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We would like to introduce Ditto, a baby Eastern
Quoll.
She is a gorgeous baby quoll who was abandoned by her mother. Sometimes,
these lovely babies are left to fend for themselves in nature and we can pick up
the pieces and raise them to become healthy happy adults. Ditto is a
wonderful example of why Something Wild is here, to save these amazing
creatures. Ditto is being fed on a bottle at present and will continue this way
for a while yet. She will get stronger every day as she has settled in
well to this mode of feeding. There can be a time of transition from
mothers milk to animal formula but she has taken to her new food well. As
she gets older, Ditto will gradually have meat introduced into her diet as
Eastern Quolls are carnivorous marsupials. We will keep you posted with Ditto's
progress as she grows up.
August 07
Well spring is nearly upon us and
we have lots of new babies making their appearance at Something Wild.
The most noticeable at the moment are the wallabies and kangaroos
There are joeys pocking their little heads out from pouches everywhere.
The lovely side to this is that these wallaby mothers have been released into
the sanctuary and have decided to stay. Their young make up the second and
in some cases, the third generation of wallabies and kangaroos that have bend
bred at Something Wild in the Wild....How wonderful and delightful it is
to have our visitors see this amazing wildlife in happy family groups.
April 07
We have had many film crews visiting the sanctuary
over the past month from many countries all over the world. These crews
are making wildlife documentaries about
our wildlife at Something Wild. The latest one has been a German crew
filming a programme called 'Wildlife Nannies'. They spent most of the day
filming and
everyone loved Mater, the star of the show. This show highlights the
interaction of 'wildlife nannies' while
rehabilitating native wildlife.
March 07
Mater the wombat is a very tiny baby wombat that has been bought into the
sanctuary to be raised and rehabilitated. He is such a tiny little guy needing
lots of care and loving attention. He is getting the best of care and is bonding
well with us at the sanctuary. He is such a cuddly little guy and our keepers
look after him very well. He has a pouch in which he is carried around the
sanctuary to have that bonding and contact and helps hi to recover and grow very
strong and healthy. He will eventually be released back into the sanctuary when
he is mature and weighs about 25 kg.
January 07
Something Wild has expanded our connections with other reputable sanctuary's
across Australia with the recent partnership with Secret Creek Sanctuary and
Australian
Ecosystems Foundation Inc. This is a not-for-profit incorporated association of
pro-active, concerned Australians wanting to make a difference and to save
endangered species; Secret Creek has accepted some eastern Quolls bred at
Something Wild as part of our Federal got recognized Breeding program . The
program will incorporate the Eastern Quolls already at Secret Creek and expand
the genetics available to the program to improve captive species numbers. The
Eastern Quoll is extinct on mainland Australia.
December 06
Stage One of our new habitat for our Tassie Devils is complete and four of our
devils have been introduced into their new habitat late on Christmas Eve. As we
were closed on Christmas day, this allowed for a very smooth transition of our
devils with no visitors around while they settled in. The devils were very
inquisitive and began exploring
their new home immediately. Martin, the male devil from last years breeding
success, was very tentative with his footwork due to different substrates on the
ground to what he has been used to. The new sounds this made left him a little
confused at first and he soon got used to the new environment along with his
sisters.
All the devils have been lazing away in their new bathing pool set in rock with
a shady overhang to wile away sunny afternoons while our visitors admire them.
Stage two of this habitat will be commenced later this year.
November 06
Stage one of the new breeding habitat for our Tassie devils is very nearly
finished . It has been an enormous challenge but I coming together beautifully
now. The habitat is seventh heaven for devils with lots of enrichment and areas
to explore. There is a lovely pool for swimming and dens for lazing and basking
in the morning sun, a devil style resort! Our visitors will also enjoy enhanced
viewing opportunities for seeing these amazing creatures with a special focus on
the kids. A special viewing window has been installed so children of all ages
can see the devils easily and clearly. Built to blend into the natural
environment of the sanctuary , the habitat is also fitted with live streaming to
the internet of the devils movements. This will be online and available shortly.
Stay tuned.
We have three, very inquisitive orphaned Eastern Quolls at present. Trouble,
Trauma and Tiddles were orphaned and we are now raising them at Something Wild.
They are doing well and are all overflowing with energy and curiosity. They are
very content and will be under our constant care for the next few months now
until they become more independent.
