A WILDLIFE rescue group was robbed at a Frankston fundraiser last week, its director says.
Frankston-based rescue organisation Animalia Wildlife Shelter held a sausage sizzle last week to raise badly needed funds for animal care. The shelter’s director, Michelle Thomas, says that at the end of the day there was money missing from the tin.
“We were desperate for that fundraiser as we had less than $300 left in the bank for the organisation. We were quite financially stressed and watching every cent that we spent because we did not have enough money,” Thomas said.
“It didn’t make sense with the sausages we bought. We know how much we would have usually made from that amount – we bought 100 kilograms of sausages, and at $3.50 each we should have had more cash in the tin than we had.”
Animalia Welfare Shelter cares for Australian indigenous wildlife that are sick, injured, orphaned, or displaced. It rescues animals from Frankston, the Mornington Peninsula, and up to Brighton and Cranbourne.
To make a tax-deductible donation to the organisation visit animaliawildlife.org.au
First published in the Frankston Times – 30 September 2025