Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A #dying pastime: #duck #hunting in #Victoria #Australia thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...thepoint.com.auA dying pastime: duck hunting in VictoriaAt thirty minutes past sunset on Monday 8 June, duck hunting season in Victoria officially came to a close. For Victoria’s native birds, this comes as a much-needed reprieve – I say native birds plura... 022
Reposted by Jodie OliverProfessor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Not sure what makes me angrier and sadder, the wanton destruction of habitats and homes for wildlife, including endangered species, or the ease with which politicians and industry representatives attempt to treat us as fools iview.abc.net.au/video/NC2603...iview.abc.net.auFour Corners: S2026 Timber TurmoilAs native forest logging ends in some states, we investigate where the industry is heading next. Jessica Longbottom examines the flow of timber across state borders and the growing battle over the fut... 26228
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Urban #Trees: An underused tool for keeing people cool 🌳❤️ www.wri.org/insights/urb...wri.orgUrban Trees: An Underused Tool for Keeping People CoolTrees can make it feel up to 14 degrees cooler. Yet analysis shows many cities are leaving large areas of plantable land underutilized. 031
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Local #wildlife #rescuer Jodie Oliver agreed Armstrong Creek's urban sprawl had pushed too close to the Lake Connewarre #wetlands, interrupting wildlife corridors and displacing animals #Duck #Hunting #Victoria #Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...abc.net.auQuestion mark over duck hunt zone's futureDuck hunters and wildlife rescuers question whether Geelong's hunting zone will be axed due to the influx of new residents so close to shooting. 043
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Not just #wildfires causing #atmosphere #pollution all deliberately lit fires and don’t forget bombs are contributing globally. #Australia back burning and wood fires are out of control, burning #trees that clean the air, it doesn’t add up. theconversation.com/wildfires-ar...theconversation.comWildfires are reversing America’s progress on ozone pollutionThe US had been reducing surface-level ozone, a harmful pollutant and the main component of smog, but that changed as wildfire activity picked up around 2015. 010
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 04/06/2026#Victoria's Game Management Authority accused of ignoring #duck #hunting breaches #bullying #Labor #Government #JacintaAllan #Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...abc.net.au'Us duck hunters': Victorian watchdog accused of siding with shootersThe Game Management Authority is accused of turning a blind eye to illegal behaviour by shooters while bullying wildlife rescuers and anti-hunting campaigners. 162
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 30/05/2026New artificial homes help Kangaroo Island dunnarts recover after bushfire #wildlife #conservation #Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...abc.net.auHelping 'big personality' marsupial recover after bushfires left them homelessArtificial habitats are giving the Kangaroo Island dunnart a chance at recovery, after bushfires left them largely homeless. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Koalas at risk of death once seven-day temperatures rise beyond 27C 🐨🌳 Non-food trees are just as vital to koalas. "They can't survive without the shady trees that they sit in during the day." #ClimateRefuge #Trees #Koalas #Wildlife www.abc.net.au/news/science...abc.net.auKoalas at risk of death once seven-day temps rise beyond 27CThe risks of death or hospitalisation of koalas increases as soon as seven-day average maximum temperature is above 27 degrees Celsius, a new study shows. 010
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Professor Euan Ritchie and Dr Yung En Chee examine the #Australian federal Labor government's #environmental and #conservation policies and funding priorities in the latest budget #Wildlife First segment after the intro… www.rrr.org.au/explore/prog...rrr.org.auPrograms: Uncommon Sense – 26 May 2026, Uncommon Sense — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent RadioProfessor Euan Ritchie and Dr Yung En Chee examine the federal Labor government's enviromental and conservation policies and funding priorities in the latest budget; Dr Emma Shortis talks Trump in Chi... 000
Reposted by Jodie OliverYung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 26/05/2026This is an @amymullins.bsky.social, @uncommonsenseradio.bsky.social, Triple R @3rrrfm.bsky.social & @euanritchie.bsky.social appreciation post! 🙏 Thank you SO much for making time & space for detailed conversation about the Labor Federal govt's 2025-26 budget & turn in environment policies 3249
