2023 at Assistent Animal Caretaker
from 500€
Assistent Animal Caretaker
Highlights
- Meet and care for our rehabilitated lions and tigers!
- Help with conservation work on our 700 hectare nature reserve!
- Get to know our rescued donkeys - they love carrots and brushing!
- Make a difference to the big cat populations by educating people!
- Help increase the welfare of the various animals at our rescue centre!
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About the program
You will help take care of the lions and tigers in our sanctuary, of the wildlife on the nature reserve and of the indigenous predators and other animals at our rescue.
The Lions Foundation shelters lions and tigers that have been exploited by humans. TLF or its counterpart Stichting Leeuw in The Netherlands, rescue these majestic animals from private possession and abuse, circuses, war situations or zoos and animal parks that have no room for them. The Lions ...
Typical day
What will you do as a TLF volunteer?
Below is an example of how you could spend your day with us - however, as animals are unpredictable and we have only just started the rescue centre, tasks and times might vary and change.
AM at The Lions Foundation
7 - Staff and volunteer meeting to plan the ...
Free-time activities
Free time at and around TLF
Care for the animals is required 365 days a year. However, there is free time during and after work, and we do offer volunteers a day off each week and encourage you to get out to experience what the area has to offer.
At TLF, usually there are enough volunteers to ...
Requirements
What's Included
What's NOT included?
Details on arrival
We can pick you up from Johannesburg airport or a Johannesburg hotel, at a modest rate. We can arrange pick-ups Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8AM to 3PM, because the sanctuary is a 2,5-hour drive away and otherwise there will be no staff member available to greet the volunteers. If you arrive at OR Tambo Airport, please inform us of your flight number. If you want to be picked up from a hotel, please send us the hotel name, address, and phone number. The best pick-up time for a hotel pick-up from Joburg is 9AM.
Program fees
Meet your organization
The Lions Foundation
Non-profit - founded in 2019
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Noortje
About the project
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