October 06
Rachel and Ritchie, two of our older post breeding Tasmanian Devils went to a
new home at Symbio Wildlife Gardens in Helensburg NSW on Wed 4th Oct. They will
be pushing the cause for devils nationally to raise awareness and funds for
research into Devil Facial Tumour Disease (DFTD) through the Devils in Danger
Foundation Inc. and our 'No Injury Breeding Program' here at Something Wild.
Rachel and Ritchie have settled into their new habitat nicely and are feeding
well and are relaxed and happy.
August 06
Introducing two of the new devil babies from Raelene's breeding trials this
year. These two show ponies were first seen as the recipients of the new
sponsorship from Tasmanian Bakeries announced on Wed 18 August ( see Devils in
Danger Page) They are absolutely gorgeous and very cute at this age ( 4 months
and 13 days to be precise) and we look forward to showing them off as they get
bigger with there other brothers and sisters. Currently they are hanging out in
mums pouch with their siblings in the breeding enclosure at Something Wild and
we look forward to seeing much more of them as they mature.
July 06
Suzie, our koala mum, has a new bub and it is beautiful. We are not sure if it
is a boy or girl at the moment as we haven't disturbed them to check yet but we
will find out soon enough . Both mum and bub are healthy and happy and doing
lots of growing in preparation for the new season beginning soon. Our visitors
will be able to see them both in the sanctuary in the next month or so when baby
gets big enough. Here is a pic of the proud mum and her bub taken in the last
week of July. I am sure you will agree, they are quite beautiful...
Tasha is one of our orphaned wallabies that was raised and released in to the
sanctuary and has decided to stay. this year she has her second baby in the
pouch why is just getting
old enough to poke its head out to say hello. the Joey is eating grass and is
doing well in mums pouch. Tasha is doing a great job as she looks after her
young and loves to come over to say hello to all our visitors.
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May 06
Well ,Raylene has done it again. Our 'No Injury
Breeding Program' has been a success again with Raylene carrying 4 young in her
pouch again. This breeding program completely goes against
traditional forms of breeding Tasmanian Devils and we have come up against some
fierce criticism in the industry about this program as it
hasn't been tried before.
At
Something Wild , we feel any advancement in the way animals can be bred in
captivity humanely and with a minimum of stress to the animals is a major step
forward. We will be continuing to implement these major changes and our
commitment to moving away from outdated breeding practices remains firm and
strong. Raylene is now nesting in her own breeding enclosure, nurturing
those precious babies. In the months to come, they will grow and gradually
venture from the pouch when we can show you her new family. Watch this
space......
We are very pleased to be nurturing a new wombat , Tippy,
at the moment ,who was found by the road in a pouch. She is doing very
well and has taken to the milk formula well. This little female wombat
will be at Something Wild for quite some time until she is ready to be released
back into the wild to live out her life.
March 06
Well, it is breeding season again for our
Tasmanian devils and we have had successful matings already. Our females
showed signs of being ready to mate early this year . We watched them for
the correct indicators and introduced them to the male separately at the
appropriate time. All went very well and we are now waiting to see the
results of these matings. Hopefully we will gain have Joey's as a result
of our revolutionary 'No Injury Breeding Program'. We are now in he
process of building a new breeding centre for this program to house the mums and
babes. If you would like to contribute to the welfare of these devils, got
to the Devils in Danger page to find out how.
We have also been madly building new
areas in the sanctuary. We are now introducing a brand New dusk and
Dawn ' Nightstalk Ecotour" which has involved major renovations to some areas of
the sanctuary to accommodate this unique tour. We have lots of excited
people on our waiting list to take this innovative tour and we look forward to
implementing it very soon. It will be very interactive and hands on and
involve the visitor in the 'behind the scenes' workings of the sanctuary.
Very exciting stuff.
Holyoake's film shoot.
In early March 06, the British television show,
Holyoake's, filmed at Something Wild. This was a film shoot with a
difference as the game show, Holyoake's, has competitors completing a challenge
set by the shows producers. If the competitors fail or refuse to complete
the challenge, they are set a forfeit task. The forfeit task for this
particular show was to feed a Tasmanian devils.
This involved the competitor entering the devils pen
( after completing quarantine requirements, of course) with Ritchie our male
devil. His task was to give Ritchie a piece so wallaby meat from his hand.
