Shelter Spotlight August 2024
Bunurong Wildlife Care
Name of Operator: Linda Pettit
Years of operation: 2 years
Suburb/area covered: Bass Coast Shire and Surrounds
Species you care for: We care for all species of wildlife but do not do snakes.
For injured wildlife please contact: Wildlife Victoria on 03 9400 7300
How does Bunurong Wildlife Care support wildlife and their habitat?
We are a Shelter in the Bunurong Ward of the Bass Coast Shire in Victoria. Caring for wildlife from coastal and inland waters, coastline vegetation, farmlands and forests. Our vision is simple and yet so complex ’ Our home for a rest, BUT their forever home is best’.
We operate from a two storey private home (people upstairs and wildlife and carers downstairs & outside). Our home is a quiet place with spaces for injured, ill or orphaned wildlife for care. Foster Carers are selected for their passion to provide consistent care and for the land spaces that they may have to contibute to rehabilitation resources.
We have 22 Shelter Helpers, who are rostered on for the ’grotty’ and ’gorgeous’ care jobs. We share most roles but have specific roles for feed preparation, joeys or wildlife with special medical or other needs.
What advice would you give the public?
Wildlife need you to have an empathy 'moment' for their needs and think how you can take some action so that they can continue to live in their forever homes as they belong here and we are the visitors.
Wildlife Bunurong has had in care
There are many ways to help our wildlife and we get lots of calls a week with concerned Members of Public wanting to help. You can do this by reporting injured and orphaned wildlife or donating funds so that we can provide ongoing support to wildlife shelters.