ZOO NEWS

Our native wildlife have a fighting chance at survival following an awesome summer holidays at Australia Zoo!

Daily silent auctions gave visitors the chance to bid for the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part in one of our amazing animal encounters alongside Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin, with all money raised going to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital.

A whopping $48,500 was raised by the end of the summer school holidays - a new zoo record! Families from all over Australia (and some from overseas!) dug deep into their pockets for the chance to get up close and personal with our gorgeous elephants, echidnas, lemurs and Tasmanian devils.

Over 7500 sick, injured and orphaned native Australian animals were admitted to the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital in 2011. The FREE wildlife treatment facility is the largest of its kind in Australia, and operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The hospital receives no state or federal government funding, and while Australia Zoo covers all administrative costs, the hospital relies solely on public donations to continue operating.

Check out www.wildlifewarriors.org.au/wildlife_hospital for more information or to donate.

A massive thank you to everyone who took part in the silent auctions!