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Sponsorship - RSPCA Animal Ambulance

The RSPCA Animal Ambulances play a vital role in supporting the community by providing around the clock emergency care for animals in the Melbourne metropolitan area.  Our Ambulances rescue sick, seriously injured or stray animals, bringing them back to our Burwood East Shelter for care and rehabilitation.

In the past year alone, the Ambulance service has rescued 2,189 animals, which is an average of 42 animals a week.

It costs the RSPCA more than $317,198 per year to run this vital service, which operates 24-hours a day, seven days a week.  With the cost of providing the Ambulance service to the community continuing to increase, we are proud to announce our new RSPCA Animal Ambulance Sponsor – Go Diego Go.

Go Diego Go is an animated children’s series created by the team at Nikelodeon. The show features an eight year old boy by the name of Diego Marquez who helps animals in dangerous situations as he hears their cries for help from his Animal Rescue Centre in the rainforest. As Diego continues to teach children the value of responsible pet ownership through his animal rescue endeavours in Go Diego Go, we are pleased to be partnering with Nikelodeon as sponsors of our Animal Ambulance service.

Thanks to the support of the team at Nikelodeon and Go Diego Go, we are able to continue providing this service to the greater Melbourne community, and ensure that animals in need of our care are given a second chance at happiness.