With the Meath/Louth area sadly being a hotspot for various barbaric wildlife crimes, WRI were delighted to receive support from Indaver Waste-to-Energy and Meath County Council for a mailshot of 7,500 leaflets in the locality to raise awareness and hopefully increase reporting in order to try and put a stop to these atrocious activities. The […]
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Otter’s return to Donegal after rehabilitation in Scotland
Successful Return to Donegal for ‘Shannon’ Shannon has been on quite an adventure over the past year. When a local family found Shannon, an orphaned otter of no more than 2 months, near the River Leannan in Co. Donegal they contacted Pat Vaughan, their local National Parks and Wildlife Service Conservation Officer. Pat then contacted […]
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Pine Marten Project
Rescue & Rehabilitation After three orphaned pine martens Martes martes, were rescued in Mayo, Wildlife Rehabilitation Ireland, in association with many other individuals and organisations, is facilitating a post-release survival study of two of the martens to see how they fare back in the wild, and learn more about this elusive mammal.
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Irish Wildlife Matters website launched
The purpose of the wildlife first aid website Irish Wildlife Matters (IWM) is to address the lack of easily accessible information on Irish wildlife rescue and first aid. IWM has three sections: Section one is for the member of public who finds the casualty and provides basic first aid advice Section two provides advice for […]
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