One of my nephews, Charles, is a volunteer wildlife rescuer and he spends a lot of his spare time in the Blue Mountains bush rescuing native animals. We all know our precious native wildlife has been decimated in the ongoing bush fires and injured and scared animals are now coming into local properties and homes looking for water and food. In the coming days, these are the animals Charles will be helping. When the NSW RFS give the all-clear for people to return to the burnt bushland, Charles will set off looking for injured animals. These animals will be carefully handled and taken to either a vet for diagnosis and treatment or a wildlife carer for longer term care. To do this work, Charles supplies his own equipment but there is a chance that he won't have enough wraps and pouches to transport the animals he finds.
I suggested to him that we - you, me and the rest of the gang here - could help him by quickly making a selection of what he needs. I wonder if you'll join in with this. The main need is for bat wraps and he needs 60 of them, he also needs some hanging joey pouches. Bat wraps and pouches are vital to help calm animals during transportation. Both these items are essential to Charles' work.
We're happy to accept whatever you can send - one, two, six or 20. They will help in a significant number of rescues. So who is up for this? The patterns are simple straight sewing and the links are below for you to click on and look at. Please be guided by the suggested fabrics - most are cotton, cotton flannelette, calico or wool. No buttons or Velcro are used. All the finished wraps and pouches need to be sent to Charles in the Blue Mountains, please contact me by email:
rhondahetzel@gmail.com and I'll give you his postal address.
I wonder if there is a vet who reads my blog. I'd like to introduce you to Charles so he can speak to someone about rehydrating animals and general burns first aid. At the moment, he needs some burns cream, syringes and Vet Wraps. If you can email me, I'll give you Charles' phone number so you can talk to him directly. Thank you.
I'll be making this part of our Instagram Sewing Bee so when you finish your sewing, please send me a photo of what you made, along with your IG name, so we can link to you from the Bee.
Thank you all. I know we'll get this started quickly so we can help Charles in his important work.