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Help fight the illegal wildlife trade

Help fight the illegal wildlife trade

The illegal wildlife trade is happening right here in our backyard

Native animals are being taken from the wild and smuggled overseas. Australian native animals are being bound in gaffa tape and shoved into chocolate boxes and socks to be smuggled overseas in the black market. Many suffer from injuries and illnesses from this cruel practice.

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Help us save Australian wildlife

Our Australian wildlife is already suffering from threats of fires, floods and droughts. We can’t afford to lose anymore.

Will you help stop this barbaric act and save our wildlife from the illegal wildlife trade?

You’ll be helping to provide resources for the treatment of these animals, providing them with necessary medical care after their rescue, as well as the equipment needed to identify if they’ve been taken from the wild.

By making a donation today, you can help put an end to this horrific trade.

Donate online today or call 1300 369 116

Our Australian animals are extraordinary and unique. They’ve been on this continent for millennia – and most aren’t found anywhere else in the world.

Wildlife such as Blue Tongue Lizards, Black Cockatoos and Snakes are being trafficked out of Australia.

Donate online now or call 1300 369 116

All donations of $2 or more are tax-deductible for Australian residents.

 
Conservationist at Taronga Conservation Society
Conservationist at Taronga Conservation Society

How your gift helps

For the illegal wildlife trade to continue traffickers often claim the species they are selling are all genuinely captive bred and legal. There’s been no way to prove where seized animals come from. Until now.

Your support today can help fund the machines used to identify smuggled wildlife with greater precision. The tool uses data from Taronga and helps to determine where the animal has been living by what it’s been eating.

You’ll also be helping to provide the medical equipment and resources needed to treat the rescued animals that come into our care. When a call comes in from the federal investigators, the keepers and Wildlife Hospital vets and vet nurses need such equipment to be able to provide urgent medical treatment.

Your thoughtful gift can make a world of difference for Australian wildlife.

Please donate today to help protect and keep safe our native animals from the illegal wildlife trade and help stop wildlife crime for good.

Conservationist at Taronga Conservation Society
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We proudly Acknowledge the Cammeraigal (Taronga Zoo, Sydney) and Wiradjuri (Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Dubbo) people, their Country, spirit and traditions as customary owners of the lands upon which our Zoos stand.