volunteering

I became interested in the above post about Berlin Tierpark. Many zoos have lush gardening and tending all the plant life in general spaces and in animal exhibits probably takes lots of time and money. Gardening, at the same time, is a rather routine task and zoo people are not the best in it...

Ambassador Animal Exercise Yard. All the fence work is done, but a climbing structure and some landscaping will be added. This summer it will be used by volunteers as a place for educational presentations involving the zoo's ambassador animals.

So on June 24th I will be flying to the Netherlands to live there for four weeks volunteering at Stichting AAP with their large monkeys (macaques, baboons etc). Whilst over there I will be paying visits to Apenheul, Burgers' Zoo and Dierenrijk. Following on from this, on the 22nd July I will be...

Hi all! I'm in a bit of a rutt at the moment so any help would be appreciated. I'm currently studying my degree in zoology (woo!) and enjoying it immensely. My partner on the other hand is stuck in a dead end job he hates. He regularly says to me that he wishes he could work with animals and...

Hi :) I know this is a little off-topic, but next year (2015) I will be finishing university and I want to try and find a placement/work experience opportunity with wolves in America as a "treat for myself" before I go into the world of work! I don't know if it's me being awful at finding...

Hi :) I know this is a little off-topic, but next year (2015) I will be finishing university and I want to try and find a placement/work experience opportunity with wolves in America as a "treat for myself" before I go into the world of work! I don't know if it's me being awful at finding...

hello everyone ! its been awhile but this gap was for the best --- I was volunteering in Namibia AFRICA on a wildlife sanctuary called Naankuse :) I had the most...amazing time. Every second just reminded me im meant to be working with wildlife and animals in general. I've learned so many...

Recently I have noticed (certainly in the UK) that a lot of the internships and volunteering opportunities for aspiring zoo keepers/zoo industry people are getting longer and longer. I was under the impression that internships were usually 3-4 months long usually giving the intern valuable...

How many people here contribute/have contributed to a zoo or charity? If so, how do/did you contribute? What would make you more/less likely to contribute? If you could help endangered animals in any way, what would it be? I'm aiming to improve wildlife contribution for my Honours...