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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.
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.
We’re a not-for-profit conservation organisation that runs programs to help a suite of Queensland’s threatened species. 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.
As always, we’re extremely appreciative of the hard work dedicated wildlife carers do in difficult conditions to take care of injured wild animals. Thank you for caring for wildlife, and stay safe.
Calling all novice conservation photographers!
Honouring the legacy of acclaimed conservation photographer Wayne Lawler, the Wayne Lawler Nature Conservation Photography Grant supports photography projects by non-professional Australian nature conservation photographers.
The grant must be undertaken in partnership with a community-led conservation partner project and rewards the winning photographer with up to $2000 of eligible expenditure for their nature conservation photography project.
You can help save Queensland’s largest butterfly
Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network aims to recover the vulnerable Richmond birdwing butterfly (Ornithoptera richmondia) by restoring its essential lowland food plant, the birdwing butterfly vine (Pararistolochia praevenosa) throughout this butterfly’s natural range.
You can help us in this task simply by purchasing and caring for a vine in your own South East Queensland backyard. Vines cost just $10 and come in a 9cm pot with a 70cm stake—ready for planting to enliven your garden and help preserve Queensland’s largest butterfly species! Note that vines must be picked up from Wildlife Queensland’s head office in Highgate Hill, Brisbane.
Celebrating our older supporters
We’re celebrating the incredible contributions of our older supporters! From volunteers to community leaders, your dedication safeguards Queensland’s precious wildlife and habitats.
Discover how your contribution to Wildlife Queensland can leave a lasting legacy.
Latest news
Australia’s extinction crisis: Public demands action as election nears
As Australia faces an extinction crisis, some political parties are giving the environment little attention this election, even as public concern grows.
Wildlife Queensland’s birdwing vine design takes root along M1 Pacific Motorway (VL2T) Upgrade
In a win for wildlife and green infrastructure, 153 Richmond birdwing butterfly vines have been planted alongside 11 custom-designed trellises as part of the M1 Pacific Motorway (VL2T) Upgrade Project, thanks to a collaboration between the Department of Transport and Main Roads (DTMR) and Wildlife Queensland’s Richmond Birdwing Conservation Network.
Queensland’s ecological story—200 years on
If Australians hold our natural heritage so close to our hearts, why have we allowed so much of it to be cleared, polluted and pushed to the brink in just 237 years?
How we work
Protecting wildlife
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engaging communities
Species spotlight: Platypus
Platypus populations occur throughout Tasmania and up the east coast of Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland as far as Cooktown. The platypus is now extinct in South Australia though Kangaroo Island has an introduced population.
Wildlife Australia magazine
