# Donations to Australian Wildlife

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 15, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donations-to-australian-wildlife/846480 "2020-01-15T22:49:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donations-to-australian-wildlife/846480/1 "2020-01-15T22:49:16Z")

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I have a little spare money. I want to donate some for Australian wildlife. I don’t have endless time to research sites, are there a couple of reliable ones I might look into? I mean, can any of you DIRECT me to a place where I can research it, fairly quickly?

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**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donations-to-australian-wildlife/846480/2 "2020-01-15T23:24:41Z")

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> **[Bushfire relief: How you can help those in need](https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/bushfire-relief-how-you-can-help-those-in-need/news-story/a0476ac3538b8c373f281ea6be204421)**
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> Countless stories of devastation are emerging around Australia as the country burns.

Specifically:  
RSPCA  
WWF  
WIRES

FWIW and any of above is appreciated, I’d nominate [WIRES](https://www.wires.org.au/donate/emergency-fund) though the [Port Macquarie Koala Hospital](https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires) works too.

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donations-to-australian-wildlife/846480/3 "2020-01-16T01:57:03Z")

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Thanks. There are a lot to choose from, that pop up during things like this. ☹

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**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donations-to-australian-wildlife/846480/4 "2020-01-16T08:42:24Z")

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> [@penultima\_thule](#):
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> Specifically:  
> RSPCA  
> WWF  
> WIRES  
> … [Port Macquarie Koala Hospital](https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-thirsty-koalas-devastated-by-recent-fires) works too.

These are all reputable, long-standing animal welfare charities and money will go directly to fire impacts. Any of them would be a good choice.