Save the Bilby Fund

Started in 1999, the Save the Bilby Fund is headed by Rangers Frank Manthey and Peter McRae (Zoologist) from the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service.

Since 2001, the main aim of the Fund has been raising money for the fenced-off safe bilby haven in the Currawinya National Park, Queensland.

The Fund has also established a National Recovery Plan for bilbies which has three goals:

1.	To research the bilby and find out why bilby numbers are declining and why they are no longer found in some areas;
2.	To encourage people to be aware of practices that might hurt the bilbies’ chance of survival; and
3.	To reintroduce bilbies to the wild through a captive and wild breeding programme.

You can help the Save the Bilby Fund here.

Find out about the history of the Easter bilby here.

Ranger Frank & Peter