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Life at an animal shelter can be extremely exhausting (even for animal lovers) but at the same time very fullfilling. The range of work involved at the animal shelter may vary from time to time. As most shelters work based on the basis of donation and volunteers, it is not strange to see as many as 30 people volunteering at one day only to have 3 volunteering the next. Naturally, the work load during the day with 30 volunteers will be more distributed compared to the day with 3.
List of work to be done at shelter:
- Prepare animal food
- Feed animals
- Cleaning of cages/enclosures
- Bathing of animals
- Exercising animals (play/walks etc.)
Depending on the trust the shelter has on the volunteer, it is also not strange to be required to help transport sick animals to the vet or nurse abandoned baby animals or even pick up abuse cases. Please note that while these jobs may sound easy, there can be up to 200 animals in a medium sized shelter at any given time. Try scrubbing 200 cages for starters!
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe best thing to do is to call the shelter where you would like to volunteer and ask them what you can do to help. I don't think you need any special certifications, but you should ask them before you sign up.
You should ask a parent or guardian to call them and ask questions, to make sure this what you want to do. Then you ask another adult to write a letter about why you be a good volunteer. After they write the letter you fill out an application and put the letter in with the application and drop it off a the animal shelter. After that they will accept your request and you will go through some training. After the training you will be a volunteer! :P It is really fun.
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∙ 14y agoYes most animal shelters need volunteers. They need people to groom and walk the animals. They also have volunteers do things like start the paperwork for adoptions and feed and play with the animals.
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∙ 16y agoNo, not in money but you get the satisfaction of helping animals.
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∙ 13y agoA volunteer generally works for free. However, depending on what it is for you might get paid to make up for parking fees or food.
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∙ 12y agoMaximum 500 nto 700 $
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