Warriors 4 Wildlife Inc. is a registered Not-for-Profit charity with the purpose of advancing the natural environment.
We are 100% volunteer run with our rescue services spanning Victoria wide. We are passionate about animal welfare, education and wildlife conservation and hope to enhance our environment through exciting volunteer projects and fundraisers.
Our VISION
Warriors 4 Wildlife strive to be strong and professional leaders in the wildlife industry.
As well as wildlife rescue, our passion is wildlife conservation. Our core belief is that building a sustainable environment for our native wildlife, is vital for enabling them to thrive.
Our key objectives are to facilitate:
Fast response times in wildlife rescue and transportation.
Specialised education and training in rescue, rehabilitation and sustainability, to volunteers, the public and animal shelters.
Support for the animal welfare community through fundraising and disaster relief.
Collaborative and transparent relationships within the broader wildlife and rehabilitation community.
OUR CULTURE
Our culture defines the ways we work together as a team, the public and with the broader wildlife community.
Our Warriors 4 Wildlife Volunteers are:
Passionate
We genuinely care about wildlife rescue and conservation of the environment and are passionate about helping wildlife to thrive.
Trustworthy
We are open and honest in all of our dealings and can be trusted to deliver reliable wildlife rescue and transportation services for the community.
Collaborative
We are team players and solve problems by sharing our knowledge and expertise through the connections we make with the wildlife community.
Empowered
We nurture a work environment that builds resilience and that is supportive, respectful and understanding of each person’s unique needs.
The Importance of Wildlife Shelters
Warriors 4 Wildlife work alongside many wildlife shelters and carers in Victoria. The rehabilitation of wildlife is extremely important as every species plays an important role in our ecosystems. Wildlife rehabilitators help injured animals recover from injury and illness and release them back to their natural habitat so they can live a natural life and continue to play their roles.
It’s a lot of work for them to care for wild animals. It takes a large amount of time, energy and money to successfully rehabilitate them and return them back to the wild. The majority of wildlife shelters rely on support from the public and volunteers to help them and they receive little to no funding at all to accomplish this.
There are many things shelters do from the second an animal comes into care.
Receive call outs to injured, lost or trapped animals using their own means of transportation. They may have to catch the animals themselves or have a qualified person to come and sedate certain animals like kangaroos.
Assess their needs immediately, this may mean administering medication.
Taking them to vets or other specialised wildlife sanctuaries or Zoos for assessment and treatment.
Caring for wounds.
Hand rearing baby animals.
Round the clock daily feeding and cleaning.
Teaching wildlife to forage for their food in the most natural way possible.
Releasing wildlife back to the habitat in which they were found.
Wildlife rehabilitators are passionate for wildlife and love taking care of them, this enriches their lives knowing they have helped save a life and are contributing to the conservation of our environment. Warriors 4 Wildlife Inc. aims to support shelters in any way we can so they can continue to do this important work well into the future.
This Joey being bottle fed with a specialised formula, please do not attempt to give food or water to any wildlife needing rescue. This is should only be done by a vet or a licensed carer.
What We've Achieved
We have built a dedicated team of volunteers for rescue and transport.
Receive on average 600 emergency calls per month.
Created a W4W rescue network that connects local shelters, carers and rescue volunteers across the state.
Distributed hundreds of tonnes of donations and food to communities and animals affected by the 2019 and 2020 Bushfires.
Run a Wildlife Support and distribution centre in Narre Warren.
Provide ongoing hands on help, donations of supplies and medical supplies to shelters/carers in need.
We cooperate with other rescue organisations, including domestic animal shelters, where we help foster and reunite lost pets with their owners.
Given the local community the opportunity to gain experience volunteering with wildlife.
Run wildlife rescue and transport workshops to help educate and onboard more volunteer rescuers and transporters.
Involve and invite the community to conservation events like tree planting days.
wishlist
To have fully equipped, 24 hour wildlife rescue and transport vehicles the road which will provide day to day emergency animal rescue, transport and release around Melbourne.
A small water craft for water bird rescues.
A warehouse for storage of donations for emergency disaster relief for all shelters and carers in Victoria.
To host specialised wildlife workshops that offer advanced training for vets, vet nurses, shelters, carers and students that want more experience in wildlife rehabilitation.
