Happy International Wombat Day! 💚 Join us as we celebrate our adorable wombat Millie and share our five favourite wombat facts! From cube-shaped poo to backward-facing pouches, these marsupials are full of surprises. | Symbio Wildlife Park

Happy #wombatwednesday (in light of the turn of events of a certain person who picked up a baby wombat in the wild).. Harry and Freya are slightly behind in terms of milestones due to Harry’s leg injury. But we can now go outside and do some exercise and walking. They haven’t really tried digging yet as they are still very scared and just stay close to me. They demonstrate beautifully how baby wombats are wired to be at heel, following mum nose to tail. This is their survival technique and how t

Another wombat treated for mange early this morning. We suspect it’s Stu, a wombat treated once last year before he disappeared. One dose Bravecto is not enough so it’s starting from scratch again and hopefully we can give him two follow up doses. Lucky for him he has most of the fur on his back but his front legs and torso is covered in thick plaques If you want to support us in helping them please do. It costs us an average of $250 per wombat for treatment. You can donate at www.wombatrescue.c

Canberra-based wombat rescuer Yolandi Vermaark of Wombat Rescue is on the frontline of fighting mange in wombats. Here, Australian Geographic follows her on one of her typical weekends, which involves looking for joeys in roadkill and treating a small population of wombats with cydectin that helps get rid of mange. It's a hard story to watch, but Yolandi believes all Australians need to open their eyes to the incredible suffering wombats with mange endure. | Australian Geographic

💩 video.. Louis and Laila are on the same milk, same feeding regime and same weight but their poop couldn’t look more different He does use the log though which is very cute. It used to be pumpkin colour but turned darker with the bark they’re chewing on | Wombat Rescue