Helping Wildlife in Australia After 2020 Bush Fires

Vicki Hire of the Cactus Wren•dition wrote an article about Arizona Wildlife Resource’s founder, Valerie Motyka’s trip to help wildlife after the bush fires in 2020. When asked how Val found herself at an Australian Avian Rehabilitation Center, she said,

A lot of people were drawn to help wildlife after reading a post by Todd Driggers, a veterinarian and owner of the Avian & Exotic Animal Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona about the plight of the animals suffering in the Australian bush fires. I just had to do something to help. Dr. Driggers put me in touch with an organization called Wildlife A.R.C. (The Wildlife Animal Rescue & Care Society Inc.) and Jacky Hunt who operates an avian rehab service from her home in NSW. I was able to obtain a discounted stand-by ticket from a friend and volunteer.

You can read the article here on pages 18, 19, and 20 or click the image below to view the coverage in a PDF.

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