Australian Wildlife Hospital Staff Devastated as Funding Scrapped

A supplied image obtained on July 7, 2023, of vets treating injured animals at the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital. AAP Image/Supplied by Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital

A wildlife hospital set up after the Black Summer bushfires faces imminent closure after the New South Wales (NSW) government reneged on a $6 million (US$4 million) funding deal struck by the previous administration.

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital chief executive Stephen Van Mil said the loss of the government funding over four years was very bad news for native animals.