Patricia LeeHong – expert and dedicated practitioner in Wildlife Rescue, Rehabilitation and Education Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Queensland and PhD Candidate in the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the University of Queensland: Gatton Campus.
In the south east corner of Queensland the continuing trends of habitat and wildlife destruction are sadly all too evident and are well known to my guest in this episode of the podcast series, Trish LeeHong. Over many years Trish has worked at a variety of roles in wildlife protection, most recently from within the wildlife rehabilitation centre she has created near the town of Murphys Creek. Amongst many species of animal brought to the centre for rehabilitation from injury or even starvation, Trish is devoting particular time to koala rehabilitation and building an in house facility to help improve the professional care for koala and other wildlife in this region.
Trish’s recent receipt of the Australian Wildlife Society Serventy Conservation Award 2022 is only one of several official forms of recognition of her valuable contribution to wildlife conservation.