Animal Care

Countries: Australia
Duration: from 4 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Countries: Romania
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 3 Months

Provide Romania's bears with a new, safe life in the largest bear sanctuary in Eastern Europe. Explore your fascinating surroundings, with Dracula's castle and ski-friendly mountains right on your doorstep!

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 6 Weeks

Low rate of pet sterilization and pet care is a big problem in most parts of Cape Town. On this project you will work alongside experienced veterinarians who will train you in veterinary practice, help educate people from the disadvantaged communities on animal care, and be part of a pro-life rescue organisation whose main focus is to assist distressed pets from the townships. Your role will be varied and incredibly hands-on. During your volunteer placement you'll also have the opportunity to explore the beautiful Cape coast, soak up the stunning scenery and enjoy a wide variety of leisure activities like shark cage diving, learning to surf. Or you could simply choose to kick back and relax at the volunteer house, or experience some of Cape Town's vibrant night life!

Duration: from 2 Weeks

If you have a passion for working with animals then we might have just what you are looking for. Projects Abroad offers veterinary medicine and animal care placements throughout the developing world.

Countries: Ecuador
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Well this is a project for all of you that really like to get their hands dirty with conservation work and even better if you also love animals. You will be working amidst thousands of acres of cloud forest in the heart of the Ecuador located on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano which range from an altitude of 1,400 to 4,700 m above sea level.

Countries: Zambia, Zimbabwe
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 8 Weeks

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 3 Months

Hands-on volunteering with South Africa's gentle giants - get to know the elephants as you feed them and monitor their behaviour. Explore the beautiful blue lagoons of the coastline and all that this magnificent country has to offer.

Countries: Costa Rica
Duration: from 5 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Protect species of turtles on stunning beaches in Costa Rica. Playa Hermosa literally means beautiful beach. Thousands of turtles come to lay their eggs every year on Playa Hermosa. Volunteers will get the chance to take part in nightly turtle patrols to help monitor and protect the eggs from poachers and other predators. Monitoring the nesting of the turtles gives us important information to conserve this important species. Raleigh volunteers will be living in a jungle camp environment on the beaches of Costa Rica.

Countries: Belize

Travel with an award-winning organisation, winners of 'Best Volunteering Organisation' category at the 2012 British Youth Travel Awards and 2010 Responsible Tourism Awards for its marine conservation expeditions. Volunteers from all over the world travel to our sites in North Belize to conduct reef monitoring, research and conservation work side-by-side with international scientists, international NGOs and community members whose livelihoods depend on healthy coral reef ecosystems for survival.

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

Countries: Malaysia
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 5 Months

Oranutang Protection In Borneo Plus trek to the "End of the World" Saved from deforestation, kept in cages as pets, tied to trees to die - now with a land of their own. Find out more.

Countries: South Africa
Duration: from 2 Weeks to 12 Weeks

This is a rare and unique opportunity to gain hands-on veterinary experience with wild animals on a Game Reserve in northern South Africa! This is a fantastic placement with a wide range of situations that you'll deal with, across a few Game Reserves. You'll shadow the vet and you'll learn an unbelievable amount! This placement is the perfect environment for students studying veterinary medicine or an associated career path, or people who have qualified, to gain unusual and rare experience. This project would also provide unqualified animal lovers with an experience you will never forget.

Countries: Malaysia
Duration: from 6 Weeks to 10 Weeks

Winner of BEST GAP YEAR Company - Sunday Times. Search for the elusive orangutan while getting stuck into conservation and community projects deep in the jungle and on a tropical island.

Countries: Thailand
Duration: from 1 Weeks to 3 Months

Spend 1 week to 3 months encouraging the survival of the ancient green and leatherback turtles on the picture pefect Thai island of Kho Phra Thong.