Veterinary Science Volunteering in Indonesia

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Volunteer to help save the wildlife of Asia in this program based in Indonesia. The Indonesian Wildlife Rescue Center is located on the exotic island of Sulawesi. This project is a rescue, rehabilitation, and release center for animals saved from the illegal wildlife trade. Without a sustainable rescue facility, authorities are not able to enforce, raid, and confiscate live animals as there are few existing transition centers. Many animals arrive in a stressed and neglected state, thus the need for rehabilitation and veterinary care to bring them back to health. The minimum age for volunteers is 18. No previous experience or qualifications are necessary, but we do require participants to be respectful and open-minded about the cultural differences they encounter in Indonesia. They must be reasonably fit as the work can be demanding under the tropical heat. The ability to speak English is required. Volunteers must have a similar ideology to the mission of the project. Wildlife trainers and those who exploit wildlife for the benefit of people are not suitable for this project.

Operation Wallacea is a research and environmental organisation, working alongside university and college academics to build long-term datasets to put towards various conservation management goals. We recruit volunteers to help out with the data collection and train them in the skills and background that are needed to help effectively. There's also the option to complete dissertations or senior theses at our sites. The Indonesia projects are based on Buton Island and the nearby Wakatobi island group, and are Opwall's longest-running projects. The marine site alone has published over 90 scientific papers, and the forest site has described 21 new vertebrate species to science. The marine site also feeds data gathered from the reef monitoring programs directly back to the Indonesian government. There are a large number of ongoing projects students can get involved with, with surveys on everything from the endemic Buton macaque down to herpetofauna and invertebrate species.