A woman who cared for hundreds of kangaroos over five years as a volunteer for wildlife rescue service WIRES has been found guilty of aggravated animal cruelty.
When Angela Lane joined the SES,she thought she was signing up to serve roadside revival tea and coffee.
Neighbours have signed up to help a much loved colourful 'wizard',95-year-old 'Baba Desi' get to Belgrave shops. (Footage:Pauline Klemm/Sliding Door Photography)
Baba Desi has been a familiar but mysterious figure around Melbourne for decades. Now,the community is getting to know the man behind the myth.
And a volunteer with great appeal.
The Blue Mountains artist has cared for hundreds of injured kangaroos as a WIRES volunteer. She stands accused of animal cruelty for allegedly failing to provide veterinary treatment.
Take my vrou,please.
About five million Australians take part in volunteering activities and find they get as much as they give.
Australia’s largest and richest wildlife rescue charity has introduced a structural change that lessens oversight of what remains of the $100 million raised during the Black Summer bushfires and curtails the rights of volunteers.
Bureaucracy is making it ever more difficult to lend a hand – to the detriment of willing helpers as well as those in need.