Millennium Kids (MK) ran a workshop at Native ARC, a native animal rehabilitation centre, in Bibra Lake, Western Australia on 6th April 2009. The kids visited the local wetland and looked for tracks and scats. They found evidence of lots of rabbits – not a local native species. They found lots of bats boxes, but no traces of scats near the boxes. Nanna Suzanne, a visiting grandmother, noticed a dead bobtail which the kids studied.
After the bush walk the kids met some of the animals in the centre. The found out about a baby bandicoot that is being reared by the centre as it had been attacked by another bandicoot. The kids heard that if an animal gets attacked by cats bacteria gets into the wound and can kill the native animal unless it gets special medicine. They also found out that bobtails are getting the flu now and need special care before they can be returned to the wild.
The kids met Teori(16), a local volunteer who taught them how to care for and handle a non venomous snake.
After all the fun the kids did some work to help the ARC. They visited the swan enclosure and cleaned out the small ponds and heard about how the drought was affecting the wetlands and some of the swans where getting sick. The kids are going to draw pictures of a new swan enclosure to help the ARC provide better facilities for the swans. “It needs to have clean water,” said Jack, a Sustainability Ambassador for the City of South Perth.
Millennium Kids has adopted the ARC to help people learn about the pressures on Native Animals because of changes in habitat.
“I want to be a Millennium Kid,” said Emily(8) a newcomer to the MK program. “This is such fun!”
After the bush walk the kids met some of the animals in the centre. The found out about a baby bandicoot that is being reared by the centre as it had been attacked by another bandicoot. The kids heard that if an animal gets attacked by cats bacteria gets into the wound and can kill the native animal unless it gets special medicine. They also found out that bobtails are getting the flu now and need special care before they can be returned to the wild.
The kids met Teori(16), a local volunteer who taught them how to care for and handle a non venomous snake.
After all the fun the kids did some work to help the ARC. They visited the swan enclosure and cleaned out the small ponds and heard about how the drought was affecting the wetlands and some of the swans where getting sick. The kids are going to draw pictures of a new swan enclosure to help the ARC provide better facilities for the swans. “It needs to have clean water,” said Jack, a Sustainability Ambassador for the City of South Perth.
Millennium Kids has adopted the ARC to help people learn about the pressures on Native Animals because of changes in habitat.
“I want to be a Millennium Kid,” said Emily(8) a newcomer to the MK program. “This is such fun!”
If you would like to be involved in any Millennium Kids activites give the Office a call on 9364 1200 or email info@millenniumkids.com.au
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