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Hi there! My name is Sharon, I'm a Belgian girl who decided to move to Hungary to follow my dreams and start a small exotic animal sanctuary/zoo. And... it worked! Thanks to the help of a lot of people we are an official zoo now and always ready to take in abandonned exotic animals.
This, offcourse, brings us a LOT of work and I can't do it alone. So if you love to work with animals, students, visitors, kids,.. and if you are not affraid to work a lot outside, in a crazy and international team, then please read our discription and contact me if you are really interested to help us out!
Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Projets artistiques
Aide avec des éco-projets
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide dans une ferme
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
Mostly animal lovers can have a benefit of coming here. They can work with some special animals and learn more about them and their daily care. It's not all about cuddling them, but also cleaning their cages and give them (medical) care. The building and renovation is at least as important since it is neccessary to go on with our job. We are willing to teach you how to use certain tools and how to create enclosures, enrichment for animals, educaiton for visitors, etc...
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🖤 WHAT IS OUR PROJECT?
I first of all want to give some clarity about what we exactly do.
We are a SANCTUARY FOR EXOTIC ANIMALS. This means we give a permanent or temporary home to abandonned pets, illigally traded animals, confiscated exotics and wildlife that can't be released anymore. This means that most of our animals come with a lot of guidelines or need lifelong medical care. Animals with only 3 legs, bad eyes or other phisical deformations are common in our ZOO.
Then why do I call it a ZOO? Very simple. The worldwide definition of a ZOO is a holding of animals, who shows the animals to public for 7 or more day a year, So a Sanctuary is in definition also a ZOO.
We also work together with other, big Zoos. We provide place for surplus, but we also help with (genetic) research for the uncommon animal species. As example, we are 1 of the only 2 holdings in Europe who work with Arabian small spotted genets. These animals are offcourse no rescues and live in our zoo to study their behaviours, their genetics and their reproduction. Things you can't see of them in the wild.
We understand that not everyone support zoos and we will always respect that decission.
So whatever your viewpoint is on the keeping of animals, you are welcome in our zoo. But we ask respect towards us, our collegues and offcourse the other volunteers and students. We are all here because we love animals and we want to work with and for them!
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🖤 WHAT WILL VOLUNTEERS DO?
Our Workaway volunteers will help us 4-5 hours a day with all kind of projects that are going on in our zoo. This is mainly building and renovating. The place we have for our zoo is a very old building and a big garden with lots of work and we have to get trough this to create nicer and better living conditions for our animals, students, volunteers and visitors!
Because of this we prefer people who are a bit handy or creative. But there's always so much to do, that there will always be a fitting job! In our private messages we would love to inform you already about the planned jobs so that it won't be a surprise.
Some times of the year (mostly in winter time), we will also need extra help directly with the animals. This means providing a clean enclosure, water and food for our 200+ animals on site. This is a very delicate job, so we only give this to volunteers who stay for longer than 3 weeks and get the necessary training from us before starting.
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🖤 WORKING HOURS
We plan in our volunteers 5 days a week, followed by 2 free days. During the free days you are allowed to stay in the zoo. Meals are also provided during the free days.
When choosing to work with the animals, we will work more than 5 hours a day!! Animals don't have a clock and need constant care. In very bad (medical) situations we (the staff) work 24/7 to make sure the animals are OK. In these situations we ask help from our volunteers. You are off course free to decline, but keep in mind that this is how the day of an animal caretaker goes!
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🖤 WHAT WILL VOLUNTEERS GET
✔️ 3 meals a day and off course free drinks during the whole day. We can provide vegetarian meals.
✔️ Accommodation in the guest house. The rooms are shared with other volunteers and students. There is WIFI, TV, entertainment (books, games, pool table, etc,..), the possibility to wash your clothes.
✔️ The possibility to meet people from all over the world and enough free time to have a great time.
✔️ A lot of new knowledge about animals and nature.
✔️ A once in a lifetime experience for sure.
✔️ Depending on the length of the stay some activities outside of the zoo.
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We are looking for people who are trustworthy and are very independent. Someone with love for animals and nature and is not afraid to work (a lot).
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to write to us!
Langues parlées
Anglais: Courant
Hungarian: Courant
Hollandais: Courant
Hébergement
As a volunteer you will have your shared room with electricity, WIFI and more. You will share a living room, kitchen and bathroom/toilet with our students who live in the same house. This guest house is located in the area of the sanctuary.
We provide 3 meals a day, also on your days off. Going out or eating something on another location than our zoo is for your own expenses, We can provide vegetarian meals.
Autres infos...
We're outside a city, but that doesn't mean you can't go there. During weekdays there is a good connection to Pécs. Pécs is the 5th biggest city in Hungary and an amazing place for students. You can find anything there. If you want to discover more places in Hungary, you can get a train from Pécs train station to, as example, Budapest or Balaton.
Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We can host digital nomads, when good rules are set. The work in the sanctuary has our priority, but we are very flexible and ready to discuss a schedule that works for both of us.
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During these almost two months, I not only learned how the work was done, but I also gained perspective, grew, and learned a lot.
The care they put not only into the animals but also into their students and volunteers is truly heartwarming.… read more
I spent 3 weeks there and I have learned a lot about animal care.
My main jobs were preparing the food and washing the dishes most of the times but because there were not a lof of students then I had also a lots of opportunities to be close to the animals… read more
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During these almost two months, I not only learned how the work was done, but I also gained perspective, grew, and learned a lot.
The care they put not only into the animals but also into their students and volunteers is truly heartwarming.… read more
I spent 3 weeks there and I have learned a lot about animal care.
My main jobs were preparing the food and washing the dishes most of the times but because there were not a lof of students then I had also a lots of opportunities to be close to the animals… read more
First of all, Sharon and András are great hosts and just generally good and fun people to be around. Even if there is any sort of conflict or issue they are very reasonable… read more
Thank you for the help Anthony! And we wish you all the best on your upcoming adventures (with hopefully no strange vans and candy… read more
If you are looking for a fast-learning volunteer and some… read more
Sharon and András are amazing hosts, caring about their volunteers and making sure that everything is well. The… read more
Sharon and András are both friendly people and really passionate about the zoo, and it shows. Day in and out they are always doing something related to the zoo. This does sometimes mean they're overwhelmed or disappointed with how things are playing out, and this can… read more
When I came I was there alone. After Covid there was a lot of work with animals but also with gardening. In fact there is work for more than five hours (with breaks almost all day). Sometimes the work… read more
Don't get scared by… read more
That made him a great help during these weeks. He learned very fast, did a great job with the animals and was deff not affraid to get his hands… read more
I am really going to miss all those beautiful animals, some of which have not been shown enough love in their previous lives.
Sharon is a saint, she picked me up from Pecs train station (much better to get a shuttle… read more
Even while it stressed him out a little, he was able to take a lot of responsibility on him to take care about not… read more
Apart from the people, the place is… read more
Vincent, thank you so… read more
Guy and Sharon are very funny par, always with a smile and they love animals, it's more than a passion.
I appreciated working in the zoo, it's not difficult and if you love animals it's very nice. I had a bed, I… read more
The… read more
Anna is someone who can respect and enjoy the small things in life. She's easy… read more
Thank you guys for your stay.… read more
Their have a beautiful project with a lot to help with, they are really nice people, passionate about what they are doing, always up to share about animals.
Thank you… read more
Thank you so so much for all your help and your present over here. You were an amazing addition to our (maybe little bit crazy) team and we hope to see you again soon!
