Our old man wombat Timothy loves playing with toys! He is a really naughty little boy, has been since the day he arrived 😃 | Wombat Awareness Organisation

George the wombat was rescued after his mother was hit and killed by a car. | National Geographic

Chapter 2: treating bub (Named Teeny) first Usually doing a rescue or mange treatment with two wombats simultaneously is incredibly difficult. In this case they made it easy as bub wandered off and I was able to sneak up on her and give her treatment for sarcoptic mange. She looks bad but it can still be turned around. She is aware of me, no obvious wounds and no decaying smell of infection. As always I prefer my trusty extendable pole so I can get her gently and not have to chase her or scare h

Canberra-based wombat rescuer Yolandi Vermaark of Wombat Rescue is on the frontline of fighting mange in wombats. Here, Australian Geographic follows her on one of her typical weekends, which involves looking for joeys in roadkill and treating a small population of wombats with cydectin that helps get rid of mange. It's a hard story to watch, but Yolandi believes all Australians need to open their eyes to the incredible suffering wombats with mange endure. | Australian Geographic

This year, 2023, has been incredible. Many lives saved, many groundbreaking projects and many new supporters. This video was our most watched video and rescue for 2023 and was viewed almost 32 million times😳 and was taken a year ago on New Years Eve Her name is Eve (she is a barenosed wombat) and she was in Canberra’s manmade lake Burley Griffin. Not able to get out she was fished out of the water by members of the public. When I picked her up she wriggled so hard I took a step backwards and if