2022 at Wildlife Internship
Wildlife Internship
Highlights
- Experience daily life in a working wildlife sanctuary, rehabilitation center and endangered species breeding center.
- Gain valuable knowledge, experience and insight into animal care, behavior, conservation issues and research methods.
- Improve your Spanish by working alongside our local staff.
- Meet fellow interns from all over the world.
- Explore all Costa Rica has to offer in your free time!
- Experience daily life in a working wildlife sanctuary, rehabilitation center and endangered species breeding center.
- Gain valuable knowledge, experience and insight into animal care, behavior, conservation issues and research methods.
- Improve your Spanish by working alongside our local staff.
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About the program
Help us care for wildlife in our sanctuary, conservation breeding center and rehab center. Gain experience in a lush tropical setting with all the comforts of home.
Interning with Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center (RWRC) 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:
- Endangered Species Breeding and Reintroduction
- Biodiversity Preservation
- Lifetime Care ...
Typical day
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 ...
Free-time activities
Interns have two days off per week and there is a bus stop just opposite the rescue center - you are encouraged to use your free time to explore everything that Costa Rica has to offer! Costa Rica is a small country so it is easy to get to anywhere from our rescue center.
Requirements
What's Included
What's NOT included?
Details on arrival
Our program is open year round. There is a minimum stay of one week.
Interns should plan to arrive on a Friday and leave on a Thursday.
Program fees
Meet your organization
Rescate Wildlife Rescue Center
Non-profit - founded in 1989
Verified by Volunteer World
Coordinated by
Jeanne Marie Pittman
About the project
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