Doncaster College Animal Care

09/10/2025

Another good day out at Valley Wildlife. Learning how to give medication to the skunk 🦨. Some of the students took the ponies for a walk, or should I say the ponies took the students for a walk 🙈😂 to find some grass! 🐴. And of course I had to show the picture Odin the racoon posing for his picture 🦝. He secretly loves the camera 📸.

02/10/2025

Our Level 2 and 3 Animal Care students had a brilliant day at Valley Wildlife today. They started out with the daily husbandary routines where they cleaned the enclosures and fed the animals, then in the afternoon they carried out behaviour observations on the animals followed by practicing handling and restraining on the alpacas and llamas. Great work everyone! 🦝🦌🦙

14/09/2025

Amazing opportunity at Valley Wildlife to get experience in the zoo industy. Level 3's nows your chance to get in touch with them if you are looking for work experience 🦊🦝🐹🦔

27/06/2025

🐾 That’s a Wrap! 🇪🇸✨

Some of our Animal Management students from Doncaster College and North Lindsey College have officially completed their work placement here in sunny Malaga!

Throughout the week, they’ve worked incredibly hard in the heat, gaining hands on experience at an equestrian centre and local veterinary hospitals. From caring for animals to supporting veterinary teams, they’ve shown real dedication, professionalism, and enthusiasm every step of the way. 🐴🐶🐱

To round off an unforgettable week, the group enjoyed a well deserved afternoon of shopping and a relaxing trip to the beach in Malaga city. Soaking up the culture, sunshine and sea air. 🛍️🌊☀️

Tomorrow, we head back to (hopefully sunny!) England with lots of memories and new skills.

Huge well done to all the students, you’ve done yourselves and the college proud! 👏✈️

27/06/2025

As the academic year comes to an end, learners have been going on all kinds of trips, including Alton Towers, Flamingo Land Resort, Yorkshire Wildlife Park and last week, The Deep.

Well done to all of our learners for their hard work and dedication this year, we looking forward to seeing those returning to us, in September. For those moving onto HE, Employment and other areas, we wish you the very best of luck for the future.

21/06/2025

🐾✈️ A Fantastic First Week in Malaga! 🇪🇸☀️

Our Animal Management students from Doncaster College and North Lindsey College have just completed their first week of work placement in beautiful Malaga and what a week it’s been!

They’ve shown amazing dedication, working hard in the Spanish heat and gaining valuable experience across a variety of tasks at both an equestrian centre and local veterinary hospitals.

To celebrate their hard work, they rounded off the week with an afternoon exploring the shops and sights of Malaga city. 🛍️🌆

We’re incredibly proud of how they’re representing the colleges and embracing every opportunity this placement offers. Here’s to more adventures and learning in the week ahead!

Well done, everyone! 👏🐴🐶🐱

14/06/2025

Level 1 Animal Care students finished their year off with a trip over to Flamingo Land. Well done this year everyone, you've all been amazing and its great to see how you have all grown, not only as young adults but also as future animal care professionals. You should all be very proud of yourselves! 👏🐾

28/05/2025

New and old students this is a great opportunity to get involved with the zoo industry, get your name out there and gain valuable experience 🦙🦝

24/05/2025

What a brilliant year at Valley Wildlife. Thank you to all the team for supporting our students this year 😊

Yesterday was the last day for the students from Doncaster College Animal Care - we wish everyone good luck for the next step in their animal career, and look forward to welcoming new students in September.

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14/05/2025

From all of the our staff and students in the animal care department, we would like to share our condolences to Valley Wildlife on the loss of Crear.
We are truely saddened on hearing this news but also grateful for the amazing memories we have with her. She was an absolute legend! RIP beautiful lady, we will miss you 💔

It is with a heavy heart that we announce saying goodbye to our beautiful raccoon Crear. Unfortunately she had developed cancer and despite the best efforts of keepers and our vet team, she began to lose the battle.

On Monday we made the decision to euthanise her and ensure that she didn’t suffer any further.

Crear came to us ten years ago at just two days old - her eyes not even open yet. Andy our zoo director was the first face she saw when she opened her eyes and was there stroking her head as she took her last breath.

It is never easy to say goodbye to an animal in your care, especially when they have been a part of your life for so long. She was a pleasure to care for and brought a great deal of joy to many visitors over the years.

She will be desperately missed.