Volunteer Today At The LCTW Wildlife Hospital!

The LCTW Wildlife Hospital gives veterinary students, veterinarians, and veterinary nurse/technicians the unique opportunity to volunteer on the front lines at our center with recently rescued victims of the illegal wildlife trade! Our Veterinary Volunteer program allows volunteers to assist our Veterinary Team with caring for residents. This hands-on experience is an exciting opportunity to be trained and gain international career experience in wildlife medicine.

At our center, volunteers have the opportunity to be trained in proper wildlife husbandry and care, as well as assist our veterinarians on a case-by-case basis. Daily duties of our veterinary volunteers include: caring for animals in quarantine and hospital areas; shadowing our veterinarians on a daily basis; performing daily health check rounds of over 200 animals; providing treatment to any current inpatients and outpatients; assisting our veterinary team with any emergency cases and surgeries.

We believe that interning with us gives students and graduates alike a huge variety of valuable skills and experiences in wildlife medicine. In some cases, students in their final year will be able to complete their practical placement requirements with references from our staff.

The diversity of wildlife and taxa housed at LCTW, consisting of native Southeast Asian species provides a very engaging caseload for volunteers interested in the wildlife veterinary field. We are currently the largest rescue center in Laos and accept all native taxa. The variety of situations, whether it is treating an outpatient in our sanctuary or a critical confiscated inpatient from the illegal wildlife trade, ensures volunteers here see and experience many unique veterinary cases. The volunteers will have to test all aspects of their knowledge here as there isn’t always access to the latest veterinary tools and diagnostics, and extrapolate their basic veterinary knowledge and skills to a large range of species.

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