Animal Care Internship

Program Summary

An Internship at WRR is a great starting point for individuals with an educational background or currently enrolled at a university but lack substantial experience working with wildlife.

Interns will grow in their knowledge of native and non-native Texas wildlife, including natural history, behavior, and environmental enrichment, and they will gain valuable experience in facility cleanliness, operation standards, and rehabilitation protocol.

Animal Care Overview

This internship involves working with a variety of native Texas wildlife. The species worked with are dependent on the time of year. Intern duties include feeding and monitoring the animals at all stages of rehabilitation as well as tracking care logs, cleaning/upgrading enclosures, and moving babies through the rehabilitation protocols as they grow.

Other duties may include performing animal rescues and releases and assisting with a variety of projects at the facility.

To promote learning and development of skills, the internship will follow a structure of training on one species or room at a time with the Intern Coordinator in a class setting, working alongside staff for 1-2 weeks, followed by a short quiz or assignment. This will repeat throughout the entire internship, and interns will be staggered to spend time learning how to care for several different species.*

If you want to pursue a career in animal care or nature rehabilitation, this is a great opportunity. All Internships with WRR are unpaid, and limited on-site housing is available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

*If interested, interns may apply for a second term of the internship to be trained on more advanced skills such as administering medications, tube-feeding animals, and caring for high-stress species.