ABOUT AUSTRALIAN FAUNA CARE
Australian Fauna Care was established in 2002 by a NSW based wildlife carer in order to help people find the nearest wildlife care organisation. We were assisted in setting up the website by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (Australia) and we continue to support the work undertaken by IFAW in Australia and around the world.
Initially our database was sourced from information in the 'Directory of Wildlife Care Groups in Australia 1999' by Norma Henderson; a WIRES wildlife carer based in NSW. We were the first on-line directory of Australian wildlife organisations and this site is now the central source for many other online and print directories of Australian Wildlife organisations, and a few related smart-phone apps. We continue to maintain the most comprehensive and up-to-date list in Australia - largely due to the effort of wildlife groups and their members, who keep us informed of changes on a regular basis.
We thank all of those organisations who use our data to help us help the public find help for wildlife in need, especially those who respect our volunteer's hard work by crediting us as their source of information.
Our guiding principles are:
Australian Fauna Care was established in 2002 by a NSW based wildlife carer in order to help people find the nearest wildlife care organisation. We were assisted in setting up the website by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (Australia) and we continue to support the work undertaken by IFAW in Australia and around the world.
Initially our database was sourced from information in the 'Directory of Wildlife Care Groups in Australia 1999' by Norma Henderson; a WIRES wildlife carer based in NSW. We were the first on-line directory of Australian wildlife organisations and this site is now the central source for many other online and print directories of Australian Wildlife organisations, and a few related smart-phone apps. We continue to maintain the most comprehensive and up-to-date list in Australia - largely due to the effort of wildlife groups and their members, who keep us informed of changes on a regular basis.
We thank all of those organisations who use our data to help us help the public find help for wildlife in need, especially those who respect our volunteer's hard work by crediting us as their source of information.
Our guiding principles are:
- We will remain independent, and not-for-profit
- We will assist and encourage cooperation between those whose main objective is the welfare of Australian wildlife
- We are guided by animal welfare, and conservation principles
- We support the International code of ethics for wildlife rehabilitators
