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Minton Farm Newsletter: May 2015
Our aim is to assist the conservation of the natural diversity of life on Earth.

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Thanks from Bev!

Howdy!
Thanks again to Our Amazing Supporters!
We’ve had a busy start to the year with our first Indiegogo crowd funding campaign raising $7,900 toward a new hospital facility, and involvement with the Sampson Flat fires through SAVEM Inc.

We welcome any items in good order that you would like to donate to raise funds for the animal rescue centre.

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Donate today & help save little possums!
Please Click here to find out more, thanks

Help rehabilitate Echidnas? 
Please click here to find out how!

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Energy Efficient Freezer Needed

We currently use inefficient and expensive to run freezers to store food for our animals. 

We’re calling out for a donation of an energy efficient tucker box sized freezer to replace our clunkers. 

Collection can be arranged, 
Call us on 0422 938 439 if you can help.

Volunteers Needed

We are needing:
-  Women for our Thursday program, and 
-  Men for our Tuesday program. 

Please contact me, or visit our Volunteer page for more information. 

Come and have a go! 
You'll be rewarded with love from lots of native animals and our volunteer team!   

We work in a team of 10 on both days from 10am to 2pm. There is much laughter, and coffee drinking in amongst a very productive, satisfying day. 

Just give Bev a call on 0422 938 439 to book in, also visit our Volunteer page for more information. 

Feed an Animal at Minton Farm

You can help feed the animals at Minton  Farm by Donating Food for the Animals.

Foods we always accept include:  
- nectar mix (Wombaroo, Harvest etc), 
- dry dog food,
- muesli,
- budgie seed,
- sunflower seed,
- breakfast cereals, inc. weetbix & rolled oats,
- apples,
- carrots,
- celery,
- corn,
- grapes, 
- meal worms.  

These items are essential for our rescued Birds, Bettongs, Kangaroos, Possums, Gliders, Parrots, Lorikeets, Honey Eaters and Wombats and can be dropped off at Minton Farm during daylight hours.  Thanks in advance!

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Koala Care Corner

Needed Every Day:
Gum Leaf Shoots

To feed the Koalas we are rehabilitating we are constantly looking for fresh Gum Leaf supplies.

Every day Koalas need freshly picked, juicy green leaf shoots from the top ends of gum branches. Kangaroos and Possums also use these gum tree branches.

Its quality, not quantity that we need.  Native Animals waste any leaf that’s too dry or mature, which also makes more work on the farm.

Gum Species that are suitable include:
- Manna Gum,
- River Red Gum, 
- Pink Gum, 
- SA Blue Gum, 
- Brown Stringybark, 
- Cup Gum, 
- Swamp Gum,
- Messmate Stringybark, 
- Tasmanian Blue gum, 
- Moort, 
- Candle Bark, 
- Grey Ironbark, 
- Woolybutt, and
- Yellow and White Stringybark

Gum branches can be delivered to us by you or call us to find out if we can collect from you, thanks!

Bedding, Baskets and Bears Needed for Koala Care!

We always need large Toy Teddies and Toy Bunnies for the Koala Joeys to cling to, in various sizes from approx. 20cms up to approx. 50cms. 

Cotton bunny Rugs and baby Sleeping Bags are excellent for Koala joeys to sleep in.  If you don’t need yours any more, donate to us, they will be put to good use! 

Koala Joeys are kept in Cane Baskets with a handle over the top so that it can be hung in a tree with their teddy for security, whilst they learn to navigate branches and munch on leaves.

We look forward to receiving donations from you, as they are extremely useful and really help us keep running costs down.

If you have any thing that you would like to donate for Koala Rehabilitation, we would be deeply grateful.

Donations and Sponsorship Gratefully Accepted

Donations of a energy efficient freezer, animal foods, gum tree branchs, teddy bears, large stuffed toys, cane baskets, and bedding materials
are gratefully accepted at:
  Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre
  455 Cherry Gardens  Road
  Cherry Gardens SA  5157

If the front gate is closed when you deliver them, you can put your donations into the cages on the road in front of Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre. 

Donations Always Welcome!

If you don't have any gum trees, teddy bears, bedding or baskets, 
but Still Want to Donate, 


you can make a Cash Donations or Sponsor a Native Animal.  

Click here to find out how 
You Can Help Today!
Sponsor an Animal 
for as little as $35 annually!

Thank you so very much for your interest and support for the 8,600 creatures rescued at the Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre. 
Cheers, Bev. XX

Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre...

... is a not for profit, native animal rescue centre in Cherry Gardens, South Australia. The Aim of the centre is to rescue, rehabilitate and release injured and orphaned native animals and birds, as a free community service. It is operated by the involvement of volunteers who assist with the maintenance of the Centre and Animal Rescue Hospital, and with caring for the animals. There is no formal funding for the work, which has rescued over 9,000 creatures in the on-site Intensive Care Unit, with equally as many off-site through rescue advice throughout Australasia and beyond via our website, email and phone. 
 
There are 300 animals housed within 6 acres of fox and cat proofed fencing, in species specific enclosures. Species assisted include kangaroos, possums, wombats, koalas, emu, eagles, kookaburras, tawny frogmouths, wombats and a myriad of parrots and lorikeets. In addition to this, there are the farm animals ranging from ducks, geese and peacocks through to donkey, ponies, pigs and deer.