Wildlife Emergency Relief - Vets

The catastrophic fires, drought and extreme weather have decimated millions of hectares of habitat and conservatively impacted over a billion animals. The unprecedented scale of these events has devastated communities, wildlife and the organisations that care for them.

WIRES have been overwhelmed and inspired by the outpouring of global support to immediately assist affected animals and thanks to the incredible generousity of our supporters, WIRES is now able to offer assistance where needed, to all licensed individuals, organisations and vets in the affected areas nationally, starting with the allocation of 3 million dollars for frontline wildlife rescue and care.

NATIONAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE

In the 8 weeks from mid-November to mid-January WIRES has distributed 1 million within NSW across all of WIRES 28 branches encompassing the Mid North Coast, Northern Rivers, Clarence Valley, Central Coast, Central West, Hawesbury, Blue Mountains, Greater Sydney, Illawarra, Wollondilly, Wingecarribee, Weddin-Lachlan, South Coast, Murray River and Riverina. The distrubition of these funds enables local volunteers to respond quickly to local requirements.

An initial 1 million is allocated to support licensed wildlife rescue and care individuals and organisations needing help across Australia and an additional 1 million has been allocated to specifically support vets assisting wildlife impacted by the emergency events.

EMERGENCY ITEMS COVERED for LICENSED RESCUERS, CARERS and VETS

All licensed wildlife rescue and care individuals, organisations, veterinary clinics and wildlife hospitals in the affected areas nationally are invited to apply for Wildlife Relief Funds to assist with immediate needs they have to assist native animals affected by the emergency events.

The following items may be approved as part of the wildlife emergency relief funding:

Covering veterinary costs for wildlife requiring treatment due to the fires, drought or extreme heat events
Providing food for wildlife in the clinic’s care due to fires, drought and heat
Providing medical supplies and medication for affected wildlife
Purchasing essential equipment for the assessment or treatment of sick, injured or orphaned wildlife
Providing additional resources to assist with the treatment of wildlife affected by the bush fires

To expedite fast processing and approvals, individually licensed applicants can request up to $5,000, licensed groups applying on behalf of mutliple volunteers can request up to $20,000. Veterinary Clinics and Wildlife Hospitals assisting impacted animals can request up to $10,000. However, if there are additional requirements you would like to discuss please email the details to wildlifesupport@wires.org.au.

Due to the immediate nature of this crisis, all successful applicants will be expected to have completed their projects e.g. purchased the requested items and submitted a project summary with photos showing how the funds help affected animals, within 3 months of receiving the funds.

Grants will be issued excluding GST unless you are registered for GST and require GST to be added. If you do, please note that in your application and if successful we will ask you to issue WIRES an invoice including GST for payment.

If you think you:
- might need help in addition, or outside, what is described above OR
- want to check if you are eligible,
please email your question to wildlifesupport@wires.org.au.

-if you experience difficulties with the online form please download and complete this word document and email to wildlifesupport@wires.org.au

APPLICANT CONFIRMATION STATEMENT

To be endorsed by the applicant or legally authorised person of the applicant. Submitting the form is considered confirmation of your agreement.

I confirm that I have authorisation at law and under any constitution of the applicant to make this application, endorse this application, and I agree:

that I have read the WIRES Grant Terms and Conditions and I/we/they agrees and acknowledges that the WIRES Grant Terms and Conditions Terms and Conditions govern any grant made and I/we/they will comply with them;
that if the applicant is an independent wildlife carer, I give WIRES permission to contact my/their registry organisation so that WIRES can confirm the applicant has the appropriate care experience and history to complete the proposed project
that if the applicant is a licensed organsiation, I confirm that the Executive Team are aware of the application, supportive of the project and agree to the grant conditions
to acknowledge and understand that all applications become the property of WIRES and that WIRES may provide this application to other potential funding sources;
to inform WIRES if the organisation has a significant change to its governance and/or financial situation;
that if successful, to provide banking details to WIRES within the required time frame to enable prompt payment;
that if successful, to expend funding within 3 months or other period as may be provided for under the WIRES Grant Terms and Conditions;
that if successful, I/we/they will supply WIRES photo and stories of the finished project and grant WIRES permission to publish these photos and stories to demonstrate how the funding has been used to help wildlife.

PRIVACY NOTICE: In compliance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 (the Act) personal information on this form may be stored in NSW Wildlife Information Education and Rescue Service Inc. (WIRES) records database and may also be used for statistical research, information provision and evaluation of services. Your personal information may be provided to the financial institution which handles WIRES’ financial transactions and may be disclosed to other agencies and third parties for purposes related to this application and/or monitoring compliance with the Act. For more information read WIRES Privacy Policy

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First Name *

Last Name *

Email Address *

Website (if applicable)

Legal Name of Organisation (where applicable)

ABN (where applicable)
If you are not quoting an ABN, please confirm whether that is because you/your organisation is not registered to carry out business in Australia or whether the whole of the payment is exempt income for you.

Physical Address *

City *

State *

Postcode *

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Postal Address same as Physical Address?

Postal Address *

City *

State *

Postcode *

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Your Role/Position in the Organisation (if applicable)

Are you in a fire or drought affected area? *
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Geographic area covered *

What species have you treated as a result of fire or drought and approx. numbers? *

Describe Your Relief Project *

Items/Assistance Needed *

Detailed Budget Breakdown *

Total Relief Funds Requested *

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Wildlife Emergency Relief - Vets

NATIONAL SUPPORT AVAILABLE

EMERGENCY ITEMS COVERED for LICENSED RESCUERS, CARERS and VETS

APPLICANT CONFIRMATION STATEMENT

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