About Austin Wildlife Rescue
Austin Wildlife Rescue rehabilitates and releases orphaned, sick, and injured wild animals and educates the public to coexist with wildlife.
Austin Wildlife Rescue serves the citizens and wildlife of Central Texas by providing direct assistance to the public concerning questions, problems, and conflicts with native wildlife. Austin Wildlife Rescue accomplishes this mission by:
- Training staff to operate a telephone hotline in order to assist with wildlife inquiries from the public;
- Supporting qualified rehabilitators to provide quality care to orphaned and injured wildlife until they can be returned to their native habitat; and
- Providing educational programs designed to eliminate or mitigate conflicts between humans and wildlife.
Visit our website at https://www.austinwildliferescue.org/ for more information.
Internship Details
Students are hired as animal care interns. These are unpaid internship positions. Interns are expected to work 2-3 days a week, for 10 hour shifts each (so 20-30 hours per week). They will be feeding and cleaning the animals at the facility where they will learn about what diets are appropriate for each species through each developmental phase, how to hand feed various species from birds, reptiles, and mammals. They will learn how to give basic oral medications and can even observe medical treatments as they come up in the animals when they are present! Interested students can send Jules Maron, Operations Manager, their cover letter and resume at staff@austinwildliferescue.org. We are looking for students for Aug-Dec, as well as Jan-May.
Our rehab center is located in Elgin: 111 Elbow Bend, Elgin, TX 78621