Margaret Gough: Saving Our Wildlife

On January 8 The Big Fix visited renowned wildlife carer Margaret Gough at Mt Victoria in the Blue Mountains. We were thrilled that some of the wallaroos and birds that had disappeared when the fires came, were alive and healthy and starting to return. Margaret demonstrated what we can do to help provide the food and water they so desperately need … and clarified a few misunderstandings of what you can actually feed wildlife!

View the video here:

 

NB. Wallaroo is a common name for a species of moderately large macropod, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies. The word “wallaroo” is from Dharug walaru.

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