Wildlife Carers

Wildlife carers are invaluable in our community, providing care for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.

Contacting a wildlife carer about injured wildlife

Call RSPCA Wildlife Hospital on 1300 ANIMAL (1300 264 625). This is the standard hotline for reporting injured, sick or orphaned native animals

Other wildlife carers

Organisation	Contact	Details
Ipswich Koala Protection Society	For injured wildlife: 1300 264 625 (RSPCA 1300 ANIMAL) Phone: 0419 760 127 Web: Ipswich Koala Protection Society Inc. Facebook: IKPS Facebook	Rescues all wildlife and specialises in koalas. Providing a 24-hour, 7-days a week ambulance service for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.
Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital	Phone (Australia Zoo): 1300 369 652 Phone (Appointments): (07) 5436 2097 Web: wildlifewarriors.org.au	One of the world's largest and busiest purpose-built wildlife hospitals, based at Australia Zoo on the Sunshine Coast.
ONARR	Phone (rescue hotline): (07) 3030 2245 Email: admin@onarr.org.au	Orphaned Native Animals Rear and Release (ONARR) is a community based program run by volunteers.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service	Hotline: 1300 130 372 Web: Wildlife contact page	Hotline for reporting incidents such as human-wildlife interaction incidents, eg kangaroo attack or reporting fish/aquatic animal deaths in rivers and creeks.

Specific animal carers

Organisation	Contact	Details
Bat Rescue (Ipswich)	Phone: (07) 3062 6730 Web: batrescue.org.au	Flying foxes / bats / fruit bats
Bat Conservation and Rescue Qld	Phone (rescue hotline): 0488 228 134 Web: bats.org.au	Flying foxes / bats / fruit bats
B.I.R.O	Phone: 0432 507 705 (calls only, no SMS) Web: biro.org.au	Birds

Becoming a wildlife carer

Volunteering as a wildlife carer makes a real and practical contribution to wildlife conservation in Queensland.

Wildlife carers are volunteers who treat wild native animals, usually on their own property, and release the animals back into their natural environment.

Council provides some support to wildlife carers such as through the Enviroplan Levy Community Funding.

To become a wildlife carer you must:

hold or be endorsed under a rehabilitiation permit
meet the standards described in the Code of Practice - Care of Sick, Injured or Orphaned Protected Animals in Queensland.

If you are interested in volunteering as a wildlife carer, contact your nearest wildlife group.

To find a group near you, contact RSPCA Queensland (1300 ANIMAL) or the Queensland Wildlife Rehabilitation Council.