Wildlife Rehab Intern
Pefferlaw, Ontario, Canada
Shades of Hope (SOH) is a registered charity with the mission of nurturing, treating and rehabilitating injured and orphaned native wildlife with the goal of releasing healthy animals back into their natural habitats.SOH was a fast paced and intense environment to work in, caring for sick, injured and orphaned animals. My primary responsibility was infant care but the work also included diagnostics fluid therapy, administrating medications, maintaining animals nutrition, wound management, physiotherapy, enrichment, husbandry and record keeping. I showed myself to be a willing and committed employee, with the working weeks often being roughly 60 hours. I had the opportunity to work in an exciting, very hands on environment, experiencing the pain of loss and the pleasure of successful wildlife releases.