- Respect the privacy of wildlife when you visit their habitat and their home. Observe them from a distance as animals can become distressed and injure themselves. Don’t crowd them, make sudden noises or movements or try to attract their attention.
- Beware of wildlife. They are wild and can be unpredictable and dangerous.
- Wildlife always has right of way. Allow them to pass freely.
- Don’t feed wildlife. It upsets their diet, can have harmful effects on their health and leads to human dependence.
- Keep quiet. Noise disturbs wildlife.
- Do not use your flash when photographing wildlife. It can damage the animal’s eyesight and cause them stress.
- When in your car, never drive off-road. This damages wildlife habitat, pollutes the ecosystem and causes soil erosion.
- Drive slowly and carefully at night, many of our native animals are nocturnal.
- Never light fires or discard burning objects. Bush fires cause immense damage to both vegetation and wildlife.
- Carry a towel, blanket, sack or box in your car, in case you encounter injured wildlife on the road. Call a wildlife carer as soon as possible.
- Do not purchase, collect or remove any animal products, rocks, plants, seeds or birds’ nests from the wild, or alter the environment in any way.
- Be a responsible pet owner, dogs and cats cause injury and death in many of our wildlife species.
- Teach your children to love and appreciate all wildlife and the environment.
- Take your litter home with you. Litter is dangerous to wildlife, the eco-system, is unsightly and creates fire hazards.
- Animals are not humans and should be treated as such with respect and not as providers of entertainment.
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