WildCare needs volunteers to help with animal care!
Wildlife rehabilitation volunteers assist in hands-on wildlife rehabilitation for ~1,500 animals annually. Tasks widely range depending on your
interests! Every day is different and while volunteering you'll work under the direction of a licensed rehabilitator to provide care for a multitude of species. One day you might be assisting in giving fluids to a Great Horned Owl, another you might be learning how to tube feed orphaned rabbits.
If tube feeding opposum joeys is less your style, some volunteers choose to prioritize keeping up with laundry and dishes. Volunteering is individualized to your preferences and wants. If you're timid around foxes but eager to save Eastern box turtles we are more than happy to work with your interests!
Our goal for every animal that comes through our doors is releasing these animals back into their native habitat. Once that time comes you will have the opportunity to open the carrier and watch the opossums, skunks, snakes, birds, etc. that you've cared for go back into the wild. If this sounds like something you would like to do, every pair of hands that we have is another animal we're able to save. We look forward to having you on our team!
If you are interested in saving wild animals, please fill out a wildlife volunteer application!
MORE INFO ON VOLUNTEERING WITH WILDCARE:
- We hold permits at both state and federal levels which allow us to do this work
- Shifts are typically 3-4 hours long
- We also have opportunities in our education team, working with non-releasable animal ambassadors
- We rehabilitate opossums, skunks, rabbits, box turtles, bats, hawks, owls, vultures, foxes, bobcats, deer mice, and more!
- We are primarily volunteer-led with several part-time staff members
