CARE foundation (wildlife rescue)

[Sylvias]

Here are some of the critters I get to work with on my days off from work My life is full of cleaning up animal crap lol
Baby raccoon hiding behind me

Albino skunk

Fox in the middle of summer shed

Emerald tree boa (assitant owner? and his girlfriend)

Gator feeding time

Makoto (black leopard)

Tigger (bengal tiger) getting antsy for dinner

Tigger face

Bal-shoy (HUGE Siberiantiger) enjoying his dinner, 16 lbs of horse meat

Bal-shoy face

Lola bear waiting for her cage to be cleaned

Me in with Elita (florida panther) trying to help sooth her tummy...she was in heat at the time.

I will be going back this week, hopefully to work with Mitch and some venomous a bit as well as taking care of everything else

 

[Sylvias]

Just curious...why was this not allowed in the photo lounge?

 

[south coast nelly]

That looks amazing, what a job to have, amazing!

You say rescue,wow did people keep those beautiful animals as pets?

Could not imagine that here in the uk....

From the pictures i would be a little worried Makoto would escape through that hole..lol

 

[chloe]

how damn cool is that??!!!
great job
x

 

[Sylvias]

Lol this is what i do on my DAYS OFF from my real job!
I actually work at petco... days off I volunteer at this place

Yes the majority of these animals were once people personal pets and were rescued from bad situations or shared through a zoo. Pretty sure the florida panther came from a litter of zoo babies

And makoto is definitely to big to get through that little hole, thats just where we put the meat through for him to eat

 

[chloe]

yea i know but what a great volunteer job, we would never have something like that over here.

although u wouldnt catch me near the fox lol

 

[Sylvias]

aww why not? they are so cute, very skiddish but so much fun once they get to know you

 

[chloe]

im just petrified of foxes lol

grew up in the country and just saw too much damage caused by them...and urgh mangy ones
x

 

[Death Pony]

Awesome animals! The SPCA close to my school is like this, a bunch of exotic animals that people thought would be good pets (Bengal tiger, panther, ring-tail lemurs, river otters, kangaroo), usually rescued from apartments.

The fox is really pretty! How long did it take to build up enough trust to touch the Florida panther?

 

[Sylvias]

not long at all lol they have had her since she was a little cub and she is one of the animal ambassadors they take on educational tours so she is very "tame" and lovable. But she is still a big cat and still very dangerous. one of the other volunteers was playing with her once and when he went to leave the cage she decided he wasn't done playing yet and grab him around the waste with her paws, sliced him open on both sides heh