About Us
Jarake Wildlife Sanctuary is a registered charity dedicated to protecting and conserving wildlife and their habitats. The Sanctuary is located on 130 acres, including approximately 100 acres Conservation Area adjacent to Glenbog State Forest. The Sanctuary has over 3 acres purpose-built wildlife enclosures for wombats, macropods, possums, gliders and birds, all monitored by CCTV security cameras. Raymond and Marie Wynan have rescued, rehabilitated and released native animals since 1992.
Raymond is a qualified plumber, drainer, roofer, gas fitter and plant operator. He has volunteered with Rural Fire Services for 20 years holding positions as Deputy Captain and Safety Officer.
He is trained and holds a tranquilliser and firearms license for animal welfare.
Raymond was an elite cyclist racing within Australia and overseas.
He has built the entire Sanctuary’s infrastructure and is passionate about animal welfare, always considering the safety and wellbeing of animals in care, in the wild and their habitat.
Marie is a qualified Veterinary Nurse and has a Certificate 3 in Animal Studies, attained and trained under Wildlife Veterinarian Dr Howard Ralph.
She is born in Sweden and moved to Australia in 1987. Raymond and Marie married and moved to Greenlands in 1990, built Jarake Wildlife Sanctuary and raised their two sons.
Marie believes her fighting spirit and determination for wildlife comes from her background representing the Swedish National Cycling Team over many years, competing all over Scandinavia, Europe and the USA with highlights of winning a teams World Cup event and racing in the women’s Tour de France.
RAY AND MARIE WYNAN’S WORK AT THE JARAKE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY HAS SAVED MANY WOMBATS AND THEIR ACTIONS HAVE FORCED STATE FORESTS TO CHANGE SOME OF THEIR DESTRUCTIVE LOGGING PRACTICES
Lee Rhiannon Senator
I conclude by thanking Marie and Ray for taking me around Glenbog and for introducing me to the rescued wombats and joeys currently in their care. Anyone who has seen Marie nursing Willow, a 10-kilogram injured wombat, on her knee while feeding him a bottle could not help but want to support this work
David Shoebridge Senator
Jarake Wildlife Sanctuary is named after Raymond and Marie’s two sons Jarred and Jake.
The left wombat is an orphan with mange and represents our work with mange. The right wombat is an orphan that had multiple injuries and represents our work to rehabilitate the injured. The lines above the wombats represent our work to save burrows during logging.