The film shoot went off very well and the guys were understandably a bit nervous
about getting in with Ritchie. But after it was all over, they were fine
and wondered what they were worried about after all. here are a f few
shots of the guys in action at Something Wild.
  
January 06
Raylene's babies are now getting to be quite well advanced
in their growth now. They are now on display in our large habitat with
Raylene. We have now named this seasons babies. Their names are
Martin, Margaret, Marnie and Mary. All four are very healthy and
rambunctious toddlers and enjoy crawling all over mum as most toddlers do as you
can see in this photo taken on the 5th of January. They are enjoying a
bask in the sun.
They are getting right into climbing tree's and running
around the habitat burning off their abundant energy. They are at a very
cute age at the moment, which belies their potential as a scavenger and
Tasmania's premier carnivorous marsupial. Go Guys.
Our Eastern Quoll babies are also
doing very well and are nearly as big as their mum. they are on display in
their adventurous new habitat and our visitors are really enjoying seeing these
special animals, which are extinct on mainland Australia. We have five
babies along with their mum on display and they are very active climbing trees
and playing with each other in the new home. Stay tuned for a photo soon.
December 05
Our baby animal feeding is always a huge hit with our
visitors and it is no exception at the moment. Darcie is our
Bennett's wallaby in the nursery at the moment and she weighs about 2.5kg at
present. Here she is enjoying one of her bottle feeds. As you can
see, she enjoyed every last drop of her bottle at the moment . In the
future as she gains weight, Darcie will be weaned when she is about 4kg .
At this time she will be released in to the sanctuary, were she will be able to
stay around and get a free feed is she wants to, or she can just go off and
enjoy the rest of her life. The choice is hers.
September 05 
Suzie's new baby Sophie, is now out and
about all day and getting far more
adventurous. She is eating leaves now and climbing all over mum and really
testing Suzie's patience as all
toddlers do.. Suzie is a great mum and Sophie is in the best of health.
Here are a couple of photos of our beautiful new baby girl. As you can see, she is a stunner and takes
after her mum.
Raylene is also being a very protective
mother and taking excellent care of her new babies. they are getting
much bigger now and they are now not permanently attached to the teat. They
are venturing out o their own a little bit and playing and rolling around with
each other growing and having lots of fun playing. We have 3 girls and one
boy,. We will be naming them very shortly. Take a look at our very
special babies in these
piccies.
July 05
Still more babies...
This is certainly the year for new additions to Something
Wild. Our two beautiful Eastern Quolls females have both produced pouch
young. These animals for the beginnings of our Eastern Quoll - Buffer
Against Extinction project. Our project is the only Government recognised
program of its type and we are thrilled with this success. Over the next
months, these joeys will grow and mature and start to emerge form the pouch when
they will hang from mums back as she moves around. There are two
colourings in the Eastern Quoll, which are extinct on mainland Australia.
They are black or fawn with white spots. A new habitat for our Eastern
Quoll is being currently constructed. and will soon be ready to receive the
mother and young .
June05
Babies galore..... Our female Tasmanian
Devil, Raylene, is a first time mum. She is taking care of 4 young in her pouch
. This is a huge success for
Something Wild as we have implemented the ONLY 'No Injury' breeding program, for
Tasmanian Devils in Australia.
This specialised program is conducted with the welfare of the animals
foremost in our mind. The male is introduced to the female at a specific
time to mate with no injury. This is a sharp contrast to the normal
practice used EVERYWHERE else which involves putting the male and female
together and waiting until they mate. This can result in major injury to
the female, and is the case on other wildlife institutions.
We are very proud of this achievement
which is a first for the captive Tasmanian Devil wildlife population. We will
continue to put our animals first in our efforts to save he Tasmanian Devil.
Stay tuned for photos of our babies as they get older.
Also, take a look at the video on
our devils feeding on the Tasmanian Devil page.............
Another exciting development in the baby department..
Suzie, our female koala, has a Joey in her
pouch. The little one is venturing out of the pouch a little more in the
last few days and we look forward t seeing more of it. We are not sure if
it is a male of female at the moment, we will keep you posted.. Suzie is
very protective f her little charge and is doing a great job looking after her
Joey. Stan, the proud dad, is admiring from afar as he we have separated
him from Suzie to allow the Joey to develop and learn to climb.
