Mandurah’s haven for injured wildlife, the Mandurah Wildlife Centre, is calling on the local community to assist them in keeping the centre up and running.
Centre founder Dot Terry-Bos said they had recently noticed a decline in financial contributions from the public, which kept the centre running, and were desperately looking for donations to cover operating costs.
“It’s very hard to raise funds this days, it’s getting more and more difficult,” she said.
“If we organise a fundraiser a lot more people don’t have cash on them anymore.”
Instead of holding a traditional fundraiser, the centre has set up an online fundraising page to encourage the local community to get behind them.
Their goal is to reach $7000 towards their running expenses, including vet and utility bills, special cleaning products, food and medicines for the wildlife.
Ms Terry-Bos said the centre received a lot of injured animals from road accidents on a regular basis, which were treated by a vet on site and rehabilitated in order to be released back into nature as soon as possible.
“That is a very expensive process,” she said.
“Without the help from the public we couldn’t do it.
“We do get assistance from Lottery West and Alcoa but we do heavily rely on public donations.”
She said she would love to see more people becoming regular contributors, however she said every bit helped.
“We really appreciate every single people’s help that we get from the public and our supporters,” she said.
“We try to do the best we can for all our native wildlife.”
She also said the centre was always looking for keen volunteers to give a hand around the centre in Dawesville.
For more information call the Mandurah Wildlife Centre on 95823938.
To donate go to their online fundraiser page or visit the centre at 1400 Old Coast Rd Dawesville WA 6211.