Wildlife hospital staff devastated as funding scrapped

A $6m state government funding grant for the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital has been denied. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

A wildlife hospital set up after the Black Summer bushfires faces imminent closure after the NSW government reneged on a $6 million funding deal struck by the previous administration.

Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital chief executive Stephen Van Mil said the loss of the government funding over four years was very bad news for native animals.