Kaikoura Wildlife Centre Trust

The Kaikōura Wildlife Centre Trust is managing Project WellBird to implement the Kaikōura Wildlife Hospital vision, to achieve a specialized wildlife hospital in the biodiverse Kaikōura region. Kaikōura is a marine mecca and global seabird capital, with correspondingly high wildlife patient numbers, and no resources in place to currently address this.

The Trust aims to create a stronghold for wildlife rehabilitation in the upper east coast of the South Island, addressing an unfulfilled need and acting as a vital conservation tool. The centre will be dedicated to the rescue and treatment of injured and ill wildlife for return to the wild. The facility will provide professional wildlife care in a biodiversity hotspot, facilitating a critical environmental and community service.

With an escalating biodiversity and climate crisis the project is focused on animal welfare, mitigating human related impacts, stabilizing declines, species recovery, ecosystem restoration, climate action, sustainability, advocacy and education.

Stage 1 is currently underway, whilst Stage 2 is an exciting long-term vision expected to cost $13.3 million. Wildlife care is unfunded conservation work in New Zealand, reliant on corporate and public support. As a registered charity managed by volunteers our work relies on donors and sponsors.

You can make an impact by supporting our cause - thank you in helping to progress this urgent initiative.

https://www.kaikourawildlifecentre.org/our-project