Enjoying the Wildlife ER event at the Otago Museum in Dunedin yesterday is Alice Bracey (9) with Foggy the tiger.

The Wildlife Hospital invited children to bring along a soft toy on which to practise applying bandages.

Wildlife Hospital Trust manager Jordana Whyte said it was a good activity to show children what the hospital did.

PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH

"Most young people have plush animals of their own and they identify with those animals, so it’s just a nice fit," she said.

The children were told about the hospital’s work and the animals it treated.