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The declaration that the #environment was “back” under the #Albanese #labor #government was met with much public optimism and goodwill #betrayal #wildlife #conservation #destruction #gaslighting www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAustralia’s ‘green Wall Street’ is failing to launch. Threatened species deserve better than the nature repair market | Euan Ritchie and Yung En CheeOne must ask why Labor is so comfortable continuing to ignore the wishes of the vast majority of voters 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 18/05/2026The fact that they were initially given the green light to put poison in their drinking water is unfathomably cruel. It’s also worrying that is will promote other people to do this. Shame on the government bodies that promote #cruelty towards #wildlife #Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...abc.net.auParent company orders cattle station to 'cease any plans' for bird cullA cull of 20,000 native birds on a Northern Territory cattle station will not be going ahead. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Good news 🙏 Although I don’t trust the station owners and I hope someone is keeping eye on the wildlife 🦉🌳 Via Environment Centre NT 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 14/05/2026A permit to #kill 20,000 #native #birds has been granted to a cattle station in the Northern Territory, #Australia drawing condemnation from #bird lovers and conservation groups #wildlife #AustralianGovernment www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...abc.net.auOutback cattle station granted permit to cull 20,000 native birdsA permit to cull 20,000 native birds has been granted to a cattle station in the Northern Territory in response to an "overpopulation" of destructive and "exceptionally noisy" galahs and little corell... 035
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Please share and sign petition 🌳🙏 Extreme #wildlife #abuse #Possum Park #Adelaide #SthAustralia #Australia 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Extreme #wildlife #abuse #Possum Park #Adelaide #SthAustralia #Australia 💔 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...abc.net.auConcerns 'wildlife will be lost' as trees felled for golf course revampWildlife carers are concerned possums and birds will become casualties as trees are felled for the government's $45 million North Adelaide golf course redevelopment. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 05/04/2026#Environmental monitor Nusantara Atlas estimates that in the last 25 years, almost 4.5 million hectares of #forest in #Sumatra #Indonesia has been lost — a land area four times larger than Greater #Melbourne #Australia #deforestation #PalmOil #wildlife www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...abc.net.auWhole villages in Sumatra erased overnight — and still living in the wreckageMonths after floods killed more than a thousand people across Sumatra, residents are still digging their way out of the wreckage. While survivors are eager to rebuild, many just can’t shake the fear t... 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Western #Australian coastal towns grapple with #wildlife #marinelife loss #CycloneNarelle 😔💔 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...abc.net.auExmouth beaches a 'graveyard' after ex-Tropical Cyclone NarelleIn the popular tourist destination, it appears the category four cyclone has chewed up and spat out whole sections of the Ningaloo Reef onto dry land. 000
Reposted by Jodie OliverVictorian Forest Alliance @vicforestalliance.bsky.social · 27/03/2026"Planned burns are beginning across Victoria, with some slated near Harcourt, which was ravaged by bushfires early this year." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... 044
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Authorities are investigating after a #Koala was tied up with a rope and dragged behind a vehicle down a south-west #Victorian street, #suffering injuries so bad it had to be euthanised. #violence #Koala #Wildlife #abuse #Australia 😔💔🐨 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...abc.net.auKoala suffers fatal injuries after allegedly being dragged by carWildlife carers say a koala had to be euthanised after it was injured when it was allegedly dragged behind a car in Victoria's south west. 000
Reposted by Jodie Oliver@animalactive🌱 @animalactive.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Please sign & share www.change.org/change-the-f... & email the responsible Minister to demand wildlife protective Planning laws.NO MORE uncurbed development destroying habitat & safe movement pathways, driving mobs onto roads in search of food and water CONTACT sonya.kilkenny@parliament.vic.gov.au 011
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Five Gang-gangs landed near me in a large gum tree, managed to take a happy snap of these two. The male looking straight down the lens and the female seems to be laughing at me 😂❤️ Such beautiful gentle souls. #Threatened #Species #Australia #Wildlife 000
Reposted by Jodie Oliver@animalactive🌱 @animalactive.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Please sign & share our petition change.org/change-the-f... Please also take the time to email the Minister with power to reform the State planning scheme by mandating wildlife protection from irresponsible development across habitat and safe movement pathways- sonya.kilkenny@parliament.vic.gov.au 011
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 28/02/2026Please sign and share #Developers and #LandOwners are not required or to consider #Australian #Wildlife or their #habitat #food or #SafeMovement #Legislation overhaul required in #PlanningLaws and #EnvironmentLaws to make sure they #preserve #trees #protect #wildlife www.change.org/p/get-loud-f...change.orgSign the PetitionGet loud for wildlife-their survival depends on our combined voices. 020
