITIONS VACANT  Each state and territory has two volunteer representatives on the AWRC committee.  We are looking for representatives from Western Australia, Victoria, South Australia,  and Queensland.  Please contact Jodi via the contact form.  Thanks.

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  • Suzy Nethercott-Watson - Refill your bucket
  • Vanessa Barratt - Wildlife Rescue Thesis & Seeing ourselves through the eyes of our 'customers'
  • Tania Duratovic - ​Fluids and fluid management
  • Glenda Ralph - Fracture management in wildlife
  • ​IFAW - ​Disaster preparedness
  • Simon Watharow - Reptile workshop
  • Michael Calvin - Using falconry techniques for rehabilitation of Raptors
  • Sharon Draper - A psychological eco-friendly guide to live by
  • Sonja Elwood - Black Summer Fires
  • Dr Karrie Rose - Cryptic killers: Emergent Infectious Diseases of Australian Lizards
  • Anne Fowler - Demonstration of a dietary requirement of vitamin C in an Australian honeyeater, the Noisy miner (Manorina melanocephala)
  • Karen Mathews - Exposure to Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) and Rickettsia spp. in Australian wildlife rehabilitators and FAQs
  • Evan Quartermain - Kangaroo Island fires experience – Helping the Helpers
WildTalk
Two Green Threads
Humane Society International
WIRES
Wildlife Victoria
Vetafarm
IFAW
Foundation for National Parks & Wildlife
Wombaroo-Passwell

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