Emergency Wildlife Fund
Help us respond to wildlife in need, every day of the year
As environmental challenges continue to threaten the lives of animals and their habitats, your support for Zoos Victoria’s wildlife responders and dedicated Vets has never been more urgent. The nature of our work is fast-paced and unpredictable, with new challenges and threats occurring daily.
Zoos Victoria's wildlife experts acted under authority from the Victorian Government to treat injured animals during the bushfires of 2019-20 but, sadly, we don’t need an emergency on this scale to respond to disasters impacting wildlife; it is what drives us daily.
The bushfires of the 2020 summer taught us that we have the expertise, and the power of community support can play a big role in helping all our facilities and staff give the animals we rescue a fighting chance.
Thanks to the donations of supporters and donors to RSPCA Victoria and RSPCA Australia’s Bushfire Appeals, in the past three years we have been able to vastly enhance the veterinary hospitals across our zoos, allowing us to save more precious wildlife than ever before, every day of the year.
Zoos Victoria’s expert wildlife response teams stand ready to treat wildlife no matter the emergency, caring for and saving wildlife inside and outside our zoo's walls.