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
The future inherits what we protect today …
Our legacy will not be measured by what we consume or accumulate, but by what we choose to protect. It is the care we show—to one another, to our communities, and to the living world around us—that defines what endures.
When you join our Wildlife Protector Program, your monthly gift becomes more than support—it becomes stewardship. It safeguards endangered species, restores fragile habitats, and ensures future generations inherit a world alive with diversity and beauty.
What’s on?
Curious about what lies beneath the surface of your local creek?
Join Wildlife Queensland, Resilient Rivers SEQ and Redland City Council for a community workshop sharing the results of the Spring 2025 regional environmental DNA project and a walk and talk along your local creek.
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
Rock-wallabies thriving at Carneys Creek, and confirmed at Queensland’s western edge
Recent field work by Wildlife Queensland project officers has delivered encouraging news for brush-tailed rock-wallabies at Carneys Creek in the Scenic Rim, and important confirmation that the species persists at the western edge of its range in Sundown National Park.
In search of the numbat: Honouring Wayne Lawler through conservation photography
Upon receiving the Wayne Lawler Nature Conservation Photography Grant 2025 from Wildlife Queensland, I aimed to achieve two key outcomes: to promote numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus) and their conservation, and to honour the legacy of the remarkable Wayne Lawler, with whom I was fortunate to work several years ago.
Caring for Conservationists
On the last Friday of February, several members of the Wildlife Queensland team joined conservationist and founder of Lonely Conservationists and Earth Carer Care, Jessie Panazzolo, for a thoughtful and timely workshop titled Caring for Conservationists. Hosted by the Society for Conservation Biology, the session created space for an often-overlooked conversation: Who supports the people doing the work of protecting nature?
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
