What's the Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust?

For nearly twenty years, Wellington Bird Rehabilitation Trust (WBRT) has been operating a bird rehabilitation hospital located in 24 hectares of farmland in Ohariu, near Johnsonville. The brainchild of Craig Shepherd, Founding Trustee, the centre is mostly self-funded with help from volunteers, donors and the community.
 
WBRT treats over 1,000 birds a year, taking in all types of native and non-native birds who have been injured or orphaned.

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As a registered charity, we rely completely on donations to carry out our work. The trust spends approximately $180 per bird on average, and takes in about 1,200 birds per year. Any donation goes a long way to helping these birds on the road to recovery.

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