Volunteers Needed: AAP (Animal Advocacy and Protection) Primadomus, Villena, Spain: AAP has two rescue centres, Stichting AAP is the main centre in Almere, Netherlands and their second in Spain.
Primadomus is a non-profit organisation that rescues mammals (mainly primates and big cats) from the illegal exotic pet trade, circuses and entertainment industry. They rehabilitate as many of the animals as they can and these are outplaced to reputable zoos and sanctuaries across Europe, those that can not be outplaced, due to severe behavioural problems or long term illnesses, have a home for life at the centre. Due to it being non-profit there is a very small core staff base and they rely on volunteers from around the world to help care for the animals. From September 2019 onwards there is a shortage of volunteers signed up to help. The volunteers have free accommodation provided as well as transfer to and from the centre and lunch allowance. Primadomus has animal welfare at their heart, they have very good husbandry protocols and training and enrichment programmes. Their core staff are from animal backgrounds - zoos, sanctuaries, rescue or trainin and their standards are very high.
They currently house Barbary and Pigtail Macaques, Chimpanzees, Common Marmosets, Talapoins, Lions, Tigers, Jaguar and Puma. Due to the amount of illegal exotic pets here, there are regular confiscations of smaller primates, meaning the quarantine section (as well as all the others) is always very busy. Many hands are needed. Below are the links to their websites:
https://www.aap.nl/en
https://www.aap.nl/en/primadomus-spain
Please feel free to contact for any more information, any help is greatly appreciated.
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