Wildlife rescue contacts

WIRES

All of NSW (24/7)

Sydney Wildlife Rescue (Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services)

Greater Sydney (24/7 rescue and advice)

Taronga Zoo Wildlife Hospital

Sydney

ORRCA (whales, dolphins, seals)

All coastal NSW

Australian Seabird and Turtle Rescue

Far-north coast

Rescue

Bouddi Wildlife Bat Sanctuary

McMasters Beach

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital

Far north coast

Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary

Coffs Harbour and surrounds

Conmurra Wildlife Sanctuary

Bathurst

FAWNA

Mid-north coast: MidCoast, Port Macquarie-Hastings and Kempsey LGAs

Friends of the Koala

Northern NSW coast

Koala Hospital Port Macquarie (Koala Conservation Australia)

Northern NSW: coast, tablelands and western plains

Koalas In Care

Greater Taree, Great Lakes and Gloucester

Native Animal Rescue Group (NARG)

Braidwood

Native Animal Trust Fund

Hunter: Newcastle, Cessnock, Maitland, Lake Macquarie

Northern Rivers Wildlife Carers

Far-northern NSW (excluding Tweed Valley)

Northern Tablelands Wildlife Carers

Northern NSW (excluding the coast)

Port Stephens Koalas

Tomaree and Tilligerry peninsulas

Saving Our Native Animals (SONA)

Southern NSW, around Batlow and Tumbarumba

Snowy Mountains Wildlife Rescue (LAOKO)

Snowy Mountains to the Victorian border

Sunraysia Wildlife Carers

Gol Gol, south-western NSW

Taronga Western Plains Zoo Wildlife Clinic

Dubbo

Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers

Tweed Valley, north of Brunswick Heads

Warrumbungle Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation

Mendooran, Dubbo, Dunedoo

Wildcare Queanbeyan

Southern NSW (excluding the coast)

Wildlife ARC

Gosford and Wyong LGAs, Wyee, Wyee Point

Wildlife Carers Network Central West

Mudgee, Lithgow, Capertee Valley, Kelso, Coolah, western NSW

Wildlife Rescue South Coast

NSW coast south of Wollongong

WINC (Wildlife in Need of Care)

Port Stephens, southern Great Lakes, southern Dungog

Wildlife Victoria

Sick, injured and orphaned native animals, 24/7

Help for Injured Wildlife (Victorian Government tool)

Finds local authorised carers and shelters

Whale and Dolphin Emergency Hotline

Whales, dolphins

Marine Response Unit

Seals, marine turtles

Healesville Sanctuary

Platypus

RSPCA Queensland, 1300 ANIMAL

Injured or orphaned wildlife: advice and a connection to a rescuer, 7am–7pm

RSPCA Queensland after-hours page

Finding a rescue organisation outside those hours

Find your closest rescue organisation

Directory

Wildlife Hotline (option 1), or the QWildlife app

Marine strandings (turtles, dolphins, dugongs, seals, whales)

Fauna Rescue of South Australia

Bat rescue, 24 hours

National Parks Regional Duty Officer

animals in parks and for marine mammals

Wildcare Helpline (run by volunteers for DBCA)

Advice, and referral to a registered wildlife rehabilitator anywhere in WA. It can't attend rescues. Hours not stated.

Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary

Statewide

24-hour emergency

Reptile Rescue Inc

Statewide

24-hour emergency

WIRES

Statewide

24-hour emergency

Raptor Refuge

Statewide

Wombat Rescue Tasmania

Statewide

Kanamaluka Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre

Lower Turners Marsh

Raptor Care North West

North-West

Tasmanian Wildlife Hospital

Forth

The Wombat Place Tasmania

North

Tracey's Micro Management

Legana and north-east

Tyerrernotepanner Wildlife Rescue

Whitemark (Flinders Island)

Endor Wildlife Sanctuary

Molesworth

Roaring Beach Wildlife Rescue

Nubeena

Tassie Wild Orphans

Sandford

Andara Wildlife Sanctuary

St Marys

Pademelon Park Wildlife Refuge

Bicheno

North West Tasmanian Wildlife Rescue

Burnie

Wildcare Wildlife Rescue and Rehab

North-West

Wildlife Rehab Retreat

Acacia Hills and Sheffield

Wildlife Services (NRE Tas)

Government contact

Access Canberra

Injured kangaroos, or any animal hit by a vehicle (24 hours)

ACT Wildlife

Other injured animals, and baby birds that may need help

Wombat Rescue

Injured wombats

Darwin Veterinary Hospital

Darwin

Darwin Wildlife Sanctuary

Darwin

Wild North Veterinary Hospital

Darwin

Wildcare Inc

Darwin

Woollybutt Wildlife Rescue

Darwin

Wildcare Inc

Katherine

Wildcare Alice Springs

Alice Springs