Now accepting applications for Summer 2025 Internships!

Gain hands-on experience in wildlife rehabilitation as a summer intern.

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Interns will learn & gain experience in…

• How a wildlife rehabilitation center operates

• Species identification of mammal, raptor, and songbird species

• Wildlife husbandry

• Medical triage & continued care of sick & injured animals

• Care of infant wildlife

Tasks

• Observe & assist with intake exams

• Bottle feed baby mammals

• Hand feed baby songbirds

• Facility maintenance (including laundry, dishes, sweeping, mopping, enclosure cleaning)

• Prepare diets

Interns must be comfortable with

• Working with wild animals that may have zoonotic diseases

• Working with wild animals that may bite and/or scratch

• Doing lots of cleaning

• Working outside on hot days (with breaks, we have AC inside)

• Euthanasia of wildlife that cannot be released (interns will not be euthanizing animals)

• Handling deceased rodents (for feeding out to our patients)