Links

Links to the web sites of groups affiliated with the NSW Wildlife Council can be found by clicking here. On this page, we will provide links to websites that are of particular interest to wildlife rehabilitators in NSW. We are starting with just a few links, but will add to this over time.

• Australian Fauna Care - Looking for a wildlife rehabilitation group? This site has the most comprehensive online database of wildlife groups across Australia, with well over 250 listings.
   

• Australian Registry of Wildlife Health - founded at Taronga Zoo in 1985 and has since grown into a diagnostic and resource centre. The Registry focuses on detecting and diagnosing endemic, emerging and exotic diseases of wildlife that could have impacts on Australia’s trade/economy, biodiversity, tourism and human health.
   

• Australian Mammal Society -  The Australian Mammal Society (AMS) is an interdisciplinary society of biologists whose common interest is in the biology and conservation of Australian mammals.
  
  Research spans a wide variety of biological disciplines including behavioural and community ecology, population genetics, management and conservation. The goal of  the Society is to contribute to the greater understanding of the Australasian mammalian fauna.
   

• Australian Marsupial Society - Established in 1981, the Society continues, through this web site, to promote public awareness and be a major source of information and education to the world on matters relating to the keeping and breeding of Australian Marsupials in captivity; the hand-rearing of orphaned Marsupials; and conservation of Australian Mammals in the wild.
   

• Australian Wildlife Health Network - a national initiative of the Commonwealth Government and is managed under the Wildlife Exotic Disease Preparedness Program (Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry).

  Its mission is to promote and facilitate collaborative links across Australia in the investigation and management of wildlife health in support of human and animal health, biodiversity and trade. Its vision is for a nationally integrated wildlife health system for Australia.
   

• Australian Bird Image Database - part of Aviceda, a comprehensive database of bird images from a range of professional and amateur photographers. Well worth a visit.
   

• Australasian Wildlife Management Society - Objectives of the Society are:
  • to promote the study and application of scientific wildlife management
  • to provide opportunities for discussion and the dissemination of information among members by appropriate means such as meetings, workshops, and publications.
     

• Birds in Backyards - a research, education and conservation program focusing on birds and the urban environment. Includes 'bird finder', a catalogue of over 140 birds, including pictures and sounds for some species.
   

• Companion Animals Act 1998 - the Act influences many aspects of wildlife care as well as interactions with companion animals. Wildlife carers should be familiar with the terms of the act, including the clauses which relate to control of domestic pets. This link is to the Australian Legal Information Institute site, where you can read or download a copy of the Act.
   

• NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service - Information about NPWS. This link takes you to their wildlife rehabilitation pages.
   

• NSW Threatened Species Website - from NPWS, a valuable source of information on NSW threatened species.
   

• Voiceless - The fund for animals.  Voiceless will work to promote respect and compassion for animals, increase awareness of the conditions in which they live and take action to protect animals from suffering.
   

• Wombat Protection Society

If you know of a website that would be a useful resource for wildlife carers across NSW, please contact us and let us know about the site.