WildLife Rescue AU and other Links

Last updated 03/2019

If you find an injured animal, please contact a wildlife rescuer as soon as possible.
It is important that you don't handle bats unless you are vaccinated.
To find a wildlife rescuer in your local area, search here (Aus Fauna Care) or call 1300 ANIMAL / 1300 264625 (AU).

• Why you shouldn’t be scared of Megabats...
• Megabat fact sheets
• Living with Megabats / Importance
• Cocos Palms - Menace to Megabats
• Volunteers go batty over Megabats
• The Importance of Bat Conservation
• Which kind of bats are YOU most fascinated by?
  Asked by The Bat Doctor

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• Newman puts Flying-fox cull back in farmers' hands
• Queensland cull hopes look shot as farmers go batty

• Bat Wraps episode 4 The Bat Rap by Peter Noble
• Bat Atlas

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• Bat Conservation & Rescue QLD Inc (Queensland) PH: 0488 228 134
• Australian Bat Clinic & Wildlife Trauma Centre (Queensland) PH: 
• Bat Rescue Inc  (Queensland) PH: 07 5441 620
• Bats Qld  (Queensland) PH: 0447 222 889
• Tolga Bat Rescue & Research  (Queensland) PH: 07 4091 2683
• Qld Wildlife Carers and Volunteers Association  (Queensland) PH: 07 4159 6431
• Orphaned Native Animals Rear & Release  (Queensland) PH: 07 3030 2245
• Mission Beach Wildcare Inc  (Queensland) PH: 07 4068 7272
• Flying-fox Rescue Release Noosa Inc  (Queensland) PH: 0478 601 030
• FAUNA (Fostercare of Australias Unique Native Animals) Association  (Queensland) PH: 1300 FAUNA 1 (1300 328621)
• Cherry (Carmel)  (Queensland) PH: 07 4122 3665
• Chinchilla Wildlife Rescue  (Queensland) PH: 0427 741799

• Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)

Wildlife hospital offers free treatment, rehabilitation and release. Animal ambulance, cherry picker and small boat for rescues and pick ups.
Emergencies: 1300 ANIMAL (1300 264 625)
Ambulance 1800 852 188

Call centre open 24 hours for advice and referral

• Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Groups

Found wildlife in need? Use our search facility above to find an Australian wildlife carer in your postcode area. Please, do not use email to advise of injured animals as this site is NOT monitored 24/7. Use the search facility above to find rescuers near you.

• WILDLIFE INCIDENT MAPPING

Australian Wildlife Carer's Network wildlife incident mapping. A community wildlife project

• Department of Environment and Heritage Protection

For reports or enquiries regarding crocodile sightings or injured cassowaries in Queensland, please call the department on 1300 130 372
To report sick, injured or orphaned wildlife, marine animal strikes or marine animal strandings, please call RSPCA Qld on 1300 ANIMAL (1300 264 625).

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• Australian Wildlife Assistance Rescue and Education
• Aust. Wildlife Amublance Resecue Service (AWARE) - (NSW) Caringbah - 02 9525 0010
• Australian Wildlife Hospital - 1300 369 652 - 24/7 (Qld)
  (Associated with Australia Zoo and located in Sunshine Coast.)
• Australian Rescue and Rehabilitation of Wildlife (A.R.R.O.W.) (Qld) - 24/7 - 0430 904 415
  Brisbane, Ipswich, the Lockyer and Brisbane Valleys, the Darling Downs and surrounds.
• Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital (Qld)
• Australia Zoo - Wildlife Rescue (Qld)
• Australian Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation
• Australian Fauna Care
  Provides comprehensive online list of Australian wildlife groups, organisations and shelters. You can search by location, name, or postcode to find the closest wildlife care group in your area.
• Animals Ausralia The Voice of Animals
• Australian Koala Foundation Save the Koala
• Australian Seabird Rescue
• Australian Bat Clinic (Gold Coast)
• Australian Wildlife Hospital (Sunshine Coast)
• Australian Tropical Research Foundation (Cape Tribulation)
• Adelaide Bat Care

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• Brisbane Area Rescue Network - 0405 056 066
  Brisbane and surrounds, Ipswich, Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.
• Birds Injured Rehabilitated & Orphaned Association Incorporated (BIRO) Phone: 0432 507705 - calls only please - NO sms
• Bribie and District Wildlife Rescue Inc - 0400 836 592 - 24/7
  birds, possums and other wildlife from Bribie Island to Caboolture-Morayfield-Narangba-Redcliffe
• Bat Rescue Inc - Brisbane: 0488 228 134 - Gold Coast: 0447 222 889
• Brisbane City Council Animal Ambulance service - 07 3403 8888 - 24/7
• Bird Care and Conservation Society Inc. (SA)
• BADGAR Emergency Wildlife Rescue (VIC) - 24/7
• Bat Conservation & Rescue Qld (Brisbane)
• Bat Rescue Inc.
• Bats Qld (Flying Foxes & Microbats) Inc (Gold Coast, Lockyer Valley)

