Leopold Wildlife Shelter rescues & rehabilitates orphaned & injured wildlife. We have been doing this voluntary work quietly for many years now & we plan on doing this work for many years to come yet. Our goal is to Rescue, Raise, Rehabilitate & Release these Orphaned & Injured animals, back to their natural environment, the Wild.

Emphases are placed on preservation & protection of endangered Species.

We are a teaching wildlife shelter also. We have trained many people over the years in how to safely rescue & care for, our native wildlife.

We also teach the general public about our unique wildlife & their specific needs.

Leopold Wildlife Shelter & Wildlife Rescue is run entirely by highly trained volunteers and does not receive any funding.

Leopold Wildlife Shelter & Wildlife Rescue is a Private Shelter & is not open to the general public. We are licensed to run from our private home, which we have redesigned to facilitate the Wildlife.

Wildlife is received at our Shelter & evaluated. Then they are either housed in our in-house hospital or our Neonatal Care Unit or placed into one of our other in-house facilities for rehabilitation & treatment until they can be released back into the wild.

We always look & conduct ourselves in a professional manner. We also abide & adhere to all our legal obligations & regulations with the Government Department of Sustainability & Environment, to who we are licensed through, but not funded by.

As our reputation has grown & as the Public becomes more aware of the unique needs of our Native Wildlife, our workload & in house animal population increases every year. Our Volunteers & the General Public are bringing us Injured & Orphaned Wildlife daily.

Each year we Rescue approximately 1500 Animals. About 750 of these, just need to be Captured & Relocated into an Appropriate Area away from Humans, Cars & Cats. Approximately 750 Animals need to be rehabilitated at our Shelter each year. All for differing periods of time. Then they are released back into the Wild, once they are ready & able.

These include, Kangaroos, Wallabies, Koalas, Possums, Birds of Prey, Pelicans, and Seals of all sorts, including Leopard Seals, Grey Headed Flying Foxes, and Birds of all types, Snakes, Micro bats, Wedge Tail Eagles, Frogs, Fiordland Penguin,

On average we travel well over 800Ks a week on Rescues, we pay for our own equipment & our own fuel. We use our own private vehicle, 1989-ford falcon Ute that safely transports some very large Kangaroos & Emus Seals ECT.

We travel from Warrnambool to Werribee & everywhere in-between, although most of our rescue work is carried out in & around Geelong & surrounding districts including Anglesea & surrounding areas, which means that our rescue vehicle is on the road a lot.

We are on call 24 hours a day.

If you come across Injured Wildlife, Please call us.