Our Latest Achievement
Women for Wildlife raised $113,000 for Taronga’s forensic project WildEnforce! 17 members provided a transformative gift to the science team whose innovative ideas, research and world first algorithms and technology is disrupting the illegal wildlife trade.
About Women for Wildlife
What is Women for Wildlife? The Women for Wildlife group will bring together like-minded women to leverage the power of collective giving to make impactful and transformational gifts for one of Taronga’s vital projects. Working together, Women for Wildlife will have the chance to take part in exclusive activities and information events. A mix of hands-on activities, project updates from our experts, story sharing and networking opportunities will offer the chance to be part of a community that is learning and assisting our wildlife. We look forward to welcoming you and reaching our goal together!
| How to join Join for 1 year with a minimum annual tax-deductible donation of $5,000 and you will have access to: - 2 x Women for Wildlife events per year at Taronga |
Together, we can make a difference! Join our community of women committed to conservation
Our achievements so far
Round 1
Women for Wildlife raised $113,000 for Taronga’s forensic project WildEnforce! 17 members provided a transformative gift to the science team whose innovative ideas, research and world first algorithms and technology is disrupting the illegal wildlife trade.
This critical project will put cost-effective forensic tools into the hands of our border security and assist them to better detect and rescue illegally trafficked wildlife.
Round 2
Our Veterinarian team at the Wildlife Hospital are on the front lines with the essential rehab, release and tracking of turtles affected by ocean pollution and our Research teams continue to study the habitat and nesting behaviours of marine turtles.
But we can’t continue this important work without urgent help.
"The biggest highlight for me was being in the audience of a panel discussion with the scientists involved in the project. I was so moved by their attitude towards their roles and perceived responsibilities in the future of wildlie. Wildlife conservation is in such good hands and we all owe these women the biggest thank you that we can express - one way is to donate to WFW."
- Dinah
"I wanted to connect with like-minded women and learn more about Taronga conservation projects and get involved.?
The funds were directly used to successfully target illegal wildlife traffic. It was great to receive the reports firsthand and listen to the scientists share details of their collaborate efforts."
- Dagmar
"Working to stamp out the illegal wildlife trade both to and from Australia and across the world is integral to global wildlife conservation. Back in my days on the Board of the Taronga Conservation Society, I was impressed with the initial work by Taronga’s women scientists and conservationists who were experimenting with keratin signatures to test for suspected smuggled pangolins. The Women for Wildlife group’s donations are now helping to expand Taronga’s efforts to refine detection, tests, origin databases and reporting for numerous animal species to assist government authority action against criminal traders in Australia and beyond.
As well as being critical to expanding Taronga’s work to stop illegal wildlife trade internationally, our Women for Wildlife group provides both motivational support for Taronga women conservationists, as well as fascinating updates for the many professional group members themselves about exciting future wildlife conservation projects."
- Dr Rosalind (Ros) Dubs