Nearly $200,000 has been delivered to nine animal welfare not-for-profit organisations to help provide awareness, education and benefits to animal welfare in the Territory.

Greyhound adoption, cat desexing and education, injured wildlife rescue and the improvement of the welfare of housed animals are just some of the projects that will be focussed on with this grant funding.

Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries Animal Welfare Branch Acting Director Ronald Hutcheson said the nine organisations were all deserving of the project funding which would be used towards improvement in animal welfare.

“These annual grants are so well received by the community and the organisations and we are proud to be involved,” he said.

“Through these grants we have seen improved facilities for injured wildlife and education campaigns throughout schools to push animal welfare.

“Education is so vital when dealing with wildlife and other animal care and this funding will help numerous organisations really push this towards schools and pet owners.”

This funding is also used to develop and implement best practice processes for the use of 1080 for wild dog management program and in this the Northern Territory’s Cattlemen’s Association has been successful.

The successful organisations are:

• Ark Aid Incorporated
• Darwin Wildlife Sanctuary
• RSPCA
• Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association
• AMRRIC (Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities)
• Wildcare Darwin
• Wildcare Alice Springs
• Nhulunbuy Pets and Wildlife Shelter (PAWS)
• Greyhound Rehoming Association Northern Territory Inc

The Animal Welfare Fund grant program supports NT not-for-profit organisations, whose core business is animal welfare that wish to undertake projects that will benefit animal welfare and have the capacity to improve animal wellbeing, raise community awareness of responsibilities in regard to animal welfare and assist in progressing good animal management practice, particularly in remote communities.