Volunteer Opportunities

Wild Days Wildlife Shelter receives no government funding and is operated entirely by dedicated volunteers.  
As Wild Days is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, we are always in need of extra hands.  Our busiest time of the year is spring (baby season) and extreme heat periods of summer (dehydration and burns), when we need all hands on deck to give our animals the best chance of success.
Wild Days accepts people from all walks of life, both young and not-so-young and believes that everyone can make a difference.  

Ongoing Volunteer Positions:

General Shelter Hero

Min. Commitment: 
4 hours/week
Tasks:
(Lots of) cleaning, preparing cages for animals, food preparation, feeding animals, laundry, assisting in releasing animals.

Maintenance and Construction Hero

​Min. Commitment: 
4 hours/week
Tasks:
Fixing broken cages and infrastructure, building new cages, creating cage furniture, project work.  If you are a 'handy' type of person, this role is for you!  

Browse Collecting Hero

Min. Commitment:
2 hours/week
Task: 
​Collecting browse (branches of leaves) for our animals to eat and use as cage furniture.

You will need your own car and secateures/loppers. 

Fundraising Hero

​Min. Commitment:
4 hours/week
Tasks:
Raising funds through merchandise sales and/or events and creating partnerships with local businesses in line with Wild Days community engagement values. 
All positions require a 3 month commitment from the volunteer.  
This allows adequate time for volunteers to get to know Wild Days and for thorough training (where required).  

Emergency Event Personnel:

In addition to Wild Days' regular volunteers, we have an Emergency Event Personnel List.  
​These volunteers are on-call during emergency events and complete a range of tasks depending on need at the time.