General News
12 November, 2023
If you go down to the wombat enclosure today...
Warracknabeal Lions Park has welcomed a new addition to their animal family with Wally, the southern hairy-nosed wombat arriving on Wednesday. Lions Park head Shirley Liersch said she had been seeking an animal to fill the enclosure formerly housed...
Warracknabeal Lions Park has welcomed a new addition to their animal family with Wally, the southern hairy-nosed wombat arriving on Wednesday.
Lions Park head Shirley Liersch said she had been seeking an animal to fill the enclosure formerly housed by white wallabies, which were tragically mauled last year.
"I had been speaking with someone in Ouyen who had helped us out before. He later happened to speak with Jamie Lind who mentioned he had a wombat available," Mrs Liersch said.
The Lions recently hosted a working bee to clean up storm-felled trees and construct the wombat enclosure, ready for Wally's arrival.
Donated by Jamie and Kim Lind, who operate Jamie and Kim's Mobile Zoo, Wally is aged seven and will live solo, as some wombats tend to do in the wild.
Capable of living for up to 35 years in captivity, Wally will enjoy a diet of native grasses, leaves and tree roots.