Living with wildlife
There are a number of benefits of welcoming wildlife into your backyard, garden or local community areas. One of the major benefits includes their natural pest control abilities. Here's a few tips on what to do to care for and conserve our wild fauna in your own environment.
Feeding native and wild birds
Sitting on a park bench by your favourite lake, river or water body and watching local wildlife busy at work and play is a relaxing pasttime for most. At the same time tossing a few slices of stale bread to seemingly hungry creatures adds a new sense of reward to your day. Whilst many people find it irresistible to feed wild fauna the damage can be irriversible for both the environment and the generations of fauna ahead. This article talks about the long term effects of feeding birds with human foods such as bread and mince.
Rescuing wildlife - birds
Occasionally pet owners are faced with a situation where they may need to perform a wildlife bird rescue. Here's some handy tips in case you are ever put in this situation...
Owning reptiles and amphibians in Western Australia
A licence must be obtained For West Australians to keep reptiles and amphibians. For more information on keeping reptiles including snakes as pets visit the Department of Environment and Conservation's Naturebase at www.naturebase.net Visit the Nature and Biodiversity page and visit the pages on "Reptiles as pets" which also includes the application forms for obtaining a licence.
