Found 39 Working with Animals volunteering opportunities in Australia

Pets of Older Persons (POOP's WA) is an incorporated non-profit association staffed entirely by volunteers. Our volunteers provide a range of services including home visits, animal feeding, dog walking and transport to/from vet clinics or boarding kennels. POOP's cater specifically for people over 65 years of age - or palliative-care patients of any age - who have no relatives or friends willing or able to take responsibility for their pets in times of need.

Our Volunteer Branches support RSPCA NSW by being able to play a vital part in the rehoming process of animals in various locations in NSW. Being 100% volunteer run, our volunteer branches rely on foster care assistance to house their animals while they wait for adoption, as they have no permanent adoption facility

Our volunteer will spend time with Wild Koalas and participate in a re-vegetation project (tree planting and weed removal) to create vital Koala habitat re-vegetation.

This volunteer role requires volunteers to provide a high standard of care for Seeing Eye Dogs (SED) breeding dogs in their own home as approved and agreed by SED. Volunteers are required to maintain the breeding dogs obedience, house manners, training and socialisation. Volunteer are also required to transport breeding dogs to required locations such as veterinary clinics or to SED (17 Barrett Street, Kensington, Vic) when required for matings, reproductive/health appointments/when in season.

Fostering means that you care for a cat temporarily in your home and provide them with all that you would your won pet - food, love, enrichment, safety and all the comforts of a home. You’ll also get to work one on one with them rehabilitating them until they are healthy, and ready to find their forever homes!

Being a Puppy Carer is possibly the most enjoyable way to volunteer. Not only do you get to experience the joy of looking after an adorable puppy for about 12 months – without any of the associated costs, you are assisting someone who is blind to live the life to the full by volunteering your time and care. You can also visit SEDA Vision Australia website to become a Puppy Carer.

We are seeking dog foster carers to care for rescue dogs whilst they are being prepared for their forever home. We ask you to treat the dog as your own, provide feedback on it's behaviour and assist in finding the perfect home.

LOOKING FOR DONORS/VOLUNTEERS WHO LIVE IN EAGLEBY WHO CAN HELP OUR CHARITY WITH PRELOVED GOODS TO EASE WINTER CHILLS FOR DISADVANTAGED FAMILIES AND PETS.

Care For Hedland runs an annual Flatback turtle monitoring volunteer program, where volunteers help out with data collection and conservation awareness. Turtle Monitoring will take place on Cemetery Beach and Pretty Pool Beach, Port Hedland, between October 2022 until February 2023.

Our reservoir reserves are home to beautiful landscapes and unique flora and fauna. Join a group of like-minded people and help nurture these special places. You'll play an active part in caring for your local reservoir reserve and enhancing the experience for visitors. Activities may include habitat improvement and weed control, revegetation activities, biodiversity research, fish stocking and supporting community events.

This volunteer role focuses on providing a high standard of care for Seeing Eye Dogs (puppies or adult dogs) in the volunteer’s own home. The volunteer will also teach basic obedience (under the guidance of a Seeing Eye Dogs Puppy Development Trainer), house manners, eating and toileting on command, and socialise puppies in many different places (restaurants, cinemas, cafes, shopping centres, supermarkets, etc,) and walking on lead in a relaxed manner.

Being part of a team and assisting with the many aspects of managing an animal farm.

Guide and Assistance Dogs change lives. It is the independence and freedom offered by these dogs to our clients that keeps us going. Our Puppy Raisers look after an 8 to 10 week old puppy, in their home, for a period of 12 to18 months. This requires a degree of physical fitness, which includes being able to negotiate steps, walk 3 - 5km per day and frequent bending and lifting (up to 10kg). Puppy Raisers expose our puppies to different environments including public transport, shopping centres

Our Greyhound Enrichment Volunteers work at both our facilities in Seymour and Tullamarine, providing vital socialisation and enrichment activities for greyhounds housed in our kennels whilst they wait to be adopted. Activities undertaken include walking, grooming, practice on stairs, general socialisation, and training activities. We also have many other activities. These activities help improve the well-being of the greyhounds while in our kennels.

We are looking for a bird loving volunteer to help us look after our quail and finches for about 1-2hrs per week over several days, so living close by would be handy.

Peel Group Riding for the Disabled trading as Peel Horse Power are a not-for-profit organisation, who offer lessons to clients with disabilities. Volunteers can always find a job that suits them, working with horses / clients / paperwork / cleaning / jobs around the farm. We are always in need of bookkeepers, grant writers and so many more jobs. All just 5 minutes from suburbia.

So, you’ve adopted a GAP greyhound, fallen in love, and want to tell everyone about it?! Join GAP as a Community Engagement Volunteer! Our volunteer team are widely recognisable in their green shirts at GAP stands all over Victoria. Community Engagement Volunteers attend both industry and external events with their GAP dogs to help show what great pets they make, and tell people about GAP and the work we do.

It can be a very daunting time for a Greyhound when they first enter retirement life and many of the dogs which come into our care need some extra help in a home environment before they’re ready for their fur-ever homes. This is where our Foster Care team come in! We have a dedicated group of volunteers all over the state who regularly foster a greyhound in their home for a few weeks, helping to Fill the GAP between racing and pet life.

The Coordinator will be required to come onsite at least twice a week to make sure that resources are stoked for the foster carers. You would be responsible for keeping the foster care shed tidy, ensuring adequate supplies are available, work with multiple persons to construct the dog resource kits and then keeping dog/cat kits maintained when the kits are returned to the refuge.

If you love cats, this is the position for you! Numerous duties and hours to suit you.