Cross-Country Wildlife Oppurtunities!??? PLZ?

Question

So I saw the Zimbabwe Africa Lion Conservation volunteer program online and I loved it.. it's exactly what I want to to. However, my parents aren't up for it and said they want me to start off somewhere (out of the US) besides Africa first.. which is kind of hard considering Africa is known for tons of Wildlife! Do yall know any other experience volunteer conservation things I can work with that would help? I only want to go for about 1-2 weeks. I love all Wildlife, and I want it to be a true HANDS-ON activity with the animals.

Answer 1

Not sure about Africa but here are a few options -

http://www.homestudycourses.net/conserva...

http://www.uniguru.com/studyabroad/postg...

http://www.cws-scf.ec.gc.ca/publications...

http://www.csshome.com/501c3.htm

http://www.wcs.org/

http://www.ppath.org/

http://news.mongabay.com/2007/0522-inter...

http://experts.wirefire.com/DNR/non-cgi/...

http://www.zoo.com.sg/conservation/proje...

http://www.zoo.com.sg/education/voluntee...

Answer 2

I used to do this kind of thing for years before getting a full time wildlife biologist position..but the other answer is correct, most of these projects last for 3-6 months.  You are not going to want to go all the way to Africa to only stay a week. You also do not say how old you are..are you in college, high school?  Look here for volunteer and internship opportunities if you are of age:

http://wfsc.tamu.edu/jobboard/index.htm

Answer 3

There are tons of opportunities out there, but no one is going to take you for only 2 weeks. Biologist's are usually looking for volunteers to commit at least a couple months, usually longer.

Answer 4

here are some. look online for more.

http://www.traveltree.co.uk/pages/result...

http://www.volunteeradventures.com/proje...

http://www.workandvolunteer.com/programm...

http://volunteerprogramsthailand.com/pro...

http://www.volunteervisions.org/projects...

http://www.internationalvolunteertravel....

http://www.isvonline.com/australia.html#...

http://www.workingabroad.org/volunteer/a...