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Emergency Contacts
BIEPA is not a wildlife rescue organisation so we are not qualified to help with injured, sick, or dead animals. As volunteers we are also not equiped to deal with major or hazardous pollution incidents. The organisations listed below will be able to help.
Wildlife Rescues
Please call the marine stranding or wildlife rescue numbers on this page if you have found a sick, injured, or dead native Australian animal.
The person taking your call will ask for helpful information, such as:
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Location (GPS coordinates if possible).
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A description of the animal:
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species (e.g. dugong, turtle, whale, dolphin);
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condition;
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size; and
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any identifying tags.
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A description of what is wrong with the animal; e.g. stranded on beach, injured, entangled in net or crab pot.
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Photos if available.
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Your contact details.
To report cruelty to any animal, call the RSPCA.
Pollution Incidents
Please call the relevant hot-line below to report any pollution incident on or around Bribie Island. Be prepared to provide relevant details including an accurate location for the incident.
For non-hazardous incidents (such as nurdles) you can also contact environment@biepa.online to ask whether the Environment team is able to mobilise volunteers in a clean-up operation.
Marine Wildlife Strandings
If you see a marine animal stranding (of sick, injured or dead turtles, dolphins, dugongs, seals or whales), report it to by using the free QWildlife app for iOS and Android, or call 1300 130 372 (Press option 1). A Queensland Government officer or trained strandings responder in the relevant region will be contacted with the details of your sighting and will determine the appropriate response.
Pollution Hotline
To report pollution incidents to the Queensland Government: phone the 24/7 Pollution Hotline—1300 130 372 (option 2). Pollution incidents can be reported 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
When phoning the Pollution Hotline be ready with as much of the following information as possible: your details (name, phone, address, email); alleged offender’s details (name, business name, phone, address, email, website, number plate); time and date of incident or activity; location of incident or activity; description of incident or activity; description of environmental values being affected.
