My Nonprofit Reviews

As a current intern here at IEAS, I cannot even begin to express how thankful I am to be given such an amazing opportunity to work with these incredible animals. My expectations have been beyond met right from the start. Everything you'll read about in other reviews is absolutely true. Not only are the physical needs of each animal met here, but their emotional needs are attended to as well. To be honest, this didn't mean much to me at first (I mean how many emotional needs can a tiger have anyway, right? Wrong). The beneficial results of the Emotional Enrichment program are evident; you really will have a hard time finding more relaxed, happy, and affectionate animals anywhere else. I constantly have people on my tours who are not only surprised at how calm and satisfied all the animals are, but are also amazed at how clean and well maintained everything is. I always tell them there's a reason for this: we work on it every single day. From sorting through produce daily, to scrubbing the animal's houses, cleanliness and organization keeps the sanctuary running like a well oiled machine. The staff here have my highest respect; each and every one of them consistently go above and beyond what is generally thought of as acceptable or satisfactory. Yes, they push us hard, but that's because each one of them sincerely want us to succeed, not only here, but also in our future careers. This sanctuary is truly one of a kind.

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