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• Meeting Dates and Times
• Species Coordinators
• Training & Education
• The NANA Book Library
• NANA's Policies , Rules, Constitution
• Latest Newsletter
• Download a Carer Sheet
• Useful Links

Meetings
NANA members and guests, please remember that NANA general meetings are now held at the Nowra Library Meeting Room, Berry Street Nowra on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!

Species Coordinators
The reporting requirements have changed for NANA volunteers (except those on the far South Coast).  The new arrangements are simple. When you get an animal into care, you need to report to the appropriate coordinator, to get a number. The coordinators are

• John Meaney - Head Coordinator. Report all Macropods, Wombats and Possums ...... 4422-7367

• Gerardine Hawkins - Report all Flying Foxes, Microbats, Reptiles and Amphibians ..... 4423-1635

• Judy Bailey - Report Birds except Raptors from Falls Creek and North to Kiama ......... 4423-3261

• Rick Cowan - Report Birds except Raptors, south of Falls Creek ............................... 0411-162034

• Jenny Packwood - report all raptors (does not include nightjars) ................................. 4441-8102

• Rhonda Parker - Echidnas and small mammals (not possums or gliders) ...................  4448-3414

• Any species other than those noted above, please report to Head Coordinator ............. 4422-7367

Training and Education
We take our education and training seriously. As well as 'on-the-job' experience and the 'buddy' system, we offer a number of courses. Unless volunteers have prior experience,  they must attend the appropriate courses before they can rescue or care for native animals.

Our recent Macropod and Wombat Training course and the following Possum course, held at Nowra Hill were presented by Helen George. Both were well attended, and we received lots of positive feedback from members! 

Scheduled Courses

Training courses are not run during the busy spring and summer months as our volunteers are all out rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife!  As dates, times and venues are confirmed they will be included in the newsletter and the web site.  Gerardine Hawkins is our education officer, so to book any NANA course, please contact Gerardine on 4423 1635.  If you attend any of these external courses please let us know so that we can keep your details updated.

• We have a reptile (lizards& snakes) and turtle course scheduled for Wednesday January 27th at Nowra. Our guest presenter will be Carla Jacket. Course cost includes a copy of the Reptile rehabilitation manual. Registration will be at 8:30 for a 9:00 am start. Call Gerry to book (details below).

Some courses may require a deposit up front so we can book the venue. We will also again be sharing out training with other groups, so keep your eyes on this page for information about upcoming training and conferences. Volunteers wishing to find out about upcoming courses should contact Training Officer Gerardine Hawkins on 4423 1635 or 0414 931452.

When talking at schools and community groups , NANA does NOT display animals undergoing rehabilitation.

NANA Library
NANA has a growing list of books in our library. These are only available for loan to NANA members. For a list of the books, click HERE.

Our Rules & Regulations
To download the current NANA Constitution please click HERE.

Our rehabilitation licence is renewed annually. We make a copy of the licence available online so that members can see the terms and conditions of our licence. Every member is legally obligated to abide by the terms and conditions of our licence). To view a copy of the Native Animal Network Licence to rehabilitate wildlife, please click HERE. (Note while the terms and conditions are accurate, the version available online may not be a copy of the current licence).

Remember: NANA members may not make public statements on behalf of NANA without checking first with the Committee or Publicity Officer.

Policies

We are continually documenting our policies. The ones we have completed or available for comment are available for download:

• Domestic Pets policy as it applies to NANA volunteers (Reviewed)
• Bat Rescue & Rehabilitation Policy for NANA volunteers
• Euthanasia policy for NANA volunteers
• Privacy Policy

NANA Newsletter Online

The Newsletter of the Native Animal Network is available to download from this website. It is over 1mb, so could take a little while for those with dial-up Internet Access. To download the latest issue (November 2009) click HERE. (1.5 Mb PDF File. You will need an Adobe © PDF file reader to open).

Back Issue September 2009 click HERE.
Back Issue June 2009 click HERE.
Back Issue March 2009 click HERE.
Back Issue December 2008 click HERE.
Back Issue October 2008 cick HERE
Back Issue June 2008 click HERE
Back Issue April 2008 click HERE
Back Issue December 2007 - click HERE.
Back Issue July 2007 - Click HERE.
Back Issue March 2007 - Click HERE.
Back Issue October 2006 - Click HERE.
Back Issue June 2006 - Click HERE

Download a Wildlife carers Sheet

Volunteers can download a sheet to print off for maintaining records of wildlife in care. To download the carer's sheet (version 3, to be used after 1 May 2008), click HERE

Useful Wildlife Links

Some sites well worth the visit for wildlife carers:

• Australian Fauna Care Find other wildlife organisations around Australia
• National Wildlife Rehabilitation Conference The Official site of the Annual Conference for Australian Wildlife Carers
• Threatened Species Website (NSW) from the Dept Environment & Conservation, including details of all threatened species
• Birds in Backyards Website Includes bird identification (including sound files), habitat, resources, bird friendly backyards and more
• The Australasian Bird Information Database is another new development well worth checking out and contributing to!

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