Your Voice
for Wildlife
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Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland (Wildlife Queensland) is the longest-running wildlife conservation organisation in Queensland. For more than 60 years, we’ve worked to protect and conserve at-risk species and habitats, advocating for better environmental policy, delivering vital on-ground conservation programs, and raising awareness of wildlife conservation issues through education and community engagement.
How we work
Protecting wildlife
influencing choices
engaging communities
Stop the silent extinction
Right now, Queensland’s native species are being pushed towards extinction as bushland disappears, waterways decline, and climate pressures intensify.
But your compassion can become real protection on the ground.
Your support helps put our conservationists into the field to monitor threatened wildlife, restore critical habitat, protect biodiversity hotspots, and act before species disappear.
Together, we can raise $100,000 by 30 June to restore critical habitat and give Queensland wildlife a safer future.
What’s on?
What’s hiding in Oxley Creek? Help us find out.
Join us, Transurban, Griffith University, and OCCA for a community BioBlitz, discover hidden wildlife, and turn a Sunday morning into real conservation impact.
No experience needed, just curiosity. Register here.
Here’s what to do if you find injured wildlife …
Like you, Wildlife Queensland is concerned about the impact of natural disasters on wildlife. However, we are not a wildlife rescue service or a government department, and we don’t operate 24/7, so we’re not the best people to contact in a wildlife emergency.
Dedicated carers at Wildcare (Qld, 07 5527 2444), Wildlife Rescue Queensland (Moreton Bay and SEQ, 0478 901 801), Wilvos (Sunshine Coast, 07 5441 6200) or WIRES (1300 094 737) will be able to better help injured wildlife, or please see a complete list of Wildlife Care and Rescue services.
Thank you for caring for wildlife.
Latest news
Before Another Species Disappears: Why Your Support Matters Now
With your support, Wildlife Queensland is taking action now, protecting threatened species, restoring critical habitat, and working alongside communities to safeguard the ecosystems wildlife depend on.
Development in your neighbourhood? Here’s how to speak up for wildlife
When a patch of bush is marked for development, it can feel like the outcome is already decided. In reality, informed community action can influence what happens next.
From backyard sightings to bioblitzes: helping protect Queensland’s wildlife
What lives in the park down the road, the wetland near your workplace, or the patch of bushland you pass every day?
Across Queensland, everyday wildlife sightings are helping build a clearer picture of where species live, how common they are, and where conservation action may be needed. Using the free iNaturalist app, anyone can record plants, animals, fungi and insects by taking photos or sound recordings on their phone.
Species spotlight: Rakali
The rakali, also commonly known as a water rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)—is a unique, semi-aquatic native rodent. Shy and nocturnal, they are identifiable by their large size (similar to a platypus) and white-tipped tail. The rakali is the largest member of the Australian native rodent family, but unlike most rodents, they spend much of their time in or near the water.
Wildlife Australia magazine