• Basically Bats

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• Currumbin Sanctuary Wildlife Hospital - (Qld) 07 5534 0813 - 8am-5pm 24/7
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• Daintree Wildlife Rescue Inc.
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• F.A.W.N.A NSW Inc (NSW) -
• F.A.W.N.A (WA) Inc. (Fostering and Assistance for Wildlife Needing Aid)
• Far North Queensland Wildlife Rescue (N.Qld) - 07 4053 4467 - Cairns area.
• Fostercare of Australia's Unique Native Animals Association Inc (FAUNA) - (Qld)
  1300 FAUNA1 (1300 328 621) - 24/7

• Friends of the Koala
• Fauna Rescue of SA Inc. (SA)
  FaunaCare and Release Inc. (SA) - 08 8396 3669, 08 8244 3208 or 08 8263 0563
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• Granite Belt Wildlife Carers Inc (SE Qld) - 0418 144 073
  Stanthorpe, NSW border, Texas, Allora, Killarney, Liston, including Warwick.

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• Hunter Koala Preservation Society
• Help for Wildlife (VIC)
• Happy Valley Bats

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• Ipswich Koala Protection Society (IKPS) (Qld) - 07 5464 6274 or 07 3282 5035 - 24/7
  Mt. Forbes (Ipswich QLD) vet on call. It also has two dedicated koala ambulances (but rescue all wildlife 24/7)
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• Looking After Our Kosciuszko Orphans (LAOKO)
• Lachlan Wildlife Carers - Condobolin
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• Mission Beach Wildcare Inc. - 0740 687272 - 24/7
• Moreton Bay Koala Rescue - 0401 080 333 - 24/7
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• North Queensland Wildlife Care Inc - 0414 717 374
  Townsville, covers west to Charters Towers, north to Cardwell, and south to Bowen
• Native Animal Trust Fund
• Nebraska Wildlife Rehab
• Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers
• Northern Tablelands Wildlife Carers
• Native Animal Network Inc. (SA) - 08 8388 6944 - 08 8280 7223
• Native Animal Rescue (WA)
  Find the nearest support vet on this list.
• Native Arc (WA)

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• Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans (ORRCA) - 07 3030 2245
• ONARR Orphan Native Animal Rear and Release - (SE Qld)
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• Pelican and Seabird Rescue Inc. (S.E.Qld) - 0404 118 301 - 24/7
• Noosa to Jacobs Well and from Ipswich to the Moreton Bay islands)
• Pine Rivers Koala Care Association - 0401 350 799 - 24/7

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• Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service - 24/7 - 1300 130 372
• Queensland Wildlife Carers and Volunteers Association Inc. - 07 4159 6431
  Bundaberg, Childers, Gin Gin, Rosedale or Agnes Water.
• Queensland Wildlife Carers and Volunteers Association Inc. - 07 4159 6431

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• Redlands 24 hr Wildlife Rescue service - (Qld)
  All native animals. Koala Coast and Redlands area.
  Phone 8am to 5pm. Wildlife rescue ambulance 5pm to 8am
• RSPCA QLD - Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals - 1300 852 188 or 07 3426 9999 - 24/7
• Rescue and Rehabilitation of Australian Native Animals (RRANA) - (NSW) Broken Hill - 0429 204 416
• RACV Wildlife Connect (VIC) - 13 11 11
  Wildlife Connect where callers are connected to a volunteer wildlife carer for help and advice on injured wildlife found on the roads.

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• Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services (Sydney Wildlife)
• Sunraysia Wildlife Carers Group - Gol Gol
• South East Native Animal Rescue Network (SA) - 08 8726 8199, 08 8735 1177 or 08 8736 3228

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• Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers - 02 6672 4789 - 24/7
• Tolga Bat Rescue and Research Inc (Atherton Tablelands)
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• Wildlife Rescue South Coast (NSW) (VIC)
  Covers NSW South Coast from Wollongong to VIC border.
  northern branch: 0418 427 214
  southern branch: 0417 238 921
• Wildlife Carers of Glen Innes (WCGI) (NSW) - 02 6732 2771
• Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (Qld)
• Wildcare (Qld) (NSW) - NSW border to Gympie and west to Gatton.
  07 5527 2444 – Gold Coast
  07 5483 7777 – North Brisbane, Sunshine Coast to Gympie

• Wildcare Inc (NT) - 08 8988 6121
• Wildcare Queanbeyan (ACT)
• WILDCARE Helpline (WA) - 24/7
  Western Australian Department of Environment and Conservation. refers callers to 340 registered wildlife rehabilitators.

