New Wildlife Hospital opens in Tasmania at Wing's Wildlife Park

A new native wildlife hospital, located at Wing's Wildlife Park in North West Tasmania, has opened at Gunns Plains to replace the old facility which was destroyed during devastating floods in October 2022.

While flood waters impacted the Park, the native wildlife hospital sustained damage so significant that it had to be demolished. It was the region's only facility of its kind at the time.

The opening of the new North West Community Wildlife Hospital was made possible by the Australian and Tasmanian Governments under the jointly funded Community Assets Program through the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements.

The jointly Federal and State Government-funded $420,000 grant enabled Wing's Wildlife Park to rebuild the not-for-profit hospital from the ground up, including the construction of the building, electrical work, plumbing and fit out.

The Community Assets Program is part of a $15 million extraordinary support package to assist the recovery of flood-impacted Tasmanian communities, including the restoration of damaged community assets.

Federal Minister for Emergency Management, Murray Watt said the reopening of the centre was a great result for the region and added "18 of Tasmania's 29 Local Government Areas were severely impacted by the extreme rainfall and flooding event in 2022.

"We are very pleased to celebrate these milestones on the road to recovery, and welcome the benefits it will have for the whole community.”

Image. Credit:Wing's Wildlife Park