At that time, the land around her home was barren from years of drought — yet she continued to share her limited pension to buy fruit, vegetables, roo milk, and lucerne hay to feed her beloved animals. Even today, as Queensland faces flooding instead of drought, Majella’s commitment hasn’t wavered. “It’s just what country people do,” she says simply, embodying the quiet strength that defines so many of Australia’s rural carers.

From her humble three-acre property on the road to Longreach, 200 kilometres from Cunnamulla, Majella currently cares for a rare and endangered baby black joey kangaroo — along with a menagerie of rescued wildlife including four male red kangaroos (one already four feet tall!), a female roo, six possums, a kookaburra with a broken wing, a woolly buck wallaby, and even a few goats.

Across the remote expanses of outback Queensland, wildlife carers like Majella spend their days and nights giving injured, orphaned and vulnerable native animals a second chance. The land she works on has been battered by drought, flood, fires and human-impact. Yet she carries on. When we lose just one structure of habitat — a tree, a rock outcrop, a creek line — we don’t just lose that structural element, we lose the home of a possum, a wallaby, a kookaburra and many more.

Supporting this campaign means you’re doing far more than helping feed a kangaroo joey or repair a injured kookaburra’s wing — you’re helping restore hope, rebuild a habitat, and protect Australia’s unique biodiversity for future generations.

Majella isn’t alone in her compassion. Across the outback, there are countless unsung heroes like her — people who rescue wildlife injured by road accidents, wild dogs, or natural disasters, often using their own savings to keep them alive.

These extraordinary individuals are the beating heart of our mission at BEATS.org — to support those who protect biodiversity and preserve the incredible wildlife that makes Australia unique.

That’s why BEATS was founded: to ensure carers like Majella never have to shoulder the burden alone.

With the help of generous supporters and a growing network of volunteers, we’re building a community that gives back to those who give everything.

Every dollar donated goes directly towards providing food, medical supplies, and shelter for rescued animals — and because BEATS is a registered Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) charity, all donations over $2 are tax deductible.

Majella’s story is just one example of the incredible difference your support can make. Together, we can help Australia’s wildlife carers continue their vital work — and protect the precious species that call this country home.

How Your Support Will Be Used

• Your donation will go directly to providing food (roo milk, lucerne hay, native fruit), emergency veterinary care and safe shelter for the animals in Majella’s care — every dollar helps.

• It will help maintain and rehabilitate her three-acre property so it can continue as a safe haven — this means fencing repairs, new native plantings, shelter upgrades and restoring the habitat so animals can confidently return.

• We’ll also build a network of support— volunteers, supplies, equipment — so Majella isn’t isolated, carrying the full burden alone. With this network in place, we can scale the model to other rural carers, making your support multiply across many more animals and many more wild places.

Why You Should Join Us

When you stand with BEATS and this campaign, you become part of something bigger: a movement of everyday people who believe that land, animals and humans can thrive together.

• You’ll be part of a community that honours the unsung heroes of conservation, who give so much with so little.

• Your actions — sharing this campaign, donating, volunteering — send a message: we value lives that flourish in the wild, not just lives we see in captivity.

• And because BEATS is a registered Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR), your contribution is tax-deductible, making your help even more powerful.

Donate today to help BEATS support local heroes like Majella and give our native wildlife a fighting chance.