With the devastating bushfires burning in Victoria, it really saddens me to hear pets being left behind or being caught in the path of the fires.
Opy and Charlie was lucky to be spared. However, it was harrowing to hear what they had went through.
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From Wildlife Victoria
Wildlife Victoria has launched an appeal to help pay for bandages, treatment, medicines and food for injured wildlife, and activities to assist our volunteers best prepare for and respond to wildlife affected by bushfires.
Online donations can be made by clicking here, or post to 3/288 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 3065. Enquiries can be sent to office@wildlifevictoria.org.au or ring 9445 0310 10am-4pm to speak with someone.
From RSPCA Victoria
To directly support our staff and volunteers at the front-line caring for animals affected by the bush fires, please donate here or call 03 9224 2222.
100% of funds donated will support our work helping bush fire affected animals.
If you are unable to donate online or with a credit card, please forward your cheque or money order (payable to the RSPCA Victoria) to:
Bushfire Appeal
RSPCA Victoria
3 Burwood Highway
Burwood East VIC 3151
The RSPCA will be working to reunite lost pets with their families.
Please click here to register a pet that you have either lost or found.
If you have the capability to transport and animal that you have found from the bushfires please take it to one of the following RSPCA shelters:
RSPCA Bendigo Shelter RSPCA Epping Shelter RSPCA Wangaratta Shelter
We are delivering emergency pet food to relief centres across Victoria including food donated by Hill’s Pet Nutrition. If you wish to donate items such as pet food, bedding, leads and bowls you can deliver these to your local RSPCA.
To support our emergency relief effort in other ways, please complete our assistance form detailing the the support you can offer. If we can accept your generous offer, we will contact you soon. Please note that if you are from interstate, you will need to arrange delivery of any items to Victoria.
Thank you to everyone who has offered their residential homes as temporary accommodation. We now have enough private residents to assist us, if needed.
We are in desperate need of blankets, if you can donate any blankets please deliver them to your local RSPCA.
There is a big need for supermarket ‘green’ bags. We are coordinating care packs and need these to bundle up items to hand out to families in need. If you can donate such items, please deliver them to RSPCA in Burwood East.
We are also in need of temporary fencing. If you are in a position to donate temporary fencing to assist with the management of animals, please contact us directly on 03 9224 2219.
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Please donate and assist if you are able to help the animals, pets and critters.
sigh it’s really sad!!!
I was watching the news the other day and this lady whose home was totally gone, she cried and said very sadly ‘We don’t know where my dogs are!’