SPCA Wildlife Center Intern

Interested in a career working with wildlife? 

Join the SPCA’s wildlife team for the busiest, most exciting season of the year: baby season! We experience an influx of wild patients—mostly baby birds & mammals—during Spring & Summer and are recruiting interns to learn in this immersive, fast-paced environment. 

About The SPCA Monterey County

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. We are not a chapter of any other SPCA or Humane Society and we do not have a parent organization or receive any funding from places like HSUS or the ASPCA. 

The SPCA Wildlife Center internship provides a hands-on experience in every aspect of wildlife rehabilitation. Our goal is to rehabilitate and release orphaned, ill & injured wild animals from Monterey County. While working closely with the staff, you will be able to advance your skills in the following: animal husbandry, basic veterinary techniques, diet preparation, gavage feeding, capture and restraint, neonate care, anatomy, species and life history identification, record keeping and public education. Practical labs & discussions may include necropsy, wound care, veterinary medicine and in-house diagnostics.

This is an unpaid internship. Transportation & housing are not provided. 

A set weekly schedule is mandatory due to the high volume of patients & the important role our interns play during Spring & Summer. Individual schedules will be determined at the time of acceptance. We will be accepting 6 applicants per session with the possibility of extending into the next session depending on performance & availability.