Bird Rescue - Bird Rescue 17 State Highway 3
The Bird Rescue in Wanganui began in 1988 with an injured harrier. Two people attended a Raptor Association (RANZ) course to learn how to handle harrier hawks, morepork and falcon.
After approaching local vet clinics offering our services to care for injured raptors we found there was a need for all types of birds to be cared for and rehabilitated.
An informal group developed and worked away for the next 8 years rehabilitating birds. We had a good range of skills within the group including a regional recorder and bander with the Ornithological Society of New Zealand (OSNZ), a former vet nurse and bird rehabilitator trained in Australia and a former Science technician from a New Zealand Research Institute and banding officer for RANZ. Later two people from Palmerston North joined our group and began rehabilitating in the Palmerston North area
Each year the number of birds increased and in order to be able to apply to funding to help cover the growing costs in 1996 the Bird Rescue Wanganui /Manawatu Trust was established.
Our aims are to
- Rehabilitate injured or orphaned birds and release them back into the wild
- To run education programmes on the dangers to wildlife, the need to protect wildlife and their habitat
- Encourage and undertake research
- To train volunteers to rescue and care for wildlife
Initially we took injured native birds to the veterinarians in Wanganui but in 2003 we were contacted by Dr Brett Gatrell at the NZ Wildlife Health Centre at Massey University in Palmerston North (now called Wildbase) and offered specialist veterinarian care for native birds. The team at Wildbase x-ray, strap or pin the birds before they are returned to our base at Turakina for rehabilitation.
Bird Rescue Wanganui / Manawatu receives birds from New Plymouth through to Wanganui, Ohakune, Waiouru over to Dannevirke, Feilding, Palmerston North and down to Foxton. In 1988 we received around 30 birds. In 2013 we will receive close to 1000 birds.
Volunteers run an op shop selling a range of donated goods. This covers about a third of our costs. We rely on donations and grants to cover the balance.
Contact Bird Rescue
Address : | Bird Rescue 17 State Highway 3, Turakina 4581, New Zealand |
Phone : | 📞 +78 |
Postal code : | 4581 |
Website : | http://birdrescue.co.nz/ |
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Phil Walker on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lovely people looking after injured birds...
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Graham Lewis on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Yeah real cool that's all I'm gonna say gold coin wood be good for wat you are about to see
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Sana Abdul Rehman on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Lovely place. Dawne takes good care of all the birds she gets
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Wendy Hazeldine on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dawne is a very conscientious bird rescuer who is very compassionate and passionate about her work
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Bruce Taylor on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ So grateful to these guys for taking the lovely little Pukeko chick likely brought home by our cat. Total respect from Bruce and Di Kai Iwi Beach.
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Debbie Weatherhead on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ They do the most amazing job with injured birds of all kinds I can highly recommend them and admire all the hard work they do
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Barry Hazeldine on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dawn does a lot to save the lives of all breeds of Birds
She spends a lot of Money and Time to save these Damaged,I would personally like to Thank you Dawn for the Thankless Hard work you do a d I am proud to Release some of the Birds you have have returned back to good health.
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Gladwin Mendez on Google
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Dawn is a dedicated and passionate bird rescuer. My mother first found it when she found an orphaned bird but didn't know where to take it. Dawn spends all her personal time and alot of her own money to look after any bird no matter what type and scarcity. Often rehabilitating them so that they can be released back into the wild. Without her these birds would often perish. Just a quick 10 minute drive out of Wanganui township, which is convenient.
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