Wildlife Victoria is a not for profit, volunteer based organisation, offering an essential service to the community by responding to calls regarding sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.  This service is available to the community 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Wildlife Victoria also maintains a wildlife care and communication network across Victoria which assists wildlife volunteers. By using this network of volunteer wildlife shelters, rescuers and transporters, emergency services, government agencies and commercial operators, we are able to respond swiftly and effectively to all manner of wildlife rescue situations, from orphaned ducklings to injured adult kangaroos.

Wildlife Victoria also has trained volunteer disaster response teams that can be called upon at any time to assist in wildlife rescue emergencies such as bushfires and oil spills.

Wildlife Victoria is managed by a board of management of 11 people elected each year from organisation members. All members are eligible for election to the board. Click here for more information about the board of management.

Click here to see the 2010 Wildlife Victoria Strategic Plan.

Click here to see Wildlife Victoria's 2009/10 Annual Report.

Our Mission & Aims

Our mission is to protect, rescue, and rehabilitate Victorian native wildlife through a
network of wildlife rescuers, carers and other volunteers; and to gain
community and stakeholder support to help us achieve this.

We will do this by proactively:

• developing, maintaining and supporting a network of wildlife rescuers, rehabilitators and other volunteers;
• providing a highly responsive and effective 24 Hour Emergency Phone Service;
• providing a highly responsive and effective network of rescuers;
• promoting the highest standards of rehabilitation in our network of carers;
• being prepared for and be effective in our management of disasters;
• educating the community to raise awareness and appreciation of the importance of native wildlife and their habitats;
• engaging the community to support Wildlife Victoria;
• being an advocate for native wildlife.