About Wildlife Victoria

When members of the public contact Wildlife Victoria about a sick, injured, or orphaned native animal, Emergency Response Operators provide real time advice and, in most instances, arrange for a trained volunteer to attend to the animal. Wildlife Victoria works hard to ensure the best possible outcome for each and every native animal. 

With a statewide network of approximately 1,300 trained wildlife rescue and transport volunteers, wildlife rehabilitators, and in field wildlife veterinarians and veterinary nurses, Wildlife Victoria offers an end-to-end wildlife emergency response service to the Victorian public at no cost. 

Wildlife Victoria is experiencing a consistent year-on-year increase in demand for services with the primary demand drivers – climate change, habitat destruction and urbanisation – all impacting the State’s wildlife adversely. Public concern for wildlife and biodiversity has been amplified since the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires and the Victorian public is demanding action from all levels of government to address the issue.

In addition to the Emergency Response Service, Wildlife Victoria helps wildlife by providing people with the knowledge and skills they need for peaceful and positive co-existence with wildlife, and by facilitating positive community attitudes toward wildlife.