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This survey is created by ARC to gather feedback to help guide programs in Tasmania in 2024. Your answers are important and it will be read and acted on by the team to guide new activities into 2024.
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Remember, if you are on a mobile phone you can click on the microphone button (bottom right of this screen on iphone) to write longer voice to text answers.
So, where are you at in this journey?
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I haven't started rescuing yet, want to learn and be trained.
I am a companion animal rescuer interested in Wildlife care
I am a vet nurse or animal specialist interested in Wildlife care
I am a volunteer helper for a rescue org (any)
I am a Wildlife Transporter/Rescuer (registered)
I am a Wildlife Carer (registered)
I am a companion animal rescuer
I have left the sector however been involved in the past
Other . . .
If none of these options suit you please write where you are on this journey.
Did you know about these resources?
There is online training available from WIRES and others in Wildlife Care?
There are small food grants available from WIRES to Wildlife Carers?
ARC will provide craft items directly to you to support Wildlife?
Wires manages placements in Tasmania and provides a phone service to support the state.
The Blackdog Institute provides Mental Health support for Wildlife carers*
Grants from state and federal government to support Wildlife
WIRES provides 2 Wildlife vans and staff to support Tasmanian wildlife
Remember, if you are on a mobile phone you can click on the microphone button (bottom right of this screen on iphone) to write longer voice to text answers.
Awareness challenges
If you werent aware of these resources, how could we improve better communication and awareness?
Other resources
Are you aware of other resources that are in Tasmania to support Wildlife Rescuers?
These are three important questions. If you arent in Wildlife care already please also think about what the sector could do to engage you better. If you are already in wildlife care, think about what works, what doesnt and what could be done to help.
Remember, if you are on a mobile phone you can click on the microphone button (bottom right of this screen on iphone) to write longer voice to text answers.
What should the sector START doing?
What are 2 things you believe the Tasmanian wildlife sector could START doing to help more wildlife?
What should the sector STOP doing?
What are 2 things you believe the Tasmanian wildlife sector could STOP doing to help more wildlife?
What should the sector CONTINUE doing?
What are 2 things you believe the Tasmanian wildlife sector could CONTINUE doing to help more wildlife?
Organisation name (if you are an organisation/company/rescuer)
Your role or title in the organisation
PS you dont have to have a title or a role. We dont care about titles. Just say "carer" if you want to. Most of ARC is a cage cleaner. Some people like titles, everyone is as important as the next person.
What type of organisation or rescuer are you?
You can be more than one type of org of course, this is just helpful for when we have donations of a specific type in your area.
Companion Animal Rescuer
Wildlife Rescuer
Farm Sanctuary
Homeless Outreach
Companion rescuer types
Tick the boxes of what you mainly rescue
Dogs
Cats
Rabbits
Pocket pets
Other/Exotics
What type of Wildlife to you rescue?
Birds
Kangaroos/Wallaby/Pademelons
Reptiles
Wombats
Koalas
Quolls
Possums
Bilby's
Other
Are you a Wildlife Vet/Support Clinic
We are a vet facility
We operate a facility with visiting vets
We have a small clinic but no formal staff
Not a clinic
Other
Other Wildlife clinic
You've mentioned other in Wildlife clinic, what other activities do you do in medical support?
What "other" animal types do you rescue
What methods of training do you prefer?
The world has changed a lot in the past few years and training has changed with it. What are the ways you find work best for you?
Virtual online training
Face to face in a classroom environment
Short mobile training sessions
Direct 1:1 Mentoring
I don't mind / have any preference
Other training methods?
We dont know what we dont know. What other ways do you find work to train and skill up?
What are the key things that would help you with wildlife care?
Faster access to training
Access to appropriate food
A Mentor/buddy system
Pouches and craft, basic medical supplies
Access to wildlife vets
Fundraising ideas
Record keeping and admin help
Other things that would help.
What other small and affordable ways do you think would help you with wildlife care
How you interact with other rescuers.
What are the key ways that you interact with other carers and rescuers?
Social media forums
We call each other
Meet ups and social circles
I dont really talk to others
Other ways to interact
We are also rescuers. We meet up in the pub every so often, sometimes at a site and often online. But we dont know what others do. Please let us know what you think would be good ways for rescuers to interact with others and perhaps any positives or negatives.
This will help with medical and craft donations we get. The better we can focus on what rescuers want the more we can help.
Craft types
Thinking about the next 12 months, what types of handcrafting should we focus on making for rescuers.
Rescue Basket Kits
Hanging Joey Bags
3D Hanging bags
Porthole bags
Joey Pouches
Possum hanging bags
Quilted Nests
Possum palaces
Possum pods
Nests
Knitted lamb jumpers
Dog coats
Small knitted blankets
Other items
What other types of craft
Medical
Thinking about the next 12 months, what types of Medical should we focus on sourcing for rescuers
Syringes
Gauged Needles
Vetwrap
Bandages
Field dressing kits
Electrolytes
Peptosyl
Gauze
Burn and skin treatments
Malaseb
Other
What other types of Medical
What haven't we thought of?
What else would be useful to know that we havent considered in day to day supplies (not infrastructure)
Other useful information. Dont feel you have to fill this in, it's helpful though in designing programs and knowing who can help others.
Helpful skills you would like to know about
The ARC team has some fairly specialised skills in it, and we're like to get others skilled up on a few key areas. Would any of these interest you?
Online Fundraising
Rescue Craft Making
Possum box making
Any kind of McGyvering around the shelter
Security surveillance for your shelter
Mental health support/resilience
Basic medical animal care (TAFE cert)
Basic business management
Other
What other skills would be helpful to know?
Skills you have to share with others
No rescue is an island, if you have skills in a certain area and would like to share your knowledge what sort of stuff can you do?
Online Fundraising
Rescue Craft Making
Making things (Mcgyevering stuff)
Legal support knowledge
Medical/animal care
Mentoring other rescuers
Business management
Other
What other skills do you have to share?
If there was one thing that could be invented to help your animals, what would it be
We are always looking at new ideas. If you have thought "wouldnt it be good if there was a" - what would that be? No such thing as a bad idea in rescue.
If we could make a better medical kit - what would it be?
ARC is always handing out mixed medical from our donations pool, but we are open to any ideas on how to make these better and more specific. If you had an ideal medical kit what would it contact (and what would it be for)
Is there anything else we should be thinking about?
Whats on your mind? What is the big issue impacting rescue right now? What should we know or be doing more of? less of? Open mic time and all is private.
This is a simple locator we use so we can see the population of carers in certain areas.
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Western Australia
Northern Territory
Tasmania
Australian Capital Territory
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