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64 people are interested
Animal Care Volunteers-Morning Hours Needed
ORGANIZATION: Buttonwood Park Zoo
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64 people are interested
Animal Care Volunteers work with animal caretakers in their areas assisting in the daily cleaning and disinfecting, diet preparation and distribution, enrichment activities, data collection, and exhibit maintenance. Please note that direct animal contact is limited and is at the discretion of the Zoo Keeper.
Animal Care volunteers must be at least 17 years old and be currently enrolled in college or a recent graduate. Please contact Volunteer Manager, Heather Potter at HPotter@bpzoo.org if you are interested or visit our website for all volunteer opportunities at https://www.bpzoo.org/volunteer/
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About Buttonwood Park Zoo
Location:
425 Hawthorn St, New Bedford, MA 02740, US
Mission Statement
The Buttonwood Park Zoo creates experiences for exploring and enjoying the natural world. The Buttonwood Park Zoological Society (BPZS) is a private, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3), nonprofit corporation founded in 1969. BPZS’ mission is to support the Buttonwood Park Zoo in creating experiences for exploring and enjoying the natural world.
Description
For a 120 years, we have been proud to be part of the New Bedford community as the 12th oldest zoo in the United States. Our mission is to create experiences for exploring and enjoying the natural world. We hope to offer families an opportunity to learn the importance animals play in our world. For many of our animals, the Zoo offers them a home because of injuries that occurred in the wild.
As an AZA accredited zoo, we strive to provide our animals, guests and staff the best experience possible. Through our conservationefforts and awareness programs, we try to lead our community by example.
Go wild, explore us here at bpzoo.org and we hope to see you at the Zoo soon!
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
425 Hawthorn StNew Bedford, MA 02740
DATE POSTED
January 25, 2018
SKILLS
- Animal Care / Handling
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 17
- Orientation or Training
- At least 4 hours a week for 6 months
- Serious interest in all animals and their behavior & habits, husbandry, enrichment, traini