March 2005
Our endangered Squirrel
gliders have a new home at something Wild in their specially designed habitat.
these are nocturnal animals and like to sleep during the day, however our
habitat allows you to see them sleeping peacefully. If they are awake when you
visit, they will be crawling and gliding to their hearts content around their
new space. We have a new baby Squirrel glider this year so keep an eye out
for her.
January 2005
Our emu habitat is now complete housing
our family of emu's. It incorporates a large area to allow freedom of
movement for theses magnificent birds and a small lake for their needs.
They love a bit of attention and regularly look out for a pat.
October 10, 2004
Tasha, on of our
handraised Bennett's wallabies has a joey. Tasha and Tyson have mated this
year and this is our first wallaby born at Something Wild. Her pouch is
wriggling all the time and we are anxiously waiting for a little face to emerge
form the Tasha's furry pouch in the next few months.
Press Release16.12.04
Generous donation to Wildlife Sanctuary
Christmas comes early for Tasmanian Wildlife
‘Something Wild’ Wildlife
Sanctuary now covers over 1000 acres of land , thanks to a large donation from
American Conservationist and Businessman, Martin Polin.
Something Wild Director,
Ray Green said that at Something Wild, we are humbled that a visionary of Martin
Polin’s calibre, is entrusted this land to us to carry on the vital Conservation
Programmes that Martin started so long ago.
The land will be known as
the Martin Polin Wildlife Reserve and be made available to a wide range of
educational facilities for wildlife study and monitoring programmes. The
reserve features ecosystems ranging from cool temperate rainforest to open
sclerophyll forest, it is ideal for release sites for native wildlife
rehabilitated at Something Wild.
There is also a good
population of wild Tasmanian Devils living in the reserve and at this stage,
seem to be unaffected by the Devil Facial Tumour Disease. We are hoping to be
able to work with the DFTD taskforce to explore any possibilities that this may
open up.
Mr Green also said that in
recognition of Martins contribution to Native Wildlife Conservation within
Tasmania, the upcoming Eastern Quoll Breeding Program about to be undertaken by
Something Wild, will now be known as the Martin Polin, Buffer Against Extinction
Centre.
 Interpretation
Centre - This vibrant new Centre was opened in November
2003 after being rebuilt following a deliberately lit fire in July 2003.
The fire completely destroyed the main building of Something Wild.
Our new Interpretation Centre incorporates our animals nursery for orphaned and
injured native baby animals. We also have a Gift Shop stocked with
interesting souvenirs to take home.
 This
is one of the juvenile platypus which wandered into our Interpretation Centre
looking for a new home. He is a young male who has been driven out of his
birth area by the dominant male and he inadvertently wandered into Something
Wild via the front door. It was a big surprise to us that he introduced
himself this way and he has now found a home in the Tyenna River bordering
Something Wild.
 This
photo was taken on 2nd July 2004 and shows the first 'joey' born at Something
Wild. Suzie, the mum, has been very protective of her 'bump' in her pouch
over the last few months and this is when her baby first appeared to the world.
We are very proud of her and her 'joey' will continue to venture in and out of
the pouch over the next few months. Soon , it will spend all its time on
Suzie's back until it is around 12 months old.
Sept 04. Something Wild has been chosen as a recipient for the
Australian Tourism Development Program Grants recently announced. This
grant of $75000.00 will be used to develop the 'Eastern
Quoll - Buffer Against Extinction ' Project at Something Wild. Ray and
Leanne, Owners of Something Wild, will also contribute this amount to the
project. With this project we will be introducing a Breeding Program
fro Eastern Quolls to Something Wild where visitors can view these wonderful
animals up close. Over the next twelve months , we will be incorporating
new an exciting features of this project including new Interpretation area's,
Nocturnal Viewing of Eastern Quolls and DVD presentations and new habitats for
these quolls which are extinct on mainland Australia. We will keep you
abreast of new developments , as they happen, with updates on this page.
 October 6 2004. We have
5 new baby emu's living at Something Wild. These cute little guys
are still getting used to their long legs and will grow to be very large birds
which will live within the sanctuary. For the moment, these affectionate
little emu chicks will be in the animal nursery so that everyone can admire
them.
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