Animal Care recruitment will be closed in April, May, June, and July.

If you are interested only in this role, please click the Animal Care Application button below. If you are interested in volunteering in a different capacity (Construction, Tours, or Gift Shop), please click the Volunteer Application button instead.

Animal Care Volunteers assist with daily tasks, including preparing diets, changing water dishes, cleaning enclosures, and feeding. They also help with routine maintenance in the sanctuary and provide enrichment activities to encourage the animals’ natural behaviors.

• Ages 18+ only.
• Non-seasonal volunteers must commit to a minimum of 12 consecutive months of volunteering.
• Seasonal volunteers must commit to a minimum of 6 consecutive months of volunteering.
• Must commit to a minimum of one four-hour volunteer shift per week.
• Nearly all duties and responsibilities are conducted outdoors, rain or shine.
• This is our most labor-intensive role. Requires more than average bending, walking, squatting, standing, and lifting 50+ lbs.
• Animal Care volunteers assist with butchering whole animal donations (deer, cows, sheep, etc.).
• Must follow verbal and written instructions, communicate well, and keep up in a fast-paced environment that requires team collaboration and independence.

Tour Guide Volunteers conduct educational tours of our animal sanctuary and facilitate community presentations for groups of all ages. They provide guests with information about our history, conservation goals, positions and values, as well as the biology and background of the animals that call our facility home.

• Ages 18+ only.
• Must commit to a minimum of 12 consecutive months of volunteering.
• Must commit to a minimum of two volunteer shifts per month.
• Nearly all duties and responsibilities are conducted outdoors, rain or shine.
• Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions, communicate well, and keep up in a fast-paced environment that requires both team collaboration and independence.

Construction Volunteers assist with construction, maintenance, and groundskeeping tasks such as yard work, building new enclosures, dismantling old structures, mixing and pouring concrete, and vehicle maintenance. Construction Volunteers also supervise youth and adult volunteer groups from local schools, clubs, and businesses.

• Ages 18+ only.
• Must commit to a minimum of 6 consecutive months of volunteering.
• Must commit to a minimum of two four-hour shifts per month.
• Nearly all duties and responsibilities are conducted outdoors, rain or shine.
• This is a labor-intensive role. Requires more than average bending, walking, squatting, standing, and lifting 50+ lbs.
• Must be able to follow verbal and written instructions, communicate well, and keep up in a fast-paced environment that requires both team collaboration and independence.

Gift Shop recruitment is currently closed. Please check back later for updates.

Gift Shop volunteers assist our Gift Shop Manager with tagging and organizing new items, framing Pawcasso masterpieces created by our resident carnivores, and a variety of other important tasks. Gift Shop volunteers also assist with data entry on occasion and help us maintain visitor records. If you want to volunteer with us but don’t want to spend too much time outdoors, this is the role for you.

*Ages 16+ Only*