No Day is typical
One day you may be collecting natural browse for the baby sloths in the Rehabilitation Center, another day you may be monitoring the behavior of the Scarlet Macaws in the Endangered Species Breeding Center or making environmental enrichment for the coyotes in the Lifetime Care Sanctuary and yet another day you might be helping to clicker train Guapo the jaguar!
Various projects are developed throughout the year and there are often opportunities for longer-term interns to assist at Rescates release sites in Nicoya and Golfito. So a “typical day” will be different depending on the needs of the animals.
Example Schedule
Everyday is different, but here is a sample of what you might expect:
- 7:00 - 9:30: Identifying and collecting plants for infant sloths and monkeys and cleaning enclosures in the Rehabilitation Center.
- 9:30 - 10:00: BREAK
- 10:00 - 12:00: Designing, building and implementing enrichment items for animals in the Lifetime Care Sanctuary.
- 12:00: LUNCH
- 13:00 - 14:00: Feeding the great green macaws and Scarlet Macaws in the Endangered Species Breeding Center.
- 14:00 - 15:00: Wildlife Lecture Series
- 16:30-17:00 (Optional): Big cat clicker training and enrichment.
Interns generally participate in activities in the sanctuary, breeding center and rehabilitation
center 8 hours per day, 5 days per week with two days off for rest or travel. You are not guaranteed to have
two day off in a row, but we will do our best to accommodate all requests. You are welcome to request
additional days off if you prefer a lighter schedule or want to organize an excursion. Rescate is staffed from 6
am to 6 pm. It is important that we keep the number of people in the rehabilitation center to a minimum to
prevent negative impact on the animals, thus you will not be permitted to work direct with the animals under rehabilitation or enter the rehabilitation center on
your days off.
