Goodhew dog attacked wombat rescued from centre of Taralga 16th sept 25 NOW living wild!
Goodhew was rescued Wednesday 16th sept 2025 from the centre of the little town of Taralga. Now living wild!
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Raising any wildlife including wombats wallabys with their natural predators, dogs is not a long term option. Despite being illegal in NSW. Your loveable puppy (we do love dogs and had them for years) might get on famously with your wombat, kangaroo or whatever. But when released the will eventually meet a not so friendly dog whom they might take a second or to to realise he's not friendly at all, and whom will rip the hell out of them. In NSW and most states you need a wildlife licence to raise wildlife, join a group to get this. Those traveling on holidays and checking pouches DON'T TRY AND RAISE IT YOURSELF! Google 'wildlife care and the town your in and you will find a group. This also applys to traising wildlife after a bushfire its exactly the same. There are plenty of wildlife carers across the country who will raise them. You cannot see the horrendous infections around Good-hews neck I could slip my fingers under his skin (this is called an iceberg wound small hole from bits on top and a sea of infection underneath) you can hear the flies around, he has none on him as we use Centrigen a special spray to kee p the away. Neck bits are typical dong wounds. Keeping wildlife to raise without proper training, meets your need's not those of the animal. You can see some of our stories where we have or tried to rehabilitate these animal's not raised with their wild future in mind. . Its more often than not a big fail for the animal.
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He could not stay there, he would have been run over or shot. He is named after the lane he was in. He was living in an old shed no burrow no safety, too hot in summer poor fellow.
He has gotten pretty bad dog attack injuries some healing some needing treatment due to infection which is in progress and start of mange.
Warwick and Jake repaired our disused kangaroo "palace " shed enclosure do he could eat the grass and snuggle in a dog kennel full of hay in a darked shed. Stress is a big killer when you bring injured adult wildlife into care we had no choice. We have treated over the 3 days and hes quite active now busting to get out Today Warwick and Dave spent the whole day on our main mac enclosure with wombat burrow, trees and, bracken amto hide in and lots of grass A big jop patching holes under fences ( yes wombats) and replacing large logs that we hung the gates from its 1.8 m fence. Its a good 900 sq meters so he should feel more relaxed while he recovers. we will soft release him here at rocklily wombats. Thankyou to those who help with virtual gifts vet fees it also covers medication. Feeling better thursday, and checking the perimeter to find a way back out.
Friday night and we opened the gate into the larger enclosure with a burrow and heaps more grass. He did not venture into the enclosure, he seemed content and very relaxed he lay in the warming sun after his treatment , he ate some dirt and snoozed. Yes wombats eat dirt, we always provide a bowl of dirt for all wombats in little care and at 11 pm he retired to his snug hay filled dog kennel for the night. A good choice as it was 4 degrees and a howling wind then we got heavy rain squall’s for the rest of the night, resulting in 25mm. He is pretty rough looking as he’s so beaten up and with the beginnings of mange. We hope he can relax for a month of so, get alot better so you can see a shiny coat and beautiful wombat face ready to soft release and go out into a better wild place than the town centre and unwanted in various backyards.
FB Good-Hew a month later living wild, wounds all under control and healed after medical intervention, which is and alot of hard work. Looking like a fat wombat now. He is the exception surviving dog attack to go onto a truly wild life starting here at Rocklilywombats. Still has alot of scaring and hair loss on his pack you cannot see in this view
Raising any wildlife including wombats wallabys with their natural predators , dogs is not a long term option. Despite being illegal in NSW. Your loveable puppy (we do love dogs and had them for years) might get on famously with your wombat, kangaroo or whatever. But when released the will eventually meet a not so friendly dog whom they might take a second or to to realise he's not friendly at all, and whom will rip the hell out of them. In NSW and most states you need a wildlife licence to raise wildlife, join a group to get this. Those traveling on holidays and checking pouches DON'T TRY AND RAISE IT YOURSELF! Google 'wildlife care and the town your in and you will find a group. This also applys to traising wildlife after a bushfire its exactly the same. There are plenty of wildlife carers across the country who will raise them. You cannot see the horrendous infections around Good-hews neck I could slip my fingers under his skin (this is called an iceberg wound small hole from bits on top and a sea of infection underneath) you can hear the flies around, he has none on him as we use Centrigen a special spray to kee p the away. Neck bits are typical dong wounds. Keeping wildlife to raise without proper training, meets your need's not those of the animal. You can see some of our stories where we have or tried to rehabilitate these animal's not raised with their wild future in mind. . Its more often than not a big fail for the animal.