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The main focus of this wildlife sanctuary is to give lifetime care to abused, neglected or unwanted wolves and wolf dogs. The sanctuary is home to over 50 resident animals and provides each one with the best possible environment, enrichment activities, nutrition and medical attention.
Project Age Limit
Minimum 18 years, maximum decided on potential participants’ health
The Volunteer Project
This project offers you the unique opportunity to work closely with these incredible creatures. Your role as a volunteer is to be dedicated to providing impeccable care for the animals. You will have the opportunity to become an important educational tool in assisting the sanctuary with teaching the public about the wild wolf and the epidemic of abused and abandoned captive bred wolves and wolf dogs.
Animals are situated in enclosures in compatible pairs or family groups. Habitat enclosures range from 5000 square feet to one acre in size all with natural rocky terrain, native plants, and many trees. Several enclosures even include ponds or other enrichment additions. Volunteer duties include but are not limited to:
- Feeding
- Cleaning enclosures
- Walking and socialising animals
- Gardening/landscaping
- Performing maintenance tasks
- Giving tours
- Assisting with outreach projects and events
- Administrative duties
- Preparing Wolf food
- Separating donations of raw meat
- Performing building projects
- Cleaning and sanitising food and faecal buckets
Volunteers will work five days a week, for approximately eight and half hours each day with an hour for lunch. Each volunteer will have two assigned days off per week. After work hours and during days off, volunteers often travel into town together whether to go out to dinner, visit Albuquerque Aquarium or Zoo, or do other site seeing and shopping.
Please note: Interaction with animals is in a safe manner, for example feeding or enrichment does not necessarily involve physical contact with the animals. Indirect and direct contact at the sanctuary will be at the discretion of permanent staff.
Project Support
Throughout your stay in New Mexico you will have the support and guidance of the onsite staff. They will provide you with competent assistance and help you with any questions or advice you may need during your stay.
In addition, you will receive an emergency contact for onsite staff when you arrive and we will provide you with a 24 hour emergency contact number before you depart, so that you can contact one of our UK staff at any time should you need to.
Project Orientation
When you arrive at the project you will have a day to settle in and you will be given an information schedule that will detail your first 10-14 days at the project. New volunteers will receive an orientation including:
- Basic animal care techniques
- Cleaning & feeding
- Diet & medicine preparation
- Enrichment
- Maintenance
- Safety procedures and regulations
- Tour Training
- Guard duty
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