– 3 Month Experience – FreeMe Wildlife

3 Month Experience

Introduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation
This intensive workbook contains the basics of wildlife rehabilitation and includes everything from animal rescue, capture, and transport, right the way through to releases, release site selection, and post-release monitoring. It also covers the basics of clinic protocols from patient admission and stabilization, common diseases and parasites, treatments for shock, hyperthermia, poisoning, electrocution, wound and fracture care, administration of medications, and cage enrichment for recovering patients.
Baby Wildlife – When to Intervene
Dealing with the public picking baby animals up, and knowing which species are solitary and deliberately hide their young, and which don’t.
Introduction to Wildlife Nutrition
This section includes providing the correct diets for infant and adult carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, frugivores, and granivores, looks at nutritional needs and components, food storage, preparation, and hygiene, and feeding techniques.
Microscopy
Learn the basics of working a microscope and how to correctly prepare blood slides and fecal floats.
Necropsy and Sample Collection
Learn the basics of conducting a postmortem examination of a deceased patient to establish cause of death, as well as learning the correct protocols for collecting, storing, and submitting samples for DNA.
Birds – A Care Guide
A module specifically focused on the treatment and care of birds.
Mammals – A Care Guide
A module specifically focused on the treatment and care of mammals. This module also includes additional chapters focused on antelope and bats.
Reptiles – A Care Guide
A module specifically focused on the treatment and care of reptiles. This module also includes an additional chapter focused on tortoises and terrapins.

For more information and bookings, please contact us at courses@freemewildlife.org.

Student Accommodation

Please note that we currently accommodate only two students at a time. There are two bedroom cabins, each equipped with two beds; however, only one FreeMe Wildlife Experience Student will be assigned to each cabin.

Bedroom Cabin

Shared Lounge / Entertainment Area

Shared Bathroom

Here, you can see the two-bedroom cabins, each located on either side of the communal shared bathroom, kitchen and lounge area in the middle cabin.

Shared Kitchen

The property is secured with an electric fence, a security gate, and on-call security monitoring.

A washing machine is available on-site for students to launder their clothing.

Please note that food and transportation are not provided.

The accommodation is located on the FreeMe Wildlife property, conveniently within walking distance of the center for daily activities.

Student Reviews

I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to attend the FreeMe Wildlife 3-month Wildlife experience from October 2024. The course is extensive and teaches you so much more than just rehabilitation and release. The science and foundation behind wildlife rehabilitation is an important and interesting aspect to learn and understand. You are also required to assist with food preparation, cleaning enclosures and cages, and keeping the clinic hygienic and well-stocked.
This all enables FreeMe Wildlife to run a world-class rehabilitation centre and to be prepared for the emergencies and many admissions they receive every year. The Wildlife experience gives you a good base and understanding to enable you to pursue your passion of working with Wildlife. The knowledge and dedication of the FreeMe Wildlife team is admirable, especially given the long hours, night shifts and heartbreaking situations and decisions they are faced with.

I found the FreeMe Rehab course very informative, both physically and intellectually. My favourite hands-on part of the course was learning how to administer medication to animals and how to work with raptors. On the intellectual side, I found it especially interesting to learn about different types of diseases and viruses, mainly in avian species, and how to prevent their spread. Another important aspect of the course, one that I find many others do not teach, is how to interact with the public. This includes knowing what questions to ask and having the necessary knowledge for those interactions. Building good relationships with the public is a major part of wildlife rehabilitation, yet it is often neglected.
This all enables FreeMe Wildlife to run a world-class rehabilitation centre and to be prepared for the emergencies and many admissions they receive every year. The Wildlife experience gives you a good base and understanding to enable you to pursue your passion of working with Wildlife. The knowledge and dedication of the FreeMe Wildlife team is admirable, especially given the long hours, night shifts and heartbreaking situations and decisions they are faced with.

I studied at Free Me for 3 months and thoroughly enjoyed it, a very hands on experience and I learnt multiple new things every single day. The staff at Free Me are all very caring and supportive. Free Me has created a very safe and enjoyable environment for both the staff and the animals.

I had the privilege of attending FreeMe Wildlife’s 3 month rehabilitation course from January to March 2025. Although challenging at times I learnt so much during my time at FreeMe Wildlife and the team were very helpful and informative during my time. It was so incredible to be able to be a part of an animals journey from the moment it came in to then taking care of it and implementing the correct species specific needs throughout it’s stay at FreeMe until it was then released and monitored - it is not always easy but it is very rewarding in the end. FreeMe Wildlife’s Rehabilitation course is definitely one of my favourite experiences and it will always be a big highlight in my life.

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