ANIMAL
CARE (60% of time)
As an intern at NWC, you’ll get to
experience situations that will allow you to interact with many mammals, birds,
and other animals native to Wisconsin. The
first week you will find yourself undergoing intense training, absorbing the
knowledge needed to properly care for orphaned, injured, and sick animals.
Training does not end there. Throughout
your internship you will expand your knowledge and perfect your new found
skills.
Frustrations as with any job happen in this
internship. You will find that you
will have to deal with the disappointment of death in some cases.
Staff is always available if something hits particularly hard.
However, there are rewards and benefits for the long hours and
frustrations. The joy of releases
and successful turnarounds will always outweigh the sadness of loss.
Hours can get long at times, answering the
same questions again and again can get tiresome, living with up to 9 other people can be
hard, but as quoted from a former intern “…This internship is anything, but
dull." And where else will you
be able to tell the story of how you help examined a great horned owl or bottled
fed a fawn.
Click on pictures below, taken by a former intern, to
see what the animal care portion is like.
(Click images below to view full size)
Northwoods Wildlife Center
www.northwoodswildlifecenter.com 
