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Hollywood Private Hospital Donates Medical Supplies To Treat Animals Injured In Perth Fires

Feb 11, 2021

Hollywood Private Hospital donated medical equipment to Give Our Strays A Chance on Monday (February 8) to help treat animals injured in the fires north-east of Perth.

Charitable organisation Give Strays A Chance appealed for medical supplies to distribute to wildlife rescue groups treating animals injured and burnt in fires last week.

Hollywood Private Hospital Registered Nurse Jo Slater quickly organised a car-load of medical equipment and surgical supplies (that were past their expiry date) to donate to the cause.

“We donated bandages, syringes, butterflies, blood-taking equipment and lots of gloves,” Ms Slater said.

Hollywood Private Hospital Chief Executive Peter Mott said it was a great outcome for the hospital’s expired medical equipment to be used to treat injured wildlife.

“As part of our commitment to the community, we are pleased to provide medical supplies to such a good cause,” Mr Mott said.

Give Our Strays A Chance will distribute the donations from Hollywood to Native Animal Rescue, Kanyana Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre and Marcupial Mammas and Pappas Wildlife Care.

Give Our Strays A Chance Founder Dean Morris said it was heart-breaking for rescuers to see injured and burnt animals.

“We need to make sure vets and wildlife shelters have enough supplies to treat animals, ease their pain and save them,” Mr Morris said.

“Now is the time to get the donations to where they are needed.” Black Walks started this week after it was safe to return to the fire zone.

Black Walks are when wildlife rescuers and volunteers walk through the burnt bushland to rescue surviving animals.

The full extent of the animal casualties in the Wooroloo fires is not yet known, but the numbers of animals affected is expected to be enormous, according to ARC (Animal Rescue Cooperative).

Species of animals in the fire zones include: western grey kangaroos, black glove wallabies, western quolls, brushtail possums and echidnas. Birds that inhabit the area include raptors, emus, tawny frogmouths, magpies and boobook owls. Reptiles include bobtail lizards, goannas, snakes and long neck turtles.