Volunteering in the Mammal Nursery at the Baldwin Wildlife Center will provide hands-on experience with several different mammal species, including raccoons, squirrels, rabbits, and opossums. Caring for some of these animals requires hours and even weeks/months of handling experience, specialized trainings, shadowing staff, and one-on-one training sessions. Everyone begins their training with cleaning & bottle-feeding baby raccoons, cleaning & syringe feeding baby squirrels, and cleaning out & feeding our self-feeding adult rabbits, squirrels, & opossums. The species you are assigned to will depend on which animals are currently in our care.
*Doing laundry, washing dishes, and other general cleaning tasks will ALWAYS be a part of your shift, no matter how trained you are.
How to Get Started
The first step is completing an online Volunteer Application Form by selecting the button below.
If you have any questions, you can contact us at volunteer@nebraskawildliferehab.org and we'd be happy to answer them. We appreciate your partnership in helping our patients return to the wild!