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 27/02/2026WASHINGTON (AP) — #Billions fewer #birds are flying through North American skies than decades ago and their #population is shrinking ever faster, mostly due to a combination of intensive agriculture and warming temperatures, a new study found. apnews.com/article/bird...apnews.comShrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warmingA new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is speeding up for many species. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 25/02/2026All animals need to eat to survive, grow and reproduce. To do so, they also need to avoid being eaten. This is a big challenge for many of #Australia’s #native #mammals they must be able to escape the attention of introduced predators, namely, cats and red foxes theconversation.com/when-feral-c...theconversation.comWhen feral cats are away, potoroos and bandicoots are more likely to playWhen feral cats are scarce, potoroos and bandicoots forage more freely, altering their behaviour and chances of survival. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 20/02/2026#Australia needs much tougher #laws to help #wildlife #humans poking and picking up #Penguins by the neck is just one example of the #abuse towards wildlife that are trying to mind their own business. Jail time for the #criminal behaviour should apply. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...abc.net.au'Disgusting' behaviour on Tasmania's coast as penguins poked with sticksEach summer, tourists flock to Tasmanian beaches to marvel at penguins, but for some, admiring the birds from afar is not enough. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 19/02/2026#developers in #Perth plan to #bulldoze an #endangered #banksia #ecosystem used by #threatened black #cockatoo species #conservationists have warned the damage cannot be mitigated by proposed offsets #offsets are the new token govt buzzword #Australia www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comProperty developers spark anger over plan to clear woodland home to Baudin’s and Carnaby’s black cockatoosProposal to replant inside a different type of protected woodland would not replicate diversity of cleared sites used by threatened cockatoo species, conservationists say 030
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 16/02/2026#Australia's government was required to identify spending that could be harmful to #biodiversity by the end of 2025 #conservation #wildlife Whats next… www.abc.net.au/news/science...abc.net.auAustralia spent $26 billion on 'nature-harming' incentives in a yearThe federal government funds $26 billion of incentives each year that may be harmful to the environment and is yet to report on its international commitments, researchers say. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Western quoll joey born in outback NSW #Australia likely to be first in a century #wildlife #conservation www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...abc.net.auWestern quoll joey born in the wild after conservation program successOnce thought to be extinct in NSW, the small, spotted, and highly photogenic western quoll is making a hard-fought comeback to the wild. 200
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Research shows that artificial light at night disrupts circadian rhythms, impairs some species ability to find their way around, and is a cause of declining populations of #insects, #bats, and other nocturnal #fauna #wildlife #lightpollution theconversation.com/why-walking-...theconversation.comWhy walking in a national park in the dark prompts people to turn off lights at homeThe starry skies we can see from the UK are being limited all the time by the glare of light pollution. 0184
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Came across this beauty in the garden, and yes near the grape vine 🦋 Phalaenoides glycinae, the #Australian grapevine #moth, is a moth of the family Noctuidae that is native to southeastern Australia. 020
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 10/02/2026A parliamentary inquiry has heard 485,000 #native #animals were legally harmed or #killed in NSW last year. Animal welfare advocates are calling for a major overhaul of the licensing scheme, saying numbers have doubled in two years #wildlife #atrocity www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...abc.net.auNSW scheme saw 485,000 native animals legally harmed or killed in 2025Animal welfare groups are calling for a major overhaul into the system that allows native animals to be killed in NSW. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Please lend your voice for #Koalas 🐨 A letter to the Victorian Govt #Australia to cease killing them in light of the catastrophic loss of koalas and their #habitats from recent #bushfires across Victoria, the govt must apply the precautionary principle actionnetwork.org/letters/open...actionnetwork.orgOpen Letter to the Victorian Government: Urgent Action Needed to Protect KoalasWe call on the Victorian Government to immediately cease all actions that further threaten koala populations. In light of the catastrophic loss of koalas and their habitats from recent bushfires a... 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 31/01/2026#Australian #Legislation overhaul required in #PlanningLaws and #EnvironmentLaws to make sure they #preserve #trees #protect #wildlife and plan for independent #FaunaSurveys and Plan #WildlifeCorridors and #WildlifeCrossings #UrgentLawReform change is needed, otherwise nothing will change. 040
