October 28th, 2025Supporting Victoria’s wildlife rehabilitator volunteers

The state government is supporting Victoria’s wildlife rehabilitator volunteers who dedicate their time and expertise to care for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife.
Macedon MP Mary-Anne Thomas congratulated shelter operators and foster carers across Macedon for being awarded funding thanks to the Victorian Government’s annual Wildlife Rehabilitator Grants.
The grants are providing more than $310,000 to support 150 wildlife shelter operators and foster carers across the state by improving the standard of care they provide, enhancing facilities to treat, house and rehabilitate wildlife for release, and boosting their skills and knowledge through education and training.
Successful recipients in Macedon are:
Serenity in Drummond for the purchase of feed for Eastern Grey Kangaroo joeys and textbooks to increase rehabilitation knowledge:
Lyndarth Wildlife Shelter in Gisborne to construct a movable cage/aviary to allow for the soft release of rehabilitated animals:
Gwandalan in Darraweit Guim to cover the cost of food and milk powders;
The Wildlings Woodend Wildlife Shelter to expand the enclosure for gliders to enhance recovery; and Red Box Wildlife Shelter in Elphinstone to purchase brush-screen fencing and wildlife- specific manuals.
These grants, worth up to $3,000, recognise the important role of wildlife rehabilitators, through dedicating their own time and money to rehabilitate injured or displaced wildlife and release them back into the wild.