Protecting native birds and wildlife

You can help protect native birds and wildlife with some simple actions at home.

Threats to native birds and wildlife include:

• bread or food that they don’t normally eat
• loss of habitat
• pests like rabbits, foxes and the Indian Myna bird
• stray domestic animals
• waste and water pollution
• cars and other vehicles
• the effect of climate change on habitat and food supply

You can help protect native birds and wildlife from these threats by:

• not feeding them bread or food that they don’t normally eat
• planting native and indigenous plants to attract wildlife like birds or bees
• having more trees with hollows for native animals to nest in
• installing a nesting box
• minimising garden chemicals and pesticides use
• not letting your cat wander the streets
• making sure your dog is only off-leash in specified ‘off-leash’ parks and reserves. 

More resources

• Please don't feed the birds or wildlife factsheet – English(PDF, 1MB)
• Please don't feed the birds or wildlife factsheet – Arabic(PDF, 3MB)
• Please don't feed the birds or wildlife factsheet – Mandarin(PDF, 3MB)
• Victorian Government Biodiversity 2037 plan
• Victorian Government wildlife information