Wildlife Rescue

• Participants must be 18 and over to register for WIRES training. 
• Rescue 101 participants must have their own transport in order to attend rescues and volunteers need to live in an area in NSW where WIRES is licenced to rescue and care for wildlife.
• Rescue 101 is designed for volunteers that would like to help rescue wildlife casually, when they are available around their existing work and family activites. It will give volunteers maximum flexibility in terms of how often they get involved and how many rescues they can assist with.

For participants that want to get involved in caring for animals, please register to complete WIRES Rescue and Immediate Care Course (RICC) instead. For those that start with Rescue 101 the balance of the the RICC can be completed at a later stage, as well as Advanced Species Courses that enable volunteers to rescue and care for species such as macropods, wombats, flying-foxes and snakes.

• Volunteers complete an online course, which provides the critical information necessary to begin rescuing sick and injured native animals that need transport to a vet for initial assessment. WIRES Rescue Office will follow up with the vets to organise carers where rehabilitation is needed.
• After course completion you can begin attending rescues for birds, possums, lizards and turtles. 
• New Rescue 101 Volunteers can join WIRES with an annual membership fee of $25 including GST.
• After joining WIRES participants will be given access to the new online Rescue 101 course within 2-3 working days.

How do I get started?

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