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Wildlife Sanctuary and Rehabiitation in Costa Rica!

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The experience

Interning at our Rescue Center is a life-changing opportunity to work with wild animals in Costa Rica and assist us with our mission to protect and restore Costa Rica’s biodiversity through:
- Wildlife Rehabilitation and Release
- Endangered Species Breeding and Reintroduction
- Biodiversity Preservation
- Lifetime Care of Non-releasable Animals
*Please note there are fees to participate in this internship, fees vary depending on length of stay

What you offer

32 hours of help per week

Animal Care: Help look after and take care of animals.

Additional fee required

Amount: US$ 695 Per week

Fee pays for: Benefits for travelers, Materials for volunteer activities, and Donation to project

Description: Volunteer fees play a vital role in supporting Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center's mission to rescue, rehabilitate, and release wildlife. These fees directly fund essential aspects of our work, including: Providing nutritious food and specialized veterinary care for our rescued animals. Maintaining and improving the enclosures and facilities where the animals live.

What you get

2 days off per week

Private Room: You will have a bed in a private room. In other words, a room just for you.

Shared Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other travelers.

Team Dorm: You will have a bed in a shared room, which means you will share the same room with other people.

Breakfast: You are entitled to a free breakfast, every day of your stay.

Lunch: You are entitled to a free lunch, every day of your stay.

Dinner: You are entitled to a free dinner, every day of your stay.

Free Laundry: You can use our laundry room freely.

Free Events: Get free entrance for the best events in town.

Use our equipped kitchen: Feel free to use our kitchen and make your own delicious food.

Requirements

Intermediate English or Intermediate Spanish

Over 18 years old

Welcomes solo volunteers, couples, and partners of volunteers

What's not included

Flights, Travel Insurance, Internal Transportation and Visa

Program Details

What's included?
Accommodation: Shared accommodation is provided in a secure 3-bedroom house with two bathrooms and a kitchen. Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center is fenced and has 24-hour security. Wifi is provided and is available 24 hours a day.

Breakfast: Eggs, fruit, cereal, milk, tea and coffee are provided for interns to prepare their own breakfast.

Lunch and dinner: Cooked meals are provided in the on-site restaurant. Interns can select from a special menu that includes dishes such as quesadillas, veggie burger and fries, spaghetti, burritos or a typical Costa Rican dish called casado.
Special diets will gladly be accommodated on request.

Feel free to watch our new internship video on our YouTube channel [@Rescatewildlife] to get some visual impressions about the program!

Activities & Shift

Interns work with our local team to provide the resident animals with the very best care and give the rehabilitating animals the best chance of being released back into the wild!

- Assist the caregivers in the Lifetime Care Sanctuary and Endangered Species Breeding Centre with feeding, cleaning and maintenance.
- Collect data for behavioral research in the Endangered Species Breeding Center.
- Learn to recognize and collect wild foods for baby sloths and howler monkeys in the Rehabilitation Center.
- Participate in weekly lecture series on wildlife care, rehabilitation and conservation.
- Design and implement animal enrichment in the Lifetime Care Sanctuary, Endangered Species Breeding Center and Rehabilitation Center.
- Clicker training animals in the sanctuary to allow for veterinary checks.
- Assist with clicker training for jaguar, puma, coyotes, primates.

Rules

Please note: Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center has a strict “hands off” policy in all areas of our center. This is not only for the safety of our interns, but also prevents rehabilitating animals from becoming too tame to be released. While we completely understand the desire to be close to animals, allowing the animals at the center to be handled and petted by ever-changing interns would be unethical and detrimental to their welfare.