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Grace Valley Wildlife Rescue is the wildlife division of Greyton Farm Animal Sanctuary, and works under its non-profit registration (NPO 187-044, PBO 930070994) [MS]. Its training arm is called the Wild Ways Learning Centre [MS]. It started in 2020 [MS].
It responds to calls about injured, orphaned, and displaced wild animals, and stabilises them before they go to a permitted rehabilitation centre or a vet [MS]. It has responded to hundreds of wildlife emergencies across the Overberg, from bats and songbirds to raptors, mammals, reptiles, tortoises, and duikers [MS]. Its public Facebook group, started in 2021, has more than 770 members [MS].
In 2025 it announced plans to become a permitted satellite rehabilitation centre linked to the Kogelberg Biosphere Wildlife Rescue and Training Centre [MS].
Needs
- Money to fit out its rehabilitation building with enclosures, quarantine areas, and safety systems. Its online fundraising campaign aims to raise R78,000 [MS].
- Building materials, such as roof sheets, window frames, insulation, and a double sink [MS]
Offers
- Rescue. A first response to wild animals in trouble across the Overberg [MS]
- Wildlife First Responder training. Online courses that teach people how to safely check, stabilise, and hand over injured wild animals, with instruction sheets and a network of trainees. More than 200 people across South Africa have been trained [MS].
- Community group. A public Facebook group where residents can report animals in need and follow rescues [MS]
How to get involved
Report an animal in need or follow rescues through the Facebook group, or donate through the fundraising campaign. For anything else, contact the moderators via How to Submit.