Paid Wildlife Rehabilitation Internship Opportunity! The BRWC provides internship opportunities for interested applicants to get hands-on experience caring for these animals. Learning Opportunities Include: Native wildlife