At Lamb Care Australia, newborn lambs often come into care with their health compromised. Some do not cough up the amniotic fluid after birth which leaves their lungs in a terrible state. Many arrive hypothermic and need their body temperature raised slowly and carefully. Post surgery lambs can be incredibly fragile. The premature lambs also
A question we are often asked is why the lambs in our care wear nappies. The answer to that is that young lambs are unable to maintain sufficient body heat of their own in this cold winter weather. Without their mums to keep them warm, they spend alot of time indoors during the first couple
Our Nappy drive is an ongoing event throughout the year. Our organisation is very conscious of being as environmentally friendly as it can. We considered cloth nappies but we can’t guarantee the hygiene level in them. Lower levels of hygiene are one of the main contributors to lamb deaths. We are trialling a new ecofriendly brand
Our first online fundraiser during this period of social restrictions will be Virtual Trivia for Lamb Care Australia hosted by Trivia for the Animals. During the weekend of April 24 – 26, from the comfort of your own home, you will be able to help us raise essential funds to enable us to continue rescuing
Our next event is a fundraising dinner at Madame K’s in Fitzroy. A fully vegan, gluten free, Thai and Asian buffet style dinner is open to the first 40 people who buy their tickets. Please come and experience the wonderful food this restaurant has to offer and, at the same time, help us to save
Thank you to all the wonderful people who came out on a cold and wintery Friday night yesterday to support our latest fundraiser – Yoga for the Lambs. It was hosted by Om Yoga who we are very grateful to for providing a venue and one of their teachers. The slow flow/yin style class, that
Love lambs? Love vegan baked goods? Then come to the Cruelty Free Shop on Saturday 20 July and you will find plenty to satisfy your sweet tooth and in the process will help to save more lambs this winter. What better combination could anyone want? We would love some help stocking the tables on the
Following the success of our sausage sizzle at the Hawthorn Bunnings store in February, we have another coming up next week. On Sunday 9 June Lamb Care Australia will be at the Collingwood Bunnings from 9am until 4pm. Please drop by and buy a sausage or 2 and help support our fundraiser. We will also