We are the North Coast’s first and only all species wildlife hospital.
Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital provides professional veterinary services for injured, diseased, orphaned and displaced native Australian animals. Our services are provided free of charge, 7 days a week, and available to wildlife rescue groups and members of the public.
Our vision
Securing the future for Australian wildlife through expert veterinary care, recovery, education and community engagement.
Our mission
To conserve, protect and ensure positive welfare outcomes for Australian wildlife through treatment, rehabilitation, research and education. Everything we do is underpinned by important principles of ethics and animal welfare.
Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital is a registered charity and not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. We provide dedicated, expert veterinarian services to wildlife, free of charge. Our mission is to conserve, protect and ensure positive welfare outcomes for Australian wildlife through treatment, rehabilitation, research and education.
About us
Meet ‘Matilda’
Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital operates from within a full-sized, custom-built semi-trailer, affectionately known as Matilda through a public naming competition. She can be transported to the scene of a natural disaster such as a bushfire, flood, mass stranding or oil spill affecting wildlife on a large scale. Members of the public & licensed wildlife carers can bring injured, sick & orphaned animals in their care to Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital for treatment.
Experienced & expert veterinary team
Based at the nature-based tourism attraction Byron Bay Wildlife Sanctuary in Knockrow, New South Wales, Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital is the North Coast’s only all-species wildlife hospital licensed by the Veterinary Practitioners Board of NSW. Equipped with state-of-the-art equipment, the veterinary hospital The Hospital employs 2 full-time veterinarians (Foundation Vet Dr Bree Talbot and Associate Vet Dr Chantal Whitten), alongside an extensive team of veterinarians, vet nurses and dedicated administrative staff and volunteers.
Everything we do is #forthewildlife
We are open 7 days a week, providing professional veterinary care for wildlife, free of charge.
Who pays for professional veterinary care for injured wildlife?
It costs Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital an average of $555 per wildlife patient for an initial consult, anaesthesia, X-rays, pain relief, fluid therapy and hospitalisation. This does not include the cost of medicines or surgery.
Help Good Humans Save Wildlife.
Every donation over $2 is fully tax-deductible and goes directly toward sustaining lifesaving veterinary services for Australian wildlife.
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