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IT HAS been almost one year to the date when staff at Australia’s newest and largest wildlife hospital officially celebrated the opening of their brand new facilities. The Australia Zoo Wildlife Warriors – Australian Wildlife Hospital will celebrate its one year anniversary on Steve Irwin Day, November 15, but not in the style that it saw when its doors were officially opened.
The opening in 2008 attracted more than 150 guests, including VIP's Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin and Wildlife Warriors' ambassadors The Veronicas, Khaliah Ali and Jamie Dunn.
This year, the anniversary will be just another day at the hospital where staff will be busy treating the average of 30 animals that come through the hospital’s doors every single day, and caring for more than 80 patients that are recovering from their injuries and illness within the hospital.
The entourage of 26 full-time staff which includes veterinarians, vet nurses and admin staff, and more than 90 volunteers, have already treated more than 6300 animals this year.
By the time the New Year ticks around, the number of patients treated in 2009 will be almost 40% more (average increase in patients since 2004) than what was treated in 2008.
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