Lamb Care Australia calling for foster carers as winter looms

The manager and co-founder of Lamb Care Australia has revealed why the organisation is on the hunt for more foster carers.

Lamb Care Australia is looking for more foster carers to join the team as the organisation prepares for the busy period. 4-year-old Marta with lambs. Picture: Mark Wilson

In anticipation of their busiest period of the year, Lamb Care Australia is on the hunt for foster carers.

The-not-for profit organisation rehabilitates and rehomes orphaned, abandoned, sick and injured lambs and unwanted sheep, ultimately adopting them into forever homes.

Lamb Care co-founder and manager Karina Rasmussen said there had been “massive influxes” of lambs given to the organisation for care recently.

She said there were about 50 at the moment, including six in foster care, while the rest were with initial carers who provide critical care before fostering is possible.

“It’s quite amazing given we’re not even in winter yet,” Ms Rasmussen said.

Karina Rasmussen said foster caring lambs was extremely rewarding. Picture: Mark Wilson

“We’re expecting loads of lambs this year … more and more will come.

“We need foster carers really badly (because it’s) coming up to the busiest time of the year.”

Ms Rasmussen said everyone was welcome to apply to be a foster carer.

She said it was it was well worth it to be part of a lamb’s journey, where they start in a highly compromised circumstance and progress to being happy, healthy animals.

“You need to be compassionate – we are dealing with little babies,” she said.

“A lot of our carers haven’t necessarily had experience before, but I try to give them as much training as I can.

“You need to be willing to have them inside when they’re very small, because they don’t have a mother to keep them warm outside.

“It’s extremely rewarding when they go off to adoption and are happy.”

For more information and to register as a foster carer, visit lambcareaustralia.org.au/

Originally published as Lamb Care Australia calling for foster carers as winter looms