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For many of us, the chance to see what goes on behind the scenes at any zoo or wildlife park would be something beyond our wildest dreams! But now the opportunity to do just that is on offer, and could be a great gift for any animal lover who really wants to have the chance to talk to staff, meet some of the animals & get stuck in for the day. PLEASE read the key info or notes for each experience before you buy, thanks - and in particular, many of these aren't suitable for pregnant women or those who have given birth within six months.
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This experience is situated in Devon, with one of the biggest big cat collections in the country. Start off at the Jaguar Restaurant for complimentary refreshments before you meet the team and have a health & safety briefing. Experience all aspects of animal care, from food preparation to feeding & cleaning, and helping out at daily events. This really is a wonderful opportunity to get an insight into the work going on behind the scenes - and an excellent insight into the job of a keeper. Head for home with a certificate to commemorate your day, and a Dartmoor Zoo t-shirt.
£299.00
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Head to Bedfordshire and spend the day helping the team at the Woburn Safari Park with all those essential tasks needed to keep the animals well and happy. These include mucking out - so be prepared to get mucky, all good animal fun - and food preparation. There's an off-road tour around the park with a ranger, looking particularly at the larger animals - giraffes, tigers & monkeys for example. You'll go home with a guide book to the Animal Park & a certificate of your experience, and doubtless many wonderful memories of an amazing day. You do need to be pretty fit and capable of taking on the various tasks and you must be over 16. The day also includes a £10 voucher for use in the Safari Restaurant & a "Ranger for the Day" t-shirt
£200.00
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After a safety briefing, you'll be kitted out with your Keeper gear to wear and then try your hand at various keeper activities with several different animals. Penguins, giraffes, meerkats & big cats may well be among the animals you help look after - the iterinary varies from day to day. The activities you'll be doing vary, but usually involve mucking out, preparing food and devising enrichment activities for the animals, and of course feeding & meeting some of them. You must take this experience by 31 December 2011.
£270.00
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Roar with all your might to join one of the professionals looking after the Big Cats at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Kent. You'll be off on the prowl for a guided tour of the site to meet the cats - the African Lions, three tiger species, Amur Leopards, Cheetahs and Snow Leopards. After that, it's down to work for some Big Cats care - helping to clean and tend the cats & their enclosures. On some days (but not all) there'll be feeding of these wonderful animals, too. This Foundation isn't open to the general public, so this is a pretty special opportunity to go behind the scenes and discover more about these wonderful animals & their conservation.
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Well, there are a good number of reptile lovers around the country and this is surely a wonderful gift for them. They'll need to head to the Paradise Wildlife Park in Hertfordshire for this, and there they'll help with the care & presentation of various reptiles. Can you imagine what it would be like to help with the care & cleaning of enclosures for bearded dragons, chameleons, boa constrictors, pythons, tarantulas & others? This isn't an experience you're likely to forget in a hurry, and you'll also have the company of a reptile keeper, who'll give you lots of info about the animals in his or her care. This experience will last for about 30 minutes; and it's available for one or two people. You can spend the rest of the day at the Park. Please read the notes before buying.
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Based in Kent, this experience gives you a wonderful opportunity to join the wild animal care staff at the Carnivora Conservation Project. This breeding & education centre specialists in the conservation of rare & endangered species of carnivore. It's not normally open to the public, so this really is a special chance to access the animals it has. Join the carnivore care team for the day and help to feed, muck out and learn more about the collection of rare and endangered carnivores. You may well get to look after animals such as Snow Leopards, Puma, Otters, Hyenas and unusual small wild cats. You'll certainly learn a lot about the work this amazing charity does and probably head for home full of inspiration & admiration for the passion the team show towards conservation & the animals in their care.
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Oooh - what a treat for Big Cat Lovers! Head to Hertfordshire to help in caring for lions, tigers, cheetahs, snow leopards, white lions, jaguars & white tiger, and help with cleaning out, daily maintenance of enclosures and preparing food. The highlights of the day will be entering the cheetah enclosure for a close encounter and feeding the lions or tigers by hand (from outside of the enclosure). This experience is also available at Weekends but at a more expensive rate. This is a five hour experience which includes lunch at the Safari Sams and free time to explore the park.
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Available both in Devon & Hertfordshire, this is a lovely experience for any animal lover. It offers the chance to go behind the scenes and to learn about the animals and what's involved in being a zoo keeper - and you'll be active in both the mind as you take in what you're learning about the wildlife and what's involved in their care, and active in body as you help to clean, feed & walk the animals. There's a souvenir t-shirt & certificate of your day, but surely the most important thing to take home with you will be your memories of the experience, of the keepers you meet & animals you've helped to care for!
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Head to Looe in Cornwall to go to this amazing monkey sanctuary, where you'll have the chance to truly muck in (and get mucky), while discovering all about the conservation work the sanctuary is doing. Help the team clean out the woolly monkeys, prepare their lunch time bowls & get involved in monkey enrichment - i.e. helping to make sure the monkeys don't get bored. Learn how to make a capuchin fruit bowl. Take home a t-shirt, a certificate, a 12 month membership and lots of cheeky memories! Please check the Key Info - and do read the reviews! Their free e-voucher can be printed off or emailed so there's no need to worry about the snowy weather spoiling deliveries to those lucky recipients!
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There's nothing children love more than getting messy & mucky, so this is a perfect morning experience for any kids aged 8 to 15 who love animals. They need to be accompanied by an adult (who is included in the cost of the ticket). They'll be involved in mucking out, cleaning & meeting some of the smaller animals. Could this experience day inspire them to follow a career in conservation or animal care, or at the very least to do their bit for the animals on our planet earth? There's a chance for them to visit their favourite animal on the drive through the reserves. They'll take home a Woburn Safari Park Guide Book & a Junior Animal Keeper certificate to show off to all their friends.
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