Sydney Dingo Rescue

Sydney Dingo Rescue is a volunteer run animal shelter and registered charity based two hours from Sydney on 100 acres. We have kenneling space for 30-40 dingoes. Sydney Dingo Rescue exists to assist both wild-born dingoes and captive/pet dingoes who have found themselves homeless and in need of help. We work not only in New South Wales but across Australia working in conjunction with councils and shelters interstate in Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland and the Northern Territory to help dingoes in need. What we do: First and foremost Sydney Dingo Rescue exists to offer support and assistance to dingo owners and carers. Whether this is training/behavioral advice, help with fencing or subsidized desexing it is always our goal to keep families together with their dingoes where ever possible. Where this is not possible, we also run a rehoming program to find suitable new homes for dingoes in need. As well as working to assist captive born dingoes (pets/companion animals), Sydney Dingo Rescue also exists to advocate for, and assist wild-born dingoes who are unfairly targeted, and killed by the Australian Government. Each year due to wide spread baiting, trapping and hunting hundreds if not thousands of wild dingo pups are left orphaned and in need of assistance. These pups are often left to starve. We believe dingoes deserve better and SDR are here to do everything within our power to fight for them. In addition to the pressures faced by wild dingoes, the prolific and uncontrolled breeding of dingoes by backyard breeders has led to a huge number of homeless dingoes, surrendered to shelters and pounds each year. Sydney Dingo Rescue does not support the breeding of dingoes in captivity and all our rescue dingoes are desexed. We work with council impound centers and private shelters across Australia to assist dingoes in need.

Adoption Policy: Strict

Dingo Adoption: 1. Send an email inquiry with your name and contact details outlining your current living situation, pets and family members and anything else you think might be relevant, particularly what your house and yard are like. Remember our dingoes typically require an enclosure or modified fencing. 2. We will email you back adoption information and an application form to fill out and return to us. 3. If your application is approved- Come along to meet us and our dingoes at our Southern Highlands shelter or their foster carers home and let us find the right furry family member for you. 4. Before you can pick up your new dingo you will also need to under a house/yard check and pay your adoption fee. No animals are rehomed unless their adoption fee is paid in full and a yard check has been completed. All our dingoes are desexed, micro chipped and vaccinated and health checked as well as treated for fleas, mites and worms prior to rehoming.