from 836€
Wildlife Rescue, Rehab and Veterinary Clinic
Highlights
- Assist with preparing the sick, injured and orphaned rescued animals food to ensure all their nutritional needs are met. Learn how to provide animal enrichments to alleviate boredom while in care.
- Have the opportunity of giving a second chance of life to a diverse range of indigenous animals for example, birds, antelope, wild cats, genet, monkeys, baboons, mongoose, meerkats and more
- Help with the care, treatment and monitoring of each animal’s recovery and progress and ensure their enclosures are clean and maintained for the best environment for their physical needs
- Those studying veterinary medicine or qualified, may assist the veterinary nurse in the onsite clinic and a private practise veterinary doctor can sign off if needed for university practicals
- Immense fun in your free time from golden beaches with warm waters for swimming to wildlife reserves for Big 5 viewing or even a boat trip on lake St Lucia. Durban is a multicultural experience!
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About the program
Volunteer with an amazing team of wildlife rescue and rehabilitation experts that are dedicated to giving sick, injured and orphaned wildlife a second chance.
This project benefits the animals enormously. You will need to be prepared to muck in with all jobs, such as maintenance of the centre, cleaning out cages as well as feeding and caring for the animals. There is also quite a lot of manual work that you will get involved with such as digging, ...
Typical day
The description given is of a typical day (EXAMPLE) but as with working with wildlife, this can change
07:00: Report for duty
07 to 07.15: Morning meeting with staff and volunteers to plan the day ahead
07.15 to 9.00: Morning feeding & cleaning session (Preparing food for all animals and assisting ...
Free-time activities
The province of KwaZulu Natal (KZN) is renowned for its Wildlife Reserves and traditional Zulu Culture : The attractions range from vibrant cities to rolling hills, from long stretches of beaches to outstanding Big 5 Wildlife Parks and Nature Reserves. These are just some of the sites you ...
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Details on arrival
This project is available all year around with arrivals and departures from Mondays to Fridays (not weekends) and you choose your dates. You would fly into Durban's King Shaka International Airport before 15:00 to be collected by your driver with your name on a board. Space is limited so please try book early.
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