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Florida Wildlife Sanctuary Volunteer
Example Volunteer Day
10am - The day begins with breakfast and instructions of the duties to be completed that day.
10:30am - Enclosure cleaning, construction and other chores are carried out.
12pm - Feeding of domestic and farm animals onsite.
1pm - Lunch with other volunteers and others onsite. Cleaning of the kitchen.
2pm - Fresh food preparation. Volunteers will cut fruit for monkeys and bats then distribute the food to the animals. Store food for nocturnal animals until needed.
4pm - Animal enrichment and other projects. (Monday – Friday) Some volunteers will go to town with a member of staff to buy produce and animal care supplies.
6pm - Take time to swim to cool off in the freshwater pond onsite, read, relax or socialise etc. Volunteers will participate with cooking dinner.
7-8pm - Dinner. Clean up the kitchen.
Evening - Feed nocturnal animals. Socialise around the campfire or other leisure activities.
Animal enrichment is an important part of the daily schedule as lack of enrichment causes
stereo typical and harmful behaviour in animals. Volunteering at the sanctuary is hard work
but yields enormous rewards.
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