Cooraka Native Wildlife Rescue & Rehab Centre - Auburn SA

31/05/2026

HAPPY WORLD PARROT DAY! 🦜🌍

Today, we join friends, partners, supporters, and parrot lovers around the world to celebrate these extraordinary birds and shine a light on the challenges they face.

From the rainforests of South America to the islands of Oceania, parrots fill our world with colour, personality, intelligence, and life. But behind all that beauty lies a sobering truth that nearly 1 in 3 parrot species is threatened with extinction.

The World Parrot Trust founded World Parrot Day in 2004, to celebrate parrots, raise awareness for the challenges they face, and inspire action to protect them.

Every day, together with our partners around the world, we're working to conserve wild populations, restore habitats, support communities, tackle the illegal wildlife trade, and improve the lives of parrots in human care.

At the World Parrot Trust, every day is World Parrot Day. But today is a chance for all of us to come together and celebrate a world full of parrots.

Make a difference this World Parrot Day by:
📢 Sharing our posts
🗳️ Voting for Parrot of the Year: https://parrots.org/poty/
🎁 Supporting parrot conservation: https://parrots.org/donate/
👕 Wearing your support with a World Parrot Day t-shirt: https://parrots.org/shop/
📚 Learning more about parrots and the work being done to protect them: https://parrots.org/

Because a world full of parrots is a world worth protecting.

Happy World Parrot Day from all of us at the World Parrot Trust.

26/05/2026

The simple old fashioned CAUSE and EFFECT!

Please STOP 🛑
🛑 stop watching cute bird videos
🛑 stop making and uploading cute bird videos
🛑 stop sharing cute bird videos

Please 🛑 stop sending and sharing them with me.

If this helps save one bird from being poach, illegally caught, trafficked, death from the cruelty of being smuggled, not being cared for properly, not being loved, not being given the respect and life it deserves, then I can easily go without watching something I think is cute or funny, or gives me a giggle or puts a smile on my face for a few seconds.

That is nothing compared to the cruelty and sadness felt by each and every bird illegally trapped and sold.
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The recent Rolling Stone article on African grey parrots examines how viral social media content can unintentionally fuel demand for the illegal wildlife trade…

Silly, sweet, talking parrots that dance and snuggle. Millions of views. But behind many of these videos is a more difficult reality: wild birds are still being trapped, trafficked, and sold to meet the demand created by exotic pet fascination online and the romanticized idea of living with parrots rather than the challenging reality of their lifelong care. 💔

There *has* been progress. Stronger international protections and trade restrictions for African greys have helped bring more attention and regulation to the species, making legal importation and trafficking more difficult than they once were. That matters. But enforcement is still complicated, illegal trade still exists, and social media can drive demand faster than education can keep up.

As a shelter and sanctuary, this creates a moral dilemma that we here at The Gabriel Foundation think about often when posting videos and social media content of our own birds. We love sharing their extraordinarily unique personalities, educating the public about them, and helping parrots that come into our care find incredible adopters and lifelong homes. But we also sometimes worry about contributing to the romanticized image of parrot ownership that social media can create easily…

A short clip can immortalize a funny or affectionate moment that many people naturally want to experience for themselves. What it *cannot* capture is the full reality: the decades of commitment, emotional complexity, noise, destruction, behavioral challenges, and specialized care these highly intelligent animals require.

We hope sharing both the joy and the reality helps create more informed, compassionate relationships with parrots, while reminding people these birds are far more than entertainment or “content.”

Behind every viral parrot video is a real animal with real needs, and often, a species paying the price for our fascination.

⬇️⬇️⬇️Full article in comments.

18/05/2026

2.47am. Somewhere in South Australia, a carer is up doing exactly this.

This week is National Volunteer Week. Wildlife rescue runs on a village of people who show up, day after day, night after night, without anyone asking them to.

To every rescuer, carer, and sanctuary volunteer in South Australia - we see your work. Thank you.

Tag someone below who deserves to be seen. 🦘🫶

13/05/2026

22/04/2026

Thank you California. 🥰
Gradually more and more of the world are waking up to the atrocities the Australian government is allowing to continue to these beautiful spiritual sentient beings.
I just wish more Australians would wake up to the propaganda they are being fed with false facts, false data, false information by those that either make money from the murdering of these culturally important and sentient creatures or those that have their heads stuck in the sand and don’t want to admit they have been fooled for so long.
California, thank you for putting your foot down and saying No! ❤️🦘

01/04/2026

I honestly think some people either have nothing better to do than just waste other people’s time; or, they are just that spiteful and immature that they try all they can to cause trouble for those they dislike.

Well, for whomever it was that “anonymously” reported us to the RSPCA because apparently we “don’t care for or look after the animals here”, I’m sorry to disappoint you but the RSPCA left here more than happy and satisfied with the conditions and care we give and provide the animals.

I’m not angry. I’m just upset that you’ve wasted the time and fuel (that is becoming scarce) of the RSPCA. The thought that you could actually be doing something useful, putting your energy and time to better use by advocating to help wildlife in danger, helping rescue injured, sick or orphaned wildlife, or even planting a tree for the planet.

Shame on you! 😞

21/03/2026

Please remember our kangaroos when you hit the polls today. And the native ducks as duck killing season starts.

Vote like their lives depend on it.

09/03/2026

Fuel is getting expensive. We're not panicking and filling up juice bottles at the servo, but we are planning ahead to minimise the impact on wildlife rescuers.

For most people that’s frustrating. For wildlife rescuers, it can make attending rescues almost impossible.

Rescuers often drive long distances to attend call outs. This is particularly so for injured adult kangaroos that cannot just be put into the back seat of a car (no really, we do not recommend doing this!!) and koalas who often go straight up the nearest tree even with horrible injuries. South Australia is a big state with not enough rescuers meaning many rescues mean a lot of kilometres on the road.

Rescue volunteers already give their time, their vehicles, and their own money to help wildlife. The last thing we want is a rescuer worrying about whether they can afford the fuel to get to the next call.

Our wildlife shouldn’t suffer because of international conflict affecting fuel prices. And the people helping them shouldn’t be left carrying that burden alone.

If you’re able, please consider supporting your local wildlife rescue group with a donation to help cover fuel costs. It’s a very practical way to help rescuers keep doing what they do every day - responding to calls for wildlife that needs help.

There are also some simple ways the public can help reduce unnecessary travel for rescuers:

• Provide the most accurate location possible. A dropped map pin is incredibly helpful. Apps like what3words can pinpoint the exact spot.
• Stay nearby if it’s safe to do so. Animals often move after an accident. Being able to guide the rescuer when they arrive can save a lot of searching time.
• Take a photo of the area. A quick photo can help identify exactly which tree a koala climbed or which paddock a kangaroo moved into.
• Let operators know if you’ve called more than one rescue group. That helps avoid multiple rescuers driving long distances to the same job.
• If you find smaller wildlife, ask if you can help with transport. Many rescue groups can guide you on how to safely take an animal to a vet or carer.

Small actions like these can make a real difference. They help rescuers spend less time driving and more time helping wildlife.

Keeping rescuers on the road means wildlife not being left to suffer.

21/02/2026

This is very sad. The colony is such a fragile group. People complain about them and many don’t care but they don’t realise how important they are for the environment.

20/02/2026