Animal care

 

Alpaca, volunteer with Alpaca, Alpaca Deutsch, volunteering with Alpacas

This page features volunteer projects with animals. The hosts/organizations that are displayed on this page are looking for travelling helpers to assist them in the care of their animals. Locations can be farms, animal sanctuaries, ranches or animal shelters, etc.

How to use this page.

Click on the announcement you are interested in. Check the date of the publication (some opportunities might be already expired). If the announcement is still valid, look for the ‘contact details‘ section. There you can find free ways to get in touch with the hosts (website, e-mail, phone numbers, application form). Send the host/organization a message and wait for a reply.

See also the following sections:

Volunteer projects with animals

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Do you need help looking after your animals? Feel free to aAdd your listing!

A dramatic view of the Castello della Pietra (Castle of the Stone) built into a rocky cliffside in Vobbia, Liguria, Italy, at sunset.

Eco-villa renovation volunteer project in Italy 🇮🇹 🇪🇺

Volunteer in Manipur India: group photo of volunteers and local children at Langon Sanglen wellness centre garden near Imphal.

Volunteer at a life-changing yoga retreat in India

Rundling village in Wendland, Lower Saxony, Germany - half-timbered farmhouses along a winding road amid fields, with distant wind turbines.

Volunteer at a Hackspace in Wendland, Germany 🇩🇪

Collage from a rural volunteer project near Lisbon, Portugal: host holding wild mushrooms, cloistered farmhouse, sunset on a rocky coast, green parrot in an aviary, a circle of cats eating on patterned tiles, and a garden scene with a cat by a pebble mound and tree.

Volunteer in rural Portugal near Lisbon: animals, garden and DIY

Collage showing life at a Christian vegan homestead near Naples, Florida: ducks in a small pool, a shared meal, living room with sofas, an aerial view of the property, baskets of vegetables and microgreens, a dorm-style bedroom with bunks, cats in a bathtub, wildlife nearby, goats resting on a chair, chickens and garden beds.

Live in a “Christian Eden” in tropical Florida – help animals, housing + vegan food included

Poster recruiting experienced TNR volunteers for Kos, Greece: photos show humane traps, carriers, and volunteers handling cats. Text notes requirements (experience with traps/nets, patience, team spirit) and explains the work—catch, neuter, and return community cats.

GASAH (Kos, Greece) – experienced TNR volunteers needed in September

polo players on horseback raising mallets on a green field in Argentina, during a volunteer polo training session.

Volunteer on a polo farm in Argentina 🇦🇷

Timber-framed yurt with white canvas cover under construction at Jah Wa Le off-grid eco retreat in the forests of Durong, Queensland, Australia.

Jah Wa Le off‑grid retreat volunteer project in Durong, Queensland, Australia

Volunteer at Vietnam Animal Aid & Rescue shelter – woman gently holding a rescued cat inside a wooden clinic near Hoi An, Vietnam. Logo of VAAR visible in the background. Animal care and vegan rescue work in Southeast Asia.

Animal rescue volunteer opportunity in Vietnam 🐾

Volunteers caring for rescued cats and kittens at Dahab Cats, a non-profit cat sanctuary in Dahab, Egypt.

Volunteer with rescued cats in Egypt – join Dahab Cats this summer 🐱

Collage of volunteers with dogs and a donkey at Andros Animal Shelter on Andros island in Greece, with the shelter’s logo in the centre.

Animal Shelter volunteer program in Greece – Help rescued animals on Andros Island

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Hospitality exchange in Piedmont, Italy 🇮🇹 🇪🇺

Romania, horses, ranch, Animal care volunteering in Romania

Horse care & animal welfare volunteering in beautiful Sibiu, Romania

animal shelter, Greece, dog, cat, Kos

Volunteer opportunity with GASAH: Help animals in need on the Island of Kos

Teachers leading a classroom activity with young students in a rural school, children in blue uniforms participating in interactive learning session in Africa at Umoja Foundation NGO offering free volunteer opportunities in Kenya

Exciting volunteer opportunity: make a difference in Kenya! 🇰🇪

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