The Garner’s Beach Cassowary Rehabilitation Centre was established in 2001 to provide intensive care and rehabilitation for sick and injured Southern Cassowaries and orphaned chicks. In response to the devastating impact of Cyclone Yasi (2011) on local populations, the Rehabilitation Centre was inundated by affected birds. Since this time, there has been an ongoing need for the operation of the Centre, with multiple chicks or birds being admitted every year.

Thanks to your support, funding to feed and care for three sick and injured orphan Cassowary chicks for at least three months is ensured. This allowed the only Cassowary rehabilitation centre to remain open. Southern Cassowaries are endangered and as few as 2,000 remain in the wild.

Encroaching development means that Cassowaries are more frequently the victims of car strikes, dog attacks, and diseases, and orphaned chicks can starve. The centre was at risk of closing down but now it can keep rehabilitating Cassowaries, including these special young chicks.