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If you’re interested in our Keeper / Animal Care volunteer program, please submit a completed City Volunteer Application, resume, cover letter, and proof of at least 100 hours working with large/exotic/wild animal at a facility other than the LA Zoo. The latter can be in the form of a time sheet or a letter from your supervisor. Vet tech or pet store experience does not apply. If accepted into the program, you are required to submit a current TB test (within a year) and commit to a minimum of two eight-hour days per month. Interviews for this are held quarterly.

You can accumulate animal care experience by contacting any of the following places (keeping in mind that the minimum age requirement for most of these positions is 18 years):

Aquarium of the Pacific	Long Beach	562/951-1659
Exotic Feline Breeding Compound	Rosemont	661/356-3793
Gibbon Conservation Center	Santa Clarita	661/296-2737
Living Desert Museum	Palm Springs	760/962-5339
Marine Mammal Care Center	San Pedro	310/549-5677
Nature of Wildworks	Tujunga	310/455-0550
Santa Ana Zoo	Santa Ana	714/836-4000
Santa Barbara Zoo	Santa Barbara	805/962-5339
Wildlife Waystation	Angeles National Forest	818/899-5201

 

Other Suggestions:

Local Animal Rehabilitation Centers
Equestrian Centers*
Dairy or Agriculture Centers*

*Please note, experience with horses/cattle will be taken into consideration on a case by case basis.