Current Residents

Meet Moo, one of the friendliest and cuddliest residents at the Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (HWS). Moo hatched from an egg that had been illegally taken from the wild and incubated in captivity. Thankfully Moo was surrendered to the Hills Wildlife Sanctuary as a two-week old chick and was hand raised by our team. Moo loves to help with gardening and is proud of her title as the Chief Insect Eating Officer.  Moo is one of our four resident rescued emus.

One of the most adorable resident animals at the sanctuary, Squid is a Squirrel Glider, often mistaken for the common Sugar Glider. Squid is very curious and loves nothing more than a slice of apple as a treat.

Monty is a lace monitor, which is the second largest monitor lizard species in Australia and among the largest lizards in the world. Averaging 1.5m in length, they can grow up to 2m. Lace monitors produce venom from special glands in their mouth, much like their close relative, the Komodo dragon which aids in the digestion of their food. ​

Casper is a rare leucistic kookaburra, meaning he has a congenital absence of colour pigment in his feathers and eyes. Casper was thrown out of the nest as a chick. Leucistic birds often don't survive in the wild due to their decreased eyesight. Casper lives in a large aviary with three other rescued kookaburras that all have their own unique personalities. 

Reeba, the red kangaroo is one of the oldest residents at the Hills Wildlife Sanctuary, and is one of many rescued, surrendered and retired zoo kangaroos that we have living on site. She is a very sweet lady and loves a good scratch on the chest. 

Norman is a black swan that has only one wing. When he was young he was attacked by an eel and was rescued by a wildlife carer and brought to the sanctuary. Norman was raised with Moo the emu, so often thinks he's an emu too and try's to keep up with the big birds. Norman loves swimming in his purpose-made billabong which was built and landscaped by our volunteers especially for him.