April 12, 2018 - 1522 views
RSPCA Cymru is looking for animal lovers who would like to train as a wildlife casualty volunteer and support the vital frontline work of the charity in North Wales
Volunteers are trained to collect and transport sick, injured, or orphaned birds and small mammals and take them to RSPCA centres or appropriate veterinary establishments.
So far across England and Wales 150 dedicated volunteers have signed up to give their time helping to collect and transport animals in need of care to vets and approved wildlife centres.
RSPCA chief inspector Leanne Hardy, whose group covers the North Wales area, said: “The volunteers play a vital and important role for the RSPCA and make a real difference in helping wildlife in their local areas.
“What’s also important to us inspectors is that they help to reduce the amount of time we spend on driving to collect birds in boxes and allow us to concentrate on case work, complaints, collections and other rescues.
“The volunteers really have made a positive impact on the work of the RSPCA.”
The Wildlife Casualty Volunteer (WCV) pilot programme has been running since March 2016. The 2017 recruitment campaign resulted in 150 new WCVs across most of the RSPCA’s Inspectorate group areas. Although still in its pilot stage, a country-wide roll-out is anticipated for 2018.
Applicants will need to and be available for training on Thursday, 17 May at the Upper Colwyn Bay Community Centre, Upper Colwyn Bay.
Please email volunteersupport@rspca.org.uk for an application form before the training day, letting us know which area you would be interested in covering.
