|
 As a regular or occasional volunteer, you are always welcome.
You can choose to spend time with any animals that you want and do the work that you enjoy. Even if you only stay an hour or a whole day it is still helpful for the animals. There are various types of jobs to be done, ideas of what to do are listed according to the animal. Points to remember:
-
All volunteers will be required to fill an application form and submit it to the office before being accepted as a volunteer.
-
There is also a form for junior volunteers (under 18) and they should obtain this from the office or download and print from here so they can get their guardian/parents to sign before they first come.
-
if a first timer it will be helpful if you call the office ahead so we expect you and can arrange for someone to be available to show you what to do. As such "come any time" doesnt really apply these days.
-
Wear suitable clothes: the older the better and you may want to wear long sleeves because there are mosquitos around!
-
Wear disposable gloves for dirty jobs (available from the treatment room).
-
Always latch the doors and gates behind you.
-
Wash your hands often, especially if moving between families with young animals.
-
It is important to talk to visitors when they arrive. Give them information on the animals you know about or direct them to one of the staff. Please supervise all children that come round to visit.
-
Please register with the office by signing the volunteer register everytime you visit.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HELPING!
 WORK WITH PUPPIES:
-
Puppies love cuddles! It is important that animals, especially the little ones learn to interact with people. Going around and spending time individually with these animals, holding them, giving them exercise and playing games is important if they are to learn to interact with people. It is less likely that somebody will want to adopt an animal if it is unfriendly and not used to human contact, so this can be an important part of volunteering at the centre.
-
Change dirty newspapers. Go around the cages and ensure that the animals inside have clean newspaper and rags for bedding.
-
Refill water bowls.
-
Put groups of similar size pups out to play in play pens (ensure pen is clean, has fresh water bowl and check with staff to see which pups can go out).
-
Bottle-feeding (only if we have tiny pups with no mum).
Read More...
|