FNQ Wildlife Rescue

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FNQ Wildlife Rescue

For emergency native animal rescue please call our 24-hour hotline on 4053 4467. We also maintain a Rescue Centre in Cairns which is staffed by volunteers.

FNQ Wildlife Rescue has been providing an essential service to wildlife in Tropical North Queensland for over 30years. At present, we have over 160 members covering an area from Mission Beach, west to Mt Surprise and north to Weipa. Our 24-hour 7-day rescue hotline receives well over 5,000 calls each year calling for our volunteers to assist sick, injured, or orphaned wildlife. Many of these anima

ls are taken in by our volunteer carers who raise them to a stage where they can be released back into a natural environment. Raising wildlife is no mean feat and many carers give up months of their time and much of their own money to rehabilitate these animals. Many carers spent up to $70.00 per week on fauna supplies for the animals they have in care. Due to the high cost of living some carers can no longer afford to feed the animals thus we need help to buy products for them. As a volunteer organisation, we receive no Government funding and rely on our membership, sale of wildlife supplies and donations to keep us going, yet we provide an essential service to the community. Rehabilitation is very expensive, although we provided fauna at cost and yearly petrol vouchers, there is a huge cost on our carers who most of them are pensioners. We have a very large administration expenditure of $18,000.00 (being rent, electricity, telephone, insurance etc.}
This financial year 2022, 1837 animals went into care of which 1587 were birds.

11/01/2026

A few baby birds came down with the recent rain.
In care with me now,
4 Metallic Starlings and 2 Friarbirds 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥.
Thanks for Shareing Cheryl..CAIRNS NQ

11/01/2026

A huge thank you to Metro Mining for your generous grant of $4,011.05 to FNQ Wildlife Rescue. This funding will be used to purchase specialised products for the care of macropods, birds, and other mammals in our care.
We are also incredibly grateful for your previous support, including the donation of two large incubators, which are heavily used and continue to make a real difference every day.
This support means our dedicated volunteer carers can feed rescued wildlife for several months—care that would otherwise cost them around $70 per week out of their own pockets. Your generosity eases the burden on our volunteers and ensures the animals receive the best possible care.
By supporting wildlife, you’re also supporting the wider community, who value seeing our native animals protected and nurtured.
Thank you for helping us care for wildlife and the environment

10/01/2026

An unlikely pair.
Metallic starling and Peaceful dove. It's beautiful when wildlife are small they'll cuddle up to virtually any species...withe me Jeanette Cairns NQ.

10/01/2026

White breasted wood Swallows. They grow so much in just a week and change so much in appearance once adults. Found Bentley Park CAIRNS...Now being cared for by our capable Nandalie

05/01/2026

🚨 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞!! 🚨
Join us on Thursday January 15th for a fun-filled night of trivia, prizes and delicious food and drinks at the Salt House!
This is a very busy time of year for us with bat rescues, orphans and injured bats in care and lots of mouths to feed. 🍊🍉🍓🥭
Please come along and support us!
$10 per person - email [email protected] to register your team 🤓🤓

02/01/2026

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31/12/2025

My 3 teeny birds. Welcome Swallow and Fairy Martins.
Thanks for shareing Stacey Cairns NQ

31/12/2025

The Plovers are now 2.5 weeks old and have grown a lot...In the capable hands of Stacey..Cairns NQ

31/12/2025

White-breasted Woodswallows sheltering from the rain on Cairns Esplanade 🥰 thanks for sharing Stacey

Address

114 Hoare Street
Cairns, QLD
4870

Website

http://www.fnqwildliferescue.org.au/

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Our Story

FNQ Wildlife Rescue is a non-profit organisation situated in Far North Queensland dedicated to the rescue, care, and release of sick, injured and orphaned native wildlife from Cardwell to Cape York.

As a voluntary organisation, we rely on community support to continue to operate our emergency telephone service and to provide financial assistance to our volunteer wildlife rehabilitators.

We became an Incorporated Association and registered charity in 1999 and are listed on the Register of Environmental Organisations.