2024 – A wild year for wildlife
This year has been big! Let's take a look at some of the numbers...
At the Sanctuary
- 1442 animals in our care
- 147 different species
- 74 species of birds (383 individuals)
- 32 species of mammals (292 individuals)
- 35 species of reptile (113 individuals)
- 6 species of amphibians (321 individuals)
Conservation
Eastern Bristlebird Conservation
2024 has been a great success for our Eastern Bristlebird breed for release program. We welcomed the construction of 6 new pre-release aviaries and one more breeding aviary to help provide more space to increase our breeding capacity.
- 9 breeding pairs
- 17 offspring bred and raised (with an additional 8 more due to hatch before the end of December).
- 15 Eastern Bristlebirds releases in total for the year across 2 release sites amongst the Border Ranges National Park in northern NSW.
- 4 new individuals collected from the central population of bristlebirds, found in the Illawara region of NSW, to augment our CWS breeding pairs, adding valuable genetics to the program.
- Celebrated the 20 year ‘hatch day’ for our beautiful, original founder, Snitch. This milestone coincides with the 20-year anniversary of the Eastern Bristlebird recovery program. What a great way to acknowledge and remember the achievements made and the great work still in progress to save this amazing species!
Kroombit Tinkerfrog Conservation
- 380 eggs produced
- 124 tadpoles from last year’s breeding season have metamorphosed into frogs this year
- 300+ Tinkerfrogs bred and raised
- 27 Tinkerfrogs released, bringing the total release to the wild to 77
- 313,642 insects fed to the Frogs
Fun fact: Do you know what triggers the Frogs here to breed?
The weather! Although the Frogs live inside the safety of the Frog Lab, they can sense the barometric pressure changes, rain and storms. These factors, in addition to increased temperatures and longer days (both controlled by staff), indicate to the Frogs that it’s a great time to reproduce. Isn’t that amazing!
Currumbin Wildlife Hospital
Currumbin Wildlife Hospital is one of the busiest in the world and birds make up the majority of patients admitted:
- 14,000 animals on average every year
- 7302 Birds as of October 2024, of which more than half were Lorikeets
- 319 Koalas
- 124 of the 683 Birds were sadly admitted due to fishhooks or fishing line entanglements
- 740 Bats
Since 1989, the hospital has been caring for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife completely free of charge. We couldn't have done it without the incredible hospital team and of course, support of our community.
Every bit helps, especially now during peak trauma time for wildlife. There are many way you can help today, just follow the link below to see how you can make a difference.