• Wildlife Advocate The Quiet Australian
• Wildlife Victoria (VIC)
• World Wide Fund WWF Australia
• Wildlife Volunteers Association Inc. (Qld) (WILVOS) - 07 5441 620 - 24/7
  All native animals. Sunshine Coast and Hinterland

• WIRES - 13000 WIRES - 1300 094 737
  NSW Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service Inc.

• Wildlife Aid
• Wildlife Animal Rescue and Care (Wildlife ARC)
• Wildlife Carers Network (NSW) (Central West) - Mudgee - 02 6374 4286
• Wildlife Rescue (NT) - 0409 090 840
  Large or dangerous animals phone: 1800 453 210
• Wildlife Wanderer's Carers Group Association Inc. (Qld) - 24/7 - Nanango - 0447 196 704
• Wildlife Welfare Organisation (SA) Inc. - 0434 114 628 (Native birds & seabirds only)
• Wombat Awareness Organisation (SA)
• Wildlife Care (TAS) - 24/7 (03) 6233 6556
• Wildlife Rescue & Information Network Inc. (WRIN) (VIC)
• Wildlife Rescue North East Victoria (NEV) (VIC)
• Wildlife Rescue Emergency Service (VIC)
• WILDWOOD WILDLIFE SHELTER (VIC)
• Waterways Wildlife Park
• Friends of Waterways (NSW) - (Gunnedah) - 02 6742 1826
• Wombaroo (Nutrition, Healthcare for Birds and Animals)

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• Caring for Flying foxes in Yeppoon - Val Dworzak & Pieter Haynes - 49 383 141
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Batty Sites

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Australasian Bat Society All about bats  About flying-foxes (Queensland Government) About flying-foxes (Victorian Government) About bats (Bat Conservation & Rescue)		BAT HEALTH FOCUS GROUP Bat Conservation International Brief History of Megachiroptera Bat World Berkshire Museum exhibitions/bats-creatures-of-the-night Bat Conservation Trust (known as BCT) bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Bat Bat Rescue.org - bat facts Bat Thai Bellingen Bat Cam Bats Northwest Bats About Our Town Bat Conservation Organizations Bat World Sanctuary / local-rescue (map)

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Colorado bats /\^._.^/\		Don't Shoot Bats /\^._.^/\

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eurobats.org /\^._.^/\ /\^._.^/\		Flying-foxes (NSW Government) /\^._.^/\ /\^._.^/\

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Group for Conservation and Research of Bat Glossopedia - Bats Gilbert the Bat		Humane Society International (NSW campaign) Humans and bats Hertfordshire & Middlesex Bat Group Happy Valley Bats Help Stop Bats Dying in Oz

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I Bats Resources - iBatsID International Bat Reasearch Conference Incredible bats Living with flying-foxes (Queensland Health)		/\^._.^/\ /\^._.^/\ /\^._.^/\

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MegaBattie-design /\^._.^/\		Norfolk Barbastelle study group Norfolk Bat Survey Northern tablelands Wildlife North American Society for Bat Research

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SEQ Catchments Sydney Bats Friends of Scott Creek/Bats		Talking Bats (blog) The importance of bat conservation

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Wildlife Friendly Fencing (the horrors of barbed wire) Wildlife Queensland Western Bat Working Group Warwickshire Bat Group		/\^._.^/\ /\^._.^/\

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Year of the Bat (United Nations) /\^._.^/\		/\^._.^/\ /\^._.^/\

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Health information		Bat tourism
Hendra virus (Queensland Government) Australian Bat Lyssavirus (Queensland Government) Hendra virus (Australian Veterinary Association) Why you shouldn’t be scared (Talking Bats blog) Hendra Facts (Independent Hendra Virus Facts)		Bat House, Cape Tribulation Batty boat cruises (Wildlife Queensland) Bellingen Island Bellingen/flyingfoxes Tolga Bat Hospital Visitor Centre

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Other links		Other links
Environmental Defenders Office Qld: bat case 1,  other bat cases		Environmental Law Publishing: Bat case 1, case 2, case 3

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