north east regional extra | January 20 - 26, 2021
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January 20 - 26, 2021
What a wild life By LEAH ANDERSON-BYRNE
FOR Myrtleford’s Danni Townsend-O’Neil, Australian wildlife is a feature both outside and inside the home. Danni is a wildlife carer and rescuer for the Myrtleford area and currently has four baby wombats set up in cots in her living room. Her love for looking after wildlife began nine years ago when she moved to the town and was raising orphaned baby goats and sheep. “Before we moved to the area we were living in Melbourne, I had just sold my business called Red Wagon and I was running my own fashion label called Tickets for Coco,” she said. “I also owned ‘type key’ which was all handmade jewellery from old typewriter pieces and I was also known for my frozen Charlotte Doll pendants which were dug up from the factory in Germany after the war. “I never really had any other career aspirations. “I would describe myself as a gypsy when it comes to career decisions; I would get my heart set on something that no one else was doing and I would be like a dog with a bone and start my new venture.” In the past year she completed her mentorship under the Beechworth Wildlife Shelter and can now become her own registered shelter to take on foster carers of her own.
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◆ WILD FRIENDS: Local wildlife carer and rescuer Danni Townsend-O’Neil with one of the baby wombats in her care. PHOTO: Leah Anderson-Byrne
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