Did you know that elastic hair-ties can be harmful to our hills wildlife?

The Snip Rings for Wildlife campaign, established by the Society in 2020, aims to raise awareness and encourage individuals to protect Australia’s wildlife by snipping through ring-shaped items such as plastic rings, rubber bands, hair ties, loops of facemasks, and plastic dome-shaped lids, in their entirety, before disposing of them.

Animals in the hills such as such as Rakali, turtles, platypus and birds can ingest or become entangled in elastic hair ties. 30% of all litter-related platypus mortalities recorded since 2010 by the Australian Platypus Conservancy have been due to entanglement in elastic hair-ties.

We encourage you to cut through any ring-shaped items before disposing of them.