Full training will be given in all aspects of animal care for this project. The sanctuary cares for a wide variety of animals and will do its best to focus each individual’s time on the areas that interest them the most.
Volunteers will learn about the issues surrounding exotic animals in captivity and the extent of the commitment required to ensure a lifetime of quality care for the animals. Everyone is taught to understand the behaviors and methods of communication of the various species at the sanctuary as well as their natural history.
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Help provide lifetime care to rescued big cats, monkeys, bears and wolves in the USA at a well known sanctuary near Zolfo Springs in Florida. The 90-acre rural wooded sanctuary provides lifetime care to almost 150 exotic animals. Volunteers can escape the stress of everyday life and relax knowing that they are making a real difference to the lives of animals rescued from situations of abuse or neglect. High quality care is embedded in the most basic to complex tasks, such as sorting and cutting fruit for fruit bats and monkeys, feeding, cleaning enclosures, building habitats and maintaining the grounds. The sanctuary is accredited by the American Sanctuary Association and is a WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) Member Society. Full training will be given in all aspects of animal care and basic but comfortable shared accommodation and home cooked food are also provided.
The ability to communicate in English, work independently and have an enthusiasm and love for animals are the only required skills. Participants must be 21 years of age or older and be physically fit enough to endure long days in the hot sun. Documentation of a negative Tuberculosis test within the past 12 months or proof of a TB vaccine is required for the protection of the primates.
When the volunteer numbers are limited, you must be comfortable with spending quiet evenings in your own company; but when there are several volunteers, evenings tend to be anything but quiet! Of course, you can always retreat to your cabin for some solitude. ...
Your team's study site is dramatically placed at the base of a 4,000-meter volcano, in an undeveloped region on the Island of Hawaii. You will rotate between a variety of tasks that will give you an insider's perspective of cultural evolution on the island. You may be mapping the site one day and conducting oral history surveys in a restored plantation manager's home the next. You will also help catalogue intriguing artifacts from previous excavations. After your day's work you can relax at nearby Punalu`u Beach, a black sand beach where endangered green sea turtles bask and the snorkeling is fine. A side trip to Volcanoes National Park or a reconstructed Hawaiian village and temple on the idyllic southwest Kona coast will round out your experience.
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Pahala, Hawaii — Today visitors from around the world come to Hawaii to enjoy lofty volcanoes, tropical forests, fine sand beaches, and coral reefs. But 150 years ago, people came for work. Sugar plantation owners based in Hawaii imported labor from China, Japan, the Philippines, and elsewhere to feed the world's sugar craving. These new populations had profound effects on Hawaiian society and culture, as well as the fragile ecology of the islands. Immigrant workers introduced new crops to sustain their food and medicinal needs in the new land. You can help archaeologists Janet Six and Jill Gaieski (University of Hawaii and University of Pennsylvania) tease apart the interactions of cultures on a historic plantation. Your findings will help us understand the role of culture and ecology even in today's growing global marketplace.
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