I've a friend who is interested in doing some sort of volunteer work in Thailand, preferably with animals. Shes looked on the internet quite a bit but to be honest everything that comes up seems to be 'packages' charging more than a 5* month long holiday would cost

Are there any large schools/sanctuarys (choice of words not great I know) that offer volunteers the ability to turn up and lend a hand, without going through large multinational organisations who probably pocket a large amount of the fee?

She wants to do up to 2 months initially, preferably with elephants, monkeys or crocodiles

Any advice I can pass on greatly appreciated

I've a friend who is interested in doing some sort of volunteer work in Thailand, preferably with animals. Shes looked on the internet quite a bit but to be honest everything that comes up seems to be 'packages' charging more than a 5* month long holiday would cost

Are there any large schools/sanctuarys (choice of words not great I know) that offer volunteers the ability to turn up and lend a hand, without going through large multinational organisations who probably pocket a large amount of the fee?

She wants to do up to 2 months initially, preferably with elephants, monkeys or crocodiles

Any advice I can pass on greatly appreciated

This place always needs volunteers:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lrjaLVUmHQ0

I've a friend who is interested in doing some sort of volunteer work in Thailand, preferably with animals. Shes looked on the internet quite a bit but to be honest everything that comes up seems to be 'packages' charging more than a 5* month long holiday would cost

Are there any large schools/sanctuarys (choice of words not great I know) that offer volunteers the ability to turn up and lend a hand, without going through large multinational organisations who probably pocket a large amount of the fee?

She wants to do up to 2 months initially, preferably with elephants, monkeys or crocodiles

Any advice I can pass on greatly appreciated

take a look at this

location Chiang Saen, near Chiang Rai. Mick & Dowroong are doing a great job up there and volunteers are most welcome

(sadly, no wild crocodiles left in Thailand)

The Gibbon Rehab Project on Phuket is a start. In Cambodia there is an excellent tiger/bear snactuary with a lot of funding for volunteers - let me know if she's interested and I'll get the details