FAWNA For Australian Wildlife Needing Aid

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFC6" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0"> <TABLE border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width=100%> <TR> <TD width="75%" rowspan="4" align="left" VALIGN="top" border="0" > <font face=verdana,arial,sans serif, size="5" color="#990000"><STRONG>What is FAWNA</STRONG> <P> <font face=verdana,arial,sans serif size="2" color="#333366"> <B>FAWNA</B>  (For Australian Wildlife Needing Aid)  is a volunteer wildlife rescue and rehabilitation service for injured and orphaned native wildlife.   FAWNA operates on the mid north coast of NSW and is licensed by NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) <P> <B>FAWNA's</B> volunteer members are situated throughout the Kempsey, Hastings, Greater Taree and Gloucester local government areas, covering 12,914 sq kms.   All share a concern for the plight of the thousands of disadvantaged wildlife which, in the main, need assistance due to human interference in some way. <P> <B>FAWNA</B> operates a 24hr emergency telephone service where members are on duty to answer calls from the public for wildlife needing assistance. <P> <B>FAWNA</B> undertakes an educational role through schools and community groups, creating an awareness of the reasons why wildlife need human assistance, and what people can do to help protect and restore wildlife habitat. <P> <B>FAWNA</B> is administered by a management committee elected annually by the membership.    For rescue and rehabilitation purposes membership is divided into three local government regions with annually elected Coordinators and Assistants for fauna species groups. <P> <font size="4" color="#990000"><STRONG>The Aims and Objectives of FAWNA</STRONG></font> <P> <FONT COLOR="#330033"> <UL> <LI>To rehabilitate native wildlife for return to their natural environment. <P> <LI>To relocate native wildlife which is under threat or causing distress to the public into a natural habitat of that species. <P> <LI>To train volunteer members to carry out the rescue and care of native wildlife and encourage protection of the environment <P> <LI>To review policies and initiate actions in pursuit of its objectives and aims. </UL> </font></font></font></TD> <TD width="7%" rowspan="4" align="center"></TD> <TD width="18%" height="160" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFC6"><IMG SRC="glider.gif" ALT="A rare sugar glider rescued by FAWNA...photo by Twiggy "width="120" height="137"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="18%" height="160" rowspan="1" align="centre" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFC6"><IMG SRC="toothcutout.gif" ALT="Tooth, the pademelon joey...photo by Twiggy" "width="120" height="137"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="18%" height="160" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFC6"><IMG SRC="flyingfoxandbaby.gif" ALT="A flying fox mother with baby rescued by FAWNA...photo by Sita" "width="120" height="137"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD width="18%" height="230" rowspan="1" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFC6"><IMG SRC="kangajoeymeredith.gif" ALT="An eastern grey kangaroo joey in care with FAWNA...photo by Sita "width="130" height="223"></TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>