Volunteer in Wildlife Conservation with Love Volunteers
- Thailand
- Chiang Mai
- Ecuador
- Argentina
- South Africa
- Croatia
- Tanzania
- Costa Rica
- Australia
- Portugal
About Program
Do you love animals? Want to help protect endangered species? This program is for you!
Our Wildlife Conservation projects allow volunteers the opportunity to gain real world hands-on experience working with endangered and protected species around the world. From Giant Pacific Sea Turtle, exotic creatures of the Amazon Rainforest, Asian Elephants or the Big 5 in Africa, we have an option to suit your interests, in a location that will truly WOW you!
Love Volunteers has been trusted by thousands of volunteers to travel abroad and immerse themselves in new cultures while providing help where it is really needed. Join us on an affordable, safe and responsible Wildlife Conservation project for a truly memorable experience! Check out our exciting program options!
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Turtle Conservation in Costa Rica: Volunteers will support research and conservation work which involves counting turtles, measuring nests, collecting scientific information and night beach patrols. Volunteers may also get the opportunity to participate in the subsequent release of hatchlings to the sea!
Amazon Animal Welfare in Ecuador: Based at an animal rescue and rehabilitation center in the Amazon jungle, volunteers work in partnership with an indigenous Quichuan community. The program's mission is to rescue wild animals from unhealthy and illegal situations, such as animal-trafficking and mistreatment.
Amazon Environmental Protection in Ecuador: Volunteers work at a Biological Station carrying out field research and education in the tropical rainforest region of the upper Napo River in the Ecuadorian Amazon. The center also works on improving the health, nutrition and livelihood of the surrounding communities.
Wildlife Protection in South Africa: This amazing program is set in a game reserve which is situated in Port Elizabeth towards Grahamstown. Duties of volunteers vary on a day to day basis but will include tracking and monitoring animals, removing alien vegetation, mending fences, carrying out animal counts and feeding, working in the elephant sanctuary, or accompanying guides on game drives!
Elephant Conservation in Thailand: This program aims to provide physical labour for volunteers so that elephants do not need to be exploited for tourists. This is a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to live as and work with real Thai Mahouts and learn how to work with, train, feed and wash the elephants.
Popular Programs
This wonderful project was created with the goal of helping to preserve the amazing wildlife of the Amazon. For those with a love for animals and an adventurous spirit – this program offers a fabulous experience. Based at an animal rescue and rehabilitation centre in the Amazon jungle, volunteers work in partnership with an indigenous Quichuan community. The program's mission is to rescue wild animals from unhealthy and illegal situations, such as animal-trafficking and mistreatment.
This wonderful program’s aim is to simply provide care to animals in need. The Sanctuary was founded in 2010 by a local mother and daughter team, who were driven by the ill treatment of animals in their own country. Over time the shelter has grown from strength to strength and combined with the assistance from international volunteers, they now care for approximately 150 rescued animals, including pigs, goats, rabbits, cows, horses, cats, dogs, ducks, guinea pigs, chickens and parrots.
This wonderful project works to rescue and rehabilitate animals in need in the Philippi farming area. The residents live in extreme poverty, well below the poverty line. There is a huge issue with stray animals/pets in the area, largely dogs and some cats. Due to the tough economic and social situation in the area, these animals are often neglected and left to fend for themselves, often resulting in starvation and/or sickness.
This wonderful Animal Rescue program in Croatia supports an animal shelter in the seaside city of Split. The Shelter provides refuge to hundreds of domestic animals that are abandoned or born homeless every year. With far too many animals neglected and far too few shelters to cater to their needs volunteers are desperately needed here!
This wonderful program works in a number of ways to raise awareness of and stop the abuse and neglect of animals, while also providing hands-on care for animals in need. Volunteers can choose to work on the animal welfare campaign, or in the animal shelter – or do both! The need of more adequate animal care and education of the population in and around the Arusha area is huge.
Volunteering with an endangered species of elephant is surely one of the most unique and exciting programs any international volunteer could participate in! This essential program is located in an elephant sanctuary nestled in a beautiful mountain valley around one hour from Thailand’s cultural capital Chiang Mai.
This wonderful project was created with the goal of helping to preserve the amazing sea turtle. The Turtle Conservation Program works to conserve the future of this majestic creature, which through decades of indiscriminate human plundering, has been drastically reduced in number to a point where it is now on the endangered species list.
This essential program works to save Costa Rica’s wildlife that is facing a crisis of epic proportions. Development, agriculture, illegal exotic animal trade and contamination are just a few of the issues that affect wildlife and many species are under threat. Volunteers on this fantastic program will spend time working in animal rescue centers aimed at helping endangered species and wildlife in general.
This fabulous project was developed to simply save the lives of the majestic native animals of South Africa. The Wildlife Protection program is based on a spectacular Game Reserve just outside Port Elizabeth. The 6000 hectares of land are filled with a variety of wild life, including the ‘Big 5’. In addition to the mixture of grasslands and sub-tropical vegetation, the reserve has naturally formed pockets of water, amazing rock formations and splendid flora.
This heart-warming Australian wildlife program aims to rescue some of the thousands of precious Australian indigenous animals who are forced from their natural habitat, injured, orphaned or who become sick due to increasing interaction with humans.
Response from Love Volunteers
Hi Amanda,
Wow, you certainly made the most of your volunteering experience, immersing yourself in the local culture and getting as much out of your placement as you gave back - that's exactly what volunteering abroad is all about!
Thanks for the review and we look forward to having you as part of the team again soon!
All the best,
The Team @ Love Volunteers