Bird Advocacy Foundation

Bird Wildlife Advocacy

Wildlife
Advocacy

To create harmony between humans and bird wildlife

To create harmony between humans
and bird wildlife

About us

Bird Advocacy Foundation™ is a not-for-profit organisation committed to protecting birds and facilitating cooperative relationships between humans and birds.

We acknowledge and pay respect to Traditional Owners of the land in Australia, including past, present and emerging.

projects

The Bird Advocacy Foundation™ operates a range of charitable projects across Australia and New Zealand including

1) Volunteer program for special bird sanctuaries called AFRRLs (Alternate Feeding Roosting Recreation Location system),

2) Other projects including education, advocacy and research.

Little Chicks Education Project

Little Chicks Education Project Project Overview The Bird Advocacy Foundation provides an education and community engagement program called the Little Chicks Program which aims to provide information to school children relating to habitat loss, climate change and the impact on Australian native bird wildlife. This is an empowering program that provides historical insights into the […]

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AFRRL – Rural City Murray Bridge

AFRRL – Rural City of Murray Bridge Alternate Feeding Roosting Recreation Location (AFRRL) System – the Rural City of Murray Bridge Project Overview The Rural City of Murray Bridge is undertaking a proactive, wildlife-friendly, innovative and safe approach to Little Corella management which launched in early 2023. The Council is experiencing conflict with an Australian […]

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Our Founder

The Bird Advocacy Foundation™ is honoured to have Professor Gisela Kaplan lead its mission and vision forward in the interest of bird welfare.

Professor Gisela Kaplan is an Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour in the School of Science and Technology. Gisela is an accomplished Author of over 250 research articles and 22 books, all whilst serving on a variety of scientific research panels within Australia and is a regular assessor of over 25 prestigious scientific international journals.