Reposted by Jodie OliverUN Environment Programme @unep.org · 23/01/2026The land we live on does more than feed us—it helps in cooling our planet by absorbing harmful emissions. Human activities are upsetting this balance, but together we can change the story. Learn more about nature loss and how you can help: www.unep.org/facts-about-nature-crisis 23418
Reposted by Jodie OliveriNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · 13/01/2026SPOTTED: this (spotted) sea snail, Primovula panthera — only the fourth observation on iNaturalist! 📷 jayparoline on iNaturalist 📍 Taiwan 🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations... #ObservationOfTheDay 0716
Reposted by Jodie OliverBiodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social · 28/10/2025In order for Australia to halt and reverse biodiversity loss, states need to prevent land clearing in addition to creating more protected areas, particularly in high-risk regions, and restoring areas that have been heavily cleared. Read more: theconversation.com/queenslands-...theconversation.comQueensland’s forests are still being bulldozed — and new parks alone won’t save themQueensland’s conservation ledger is in the red. Despite some new national parks, bulldozers are still clearing forests and vegetation across the state. 043
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Please sign and share this #petition to #SAVE the Moonah #Trees for #wildlife #Australia 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 c.org/f7b7ky5kKDc.orgSign the PetitionSAVE THE MOONAH TREES FOR WILDLIFE 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Vale Dr Jane Goodall 💞🫶🏼🕊️ An authentic and relentless angel for all animals and world peace. Your legacy will live on 🙏❤️ 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 16/09/2025According to a Macquarie University study from 2020, trees and #vegetation can lower temperatures by up to 6C on days of extreme #heat . Many suburbs in #Sydney have less than 20% #tree canopy coverage, fuelling what's known as the 'heat island' effect 🌳 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...abc.net.auThe solutions being explored to cool down Western SydneyA "shocking" warning that heatwave deaths could skyrocket brings the issue of urban heat back into sharp focus, particularly in the city's west. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 09/09/2025There was a federal plan to map, preserve, conserve and plan for #wildlife corridor connectivity in 2013. It is not clear that this will be reconsidered in this new plan ? #Australia failing wildlife protection. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...abc.net.au'No-go' zones to be created in overhaul of environment laws"No-go" zones where development will "simply not be allowed" will be created in the overhaul of Australia's environment laws, minister Murray Watt says. And to speed up the development process, areas ... 011
Reposted by Jodie OliverPopulation Matters @popnmatters.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying www.theguardian.com/environment/... #climatecrisis #populationtheguardian.com‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?The long read: Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great Dying 063
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 21/08/2025#Antarctic #crisis #wildlife #Penguins 🐧💔 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...abc.net.auScientists warn of 'abrupt changes' taking place in AntarcticaScientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment, heightening the risk of significant sea level rise and the extinction of species. 010
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 13/08/20252025 #ClimateCrisis report #Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comRisks of climate crisis to Australia’s economy and environment are ‘intense and scary’, unreleased government report saysSources say delayed risk assessment includes modelling of effects of climate crisis in ways that have been little discussed in political debate so far 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 29/06/2025#Australia’s war on #nature leading to #environmental collapse #wildlife independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...independentaustralia.netAustralia’s war on nature leading to environmental collapseBulldozers roll, koalas perish and governments look the other way as extinction becomes policy. 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Creating safer skies for #Tasmania’s Wedge-tailed #Eagles 🦅 phys.org/news/2025-06...phys.orgCreating safer skies for Tasmania's wedge-tailed eaglesUniversity of Tasmania researchers have developed a powerful risk mapping tool to help prevent fatal collisions between endangered wedge-tailed eagles and overhead power lines. 010
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Warning ‼️this video contains disturbing footage of #Bird stomach so full of plastic that they crunch 💔 #plastic #contamination #crisis youtu.be/tET7-wG3Rvc?...youtu.beThese birds are so full of plastic you can hear them 'crunch' | ABC NEWSYouTube video by ABC News (Australia) 000
Jodie Oliver @pippiewup.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Please sign this petition to stop the sale of #poisons that are #killing #Australian #Wildlife in the most sadistic way possible. chng.it/Z928zGr2ZQchng.itSign the PetitionHELP! WILDLIFE AND PETS POISONED & DYING IN AGONY - BUNNINGS, STOP SELLING SGAR RAT BAITS! 000