31/12/2024
2024 - what a roller-coaster of a year you've been 😅
2025 - Bring it on 💪💪
As we go into the new year (officially)
We want to recap on what our 2024 was like, and to thank our supporters for the love, trust and support thats come our way and allowed us to continue our work.
2024, was HARD.
It started off in sadness, with Rooney's case, after a long battle with the support of her hopeful forever family and Kate and her team at Warwick Veterinary Hospital, Rooney lost her battle with Erlichiosis, which broke our hearts from the get go.
From there our year picked up pace, Dancer (now Yarla) who's whole family was shot in the Murchinson, came to us when two kind farm hands saved her life along with the relentless, sleepless work her temp guardians put in to help her recover.
We then picked up pace.
Our team of 2, became 4, which changed and became 5 and then 7.
The expansion begun.
The vision grew.
The help from our community blossomed.
We took on a student from Edith Cowan University (ECU) who showed immense interest and passion and was a natural with all the dingoes, he quickly became a key member in our operation.
Whelping season started, the numbers rose.
Backyard breeding. Poaching. Orphans due to the baiting, trapping and shooting of their parents. One pup found barely alive, and another, and another. More seeking out human interaction due to losing their family.
Hybrids homed into the wrong hands.
It all slapped us in the face.
In 2 month, we have over 40 cases.
In 5 months, it rose to over 60.
Then Haru, a beautiful Brindle Alpine Dingo that was a fabulous foster mum in Kal, tragically passed away. Shattering our team to its core.
Along with the tragic death of Steve and Eulalia, on top soon after at Wooleen Station, throwing us into an even bigger urge to help our Dingoes.
For those who don't know, all of our rescue members are unpaid volunteers that all work full time and / or study outside of this, which posed a challenge.
Every ounce of spare time turned into rescue time. Applications, home checks, phone calls, meet and greets. For the Dingoes we wouldn't hesitate to do whatever it took.
> We launched our Dingo Guardian Assistance Program [D-GAP] to create a closer community where we could offer assistance with short term respite care, holiday care, Cost of living assistance, food hamper assistance, veterinary assistance, and homelessness assistance.
> We expanded and opened our Kalgoorlie Volunteer and community hub, all thanks to Rolf, who moved out there.
> We looked at the potential to further expand and open rural hubs and end of life sanctuaries (now in the works).
> We partnered with local zoos and sanctuary to put ambassador dingoes into parks!
> We started working with Tom Price local Trish to work on creating a dingo education program for kids (in the works)
> We launched the Last Litter Program, which aims to desex and return dingoes to their homes, so they can't have any more pups and to minimise complications. Increasing responsible guardianship.
> We took part in the WA wildlife show WA Gould League at Herdsman Lake, and Smashed it! An absolute Hightlight, seeing all of our one on one training and work paying off, smashing misconceptions and creating young ambassadors for their own kind!
> We launched the containers for change and PayPal giving fund to give supporters more methods to help the dingoes.
> We recieved INSANE assistance and collaborated from the following:
Pet Fresh
Petbarn
Cenvet Australia
Animal Rescue Cooperative (ARC) Western Australia
WA Dingo Association Incorporated
Highlands Dingo Rescue Ltd
Deputy Mayor James Rowe JP - City of Wanneroo
Balu Blue Foundation
Dingo Genetics Research
Shire of Ashburton
WA Gould League
We would also like to take the time to thank all of the private donors, theres too many to name, but we appreciate you all 💜 and we want to thank you guys for any further support we receive from you all x
2024 has been a year of record numbers of Dingoes in need. We need your support more than ever to be prepared for the year ahead and continue to expand our operation to help our dingoes.
All donations over $2 are tax deductible and you will be sent a receipt.
Name: Perth Dingo Rescue Ltd.
Bsb: 036-062
Acc: 222463
We love you all and appreciate you!
Happy 2025, we hope you stay along for the ride and help us save the Dingoes
Stay wild,
Founder and Director - Lara
Director - Maria
Right hand man - Jerry
Treasurer - Matt
Kal hub leader - Rolf
All things Vet and Tech - Sasha
All things volunteer and secret project in the works - Marta
