POW - Protection of Wildlife

Episode 3: In this final episode, Laurie and Nick talk ducks, kangaroos, a passion for wildlife and footy.

Episode 2: In this episode, Nick continues his chat with Laurie Levy on whales, kangaroos, ducks and the importance of volunteers in saving wildlife.

Laurie Levy – Environmentalist discusses his life and work as one of Australia's best know animal rights protectors. Nick introduces Laurie Levy, environmentalist and wildlife activist. Laurie is best known for his stance on duck and native waterbird shooting and Laurie outlines the early days of the actions that lead to the duck shooting campaign. We hear about Laurie’s passion for wildlife and a...

Nick is speaking with local ornithologist, Larry Wakefield, on the birds of Mornington Peninsula. Here are some links you may be useful that were mentioned in the podcast. Birdlife Australia website  birdlife.org.au Birddata birdata.birdlife.org.au Ebird   ebird.org One of Larry's favourite birds is the red-browed-finch Bird Field Guides (printed version) Most comprehensive  “T...

Nick is speaking with local ornithologist, Larry Wakefield, on the birds of Mornington Peninsula. Larry speaks on 'Lifers', the Orange-bellied parrot , Lewin's rail , the Hooded plover and the Flame robin . Larry encourages joining a club or 'friends' group as the best way to get involved in bird watching. Nick asks Larry about the status of birds on the Mornington Peninsula with the changing envi...

Nick continues his chat with Chris about how many kangaroos are there, how you can be involved in citizen science in helping 'count your mob' and the 5 big myths. They also touch on the perverse taxation that rewards land development over conservation of habitat. https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/projects/mornington-peninsula-kangaroo-count-count-your-mob   https://trustfornature.org.au/ https:/...

Nick chats with Chris, a long-time resident of the Mornington Peninsula, about our kangaroos and the challenges they face with farm management, urban creep, cars, dogs, fences and culling on private land. To get involved in protecting our remaining wildlife on the peninsula please email us  penkangaroo@gmail.com

Dirk Jansen speaks with Nick about ways the public can help in saving the koalas and their local environment. The group's main goal is to create and maintain a wildlife corridor connecting existing sections of koala habitat and food trees on the Mornington Peninsula. This involves planting in the existing koala corridors, thereby encouraging koalas out of urban areas and away from the many threats...

Dirk Jansen speaks to Nick about his passion for saving koalas and their environment. The Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation group started in 2019 with the local community realising the importance of preserving the local koala population from the threat of development. "We started out with a Facebook group which continues to record the sightings of koalas on the Mornington Peninsula. Our memb...