--- title: "Wildlife rescue: motions (Victorian Legislative Council, 20 March 2024) | Politics Computer" description: "Voting yes supported a motion noting concerns about wildlife rescue volunteers, including rising rescue numbers, rising treatment costs and a lack of funding, and calling for government action on these issues. Passed 22 to 13 in the Victorian Legislative Council on 20 March 2024. How every member voted." url: "https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council/2024-03-20/1" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Votes](https://politics.computer/votes) / [Victorian Legislative Council](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council) Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Council · 20 March 2024 · [Other](https://politics.computer/votes/vic-council?topic=other) # Wildlife rescue: motions Voting yes supported a motion noting concerns about wildlife rescue volunteers, including rising rescue numbers, rising treatment costs and a lack of funding, and calling for government action on these issues. Passed **22** yes **13** no The question put That this house: (1) notes that: (a) wildlife rescue is a legitimate emergency service that fulfills the government’s responsibility to protect native animals; (b) rehabilitating wildlife often constitutes more than a full-time job but is largely volunteer led; (c) rescues have increased 40 per cent since this time last year unaccompanied by any additional funding; (d) industry and government rely on the work of rescue teams to tranquilise injured and displaced kangaroos, costing $70 for a single Zoletil capsule; (e) volunteer rescue team, Vets for Compassion, spend upwards of $20,000 annually to dart and relocate kangaroos; (f) Bravecto has proven to be successful in the treatment of mange in wombats but is inaccessible to carers, costing $80 to $100 per animal; (g) there are few vaccinated wildlife carers in Victoria equipped to care for threatened grey-headed flying foxes, in part due to the excessive cost of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) injections; (h) rescuers are without financial and resource supports and resort to savings and superannuation funds; (i) animal rescuers are struggling to balance paid work with volunteer hours, resulting in many leaving the field; (j) profes ## How each party voted - Labor All yes 15 yes · 0 no 15 members - Yes [Enver Erdogan](https://politics.computer/mp/enver-erdogan) - Yes [Gayle Tierney](https://politics.computer/mp/gayle-tierney) - Yes [Harriet Shing](https://politics.computer/mp/harriet-shing) - Yes [Ingrid Stitt](https://politics.computer/mp/ingrid-stitt) - Yes [Jacinta Ermacora](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-ermacora) - Yes [Jaclyn Symes](https://politics.computer/mp/jaclyn-symes) - Yes [John Berger](https://politics.computer/mp/john-berger) - Yes [Lee Tarlamis](https://politics.computer/mp/lee-tarlamis) - Yes [Lizzie Blandthorn](https://politics.computer/mp/lizzie-blandthorn) - Yes [Michael Galea](https://politics.computer/mp/michael-galea) - Yes [Ryan Batchelor](https://politics.computer/mp/ryan-batchelor) - Yes [Shaun Leane](https://politics.computer/mp/shaun-leane) - Yes [Sheena Watt](https://politics.computer/mp/sheena-watt) - Yes [Sonja Terpstra](https://politics.computer/mp/sonja-terpstra) - Yes [Tom McIntosh](https://politics.computer/mp/tom-mcintosh) - Liberal All no 0 yes · 11 no 11 members - No [Ann-Marie Hermans](https://politics.computer/mp/ann-marie-hermans) - No [Bev McArthur](https://politics.computer/mp/bev-mcarthur) - No [David Davis](https://politics.computer/mp/david-davis) - No [Evan Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/evan-mulholland) - No [Georgie Crozier](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-crozier) - No [Joe McCracken](https://politics.computer/mp/joe-mccracken) - No [Nick McGowan](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mcgowan) - No [Renee Heath](https://politics.computer/mp/renee-heath) - No [Richard Welch](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-welch) - No [Trung Luu](https://politics.computer/mp/trung-luu) - No [Wendy Lovell](https://politics.computer/mp/wendy-lovell) - Greens All yes 3 yes · 0 no 3 members - Yes [Aiv Puglielli](https://politics.computer/mp/aiv-puglielli) - Yes [Katherine Copsey](https://politics.computer/mp/katherine-copsey) - Yes [Sarah Mansfield](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-mansfield) - Smaller parties and independents - Yes [David Ettershank](https://politics.computer/mp/david-ettershank) Legalise Cannabis - Yes [Rachel Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/rachel-payne) Legalise Cannabis - No [Gaelle Broad](https://politics.computer/mp/gaelle-broad) Nationals - No [Melina Bath](https://politics.computer/mp/melina-bath) Nationals - Yes [Georgie Purcell](https://politics.computer/mp/georgie-purcell) Animal Justice Party - Yes [Samantha Ratnam](https://politics.computer/mp/samantha-ratnam) Party not recorded Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. 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