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You can save Australian Wildlife with your phone.
Download IFAW's Wildlife Rescue App today to help wildlife in Australia.
This App identifies the closest licensed wildlife rescue group to where your phone is situated & at the touch of a button, you will be connected to someone for assistance if you have found a sick, injured or orphaned animal (currently NSW only).
Download the app here:
https://g.ifaw.org/WildlifeRescueApp
The IFAW Wildlife Rescue App is joint initiative by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, (IFAW) and the NSW Wildlife Council (NWC).
Wildlife Rescues & Sanctuaries.
Mammals across the world are currently disappearing faster in Australia than anywhere on earth. This is a shameful statistic for Australia to bear and this was before the 2019-2020 bushfire season decimated an estimated 3 billion animals. Here you can connect with some of the many much needed Wildlife Rescues and Sanctuaries that have come into being out of necessity to keep our disappearing wildlife from disappearing altogether...
LAOKO
Looking After Our Kosciuszko Orphans are a wildlife rescue organisation who operate in the Snowy Mountains of NSW, Australia.
Minton Farm Animal Rescue Centre
Bushfire Wildlife Rescue & Support
A specialist team dedicated to providing medical supplies, food, volunteer services, and funding to wildlife carers effected by the horrendous Australian wildfires across Victoria and New South Wales. Based in Geelong, Victoria.
Southern Koala & Echidna Rescue
Adelaide is in the middle of a heatwave. Please put water out for your local wildlife and keep an eye out for animals struggling with the heat. If you find a koala that looks like it needs assistance please contact our page or call 0435 056 252.
Future for Wildlife Australia
Qualified vets and experienced, passionate volunteers that are committed to the future of our wildlife.
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OUR GOALS
To provide our wildlife rescue groups with all the requirements needed to ensure the appropriate care and successful rehabilitation.
Babbajin Wildlife Park
Babbajin Park Wildlife Shelter is dedicated to the rehabilitation of native wildlife. It is also a native nature reserve spread over 20 acres. The shelter is reliant on kind donations by the public and volunteers to lend a hand.
Bargo Dingo Sanctuary
The Sanctuary is a registered charity dedicated to the conservation and protecting the genetic integrity of the Australian Native Dingo. Is the Australian Dingo threatened with extinction? Yes. Our aim is to preserve the purity of the dingo as they play a vital role in the Australian ecosystem. Sadly our children and grandchildren are unlikely to see a pure dingo without our help.
Adelaide Koala Rescue
Operates a free 24/7 koala rescue service in South Australia. We are a professionally-run organisation based in Adelaide and predominantly cover the Adelaide Hills and all metro areas.
Cooberrie Park Wildlife Sanctuary
Cooberrie Park is a wildlife sanctuary that takes care of sick, injured and orphaned wildlife that are then rehabilitated and released back to the wild. These animals are victims of car hits, dog and cat attacks, along with birds falling out of nests, sick and abandoned animals.
Once recuperated, Cooberrie Park permanently houses wildlife that can’t be released back to the wild and houses rescued animals from all across Australia, including animals from the RSPCA along with confiscated illegal wildlife.
Unfortunately, all wildlife parks have been temporarily closed by the Queensland Government due to Coronavirus. During this time their wildlife is receiving the best care and they continue to receive wildlife that needs rehabilitating.
Wombat Mange in The Derwent Valley
A community initiative aimed at treating our native wombats for the debilitating parasitic infestation that is Mange.
Stonedeaf Wildlife Townsville
A volunteer wildlife sanctuary supporting the rehabilitation of local wildlife based in Townsville North Queensland.
Australian Seabird Rescue Central Coast
We specialise in rescuing seabirds, water birds, shorebirds and marine reptiles. We cover the whole of the Central Coast waterways, beaches, lake & river areas from the Hawksbury River right up to Lake Macquarie. ASR Central Coast is completely run on a volunteer basis with 100% of all donations going straight towards the rescue & rehab of injured marine wildlife.
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Volunteer: We are always looking for dedicated rescuers, carers & helpers. People of all ages and skill levels are most welcome. No experience is necessary, we even hold free wildlife rescue & handling workshops for our volunteers!
Wombat Rescue
Orphan after orphan comes into the various sanctuaries across Australia. For some, there are days where four or five arrive in a day. The amount of wombats being killed on the roads is staggering. So Wombat Rescue was born.
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Working with wombats taught Yolandi Vermaak so much about this country. The beauty and rarity of marsupials that can be found nowhere on earth other than here. The dark and hidden truth of how some perceive these animals as a threat, a pest.
Yolanda's long-term goal is conservation, working with wombats, and educating people, children and young adults in particular, about the innocent beauty these animals have, and how desperately they need us to help them.
Wombat Awareness Organisation
The Wombat Awareness Organisation (WAO) is a non-profit charity specialising in the rescue, rehabilitation and advocacy of the unique, amazing and gorgeous Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat.
WAO focuses on conserving and protecting wild wombats whilst supporting a 24 hour rescue and rehabilitation centre within the largest and only free range, cage free wombat sanctuary.
WAO is based in the beautiful Adelaide Hills and services the entire state of South Australia as well as specialised cases over Australia.
1300KOALAZ
Willow Wood Sanctuary
Located in Penfield Gardens, South Australia. We rescue and rehabilitate native and companion animals, work in natural disasters, and assist in re-homing abandoned animals.
1300KOALAZ are the largest group of experienced and dedicated Volunteer Koala Carers and Rescuers in South Australia. Call our friendly volunteers on 1300 KOALAZ (1300 562 529) if you see a koala that is ill, injured, orphaned or in distress. We strive to rehabilitate all koalas (big and small) which come into our care. Our team have extensive experience in koala management and care.
Wildlife Rescue Australia
Wildlife Rescue Australia is a non-profit, voluntary organisation specialising in the rescue of native animals. Wildlife Rescue Australia has established an Australia-wide call centre (1300 596 457) for wildlife rescue. It is staffed by trained, unpaid volunteers and answers over 95% of calls received, with an answering time of less than 25 seconds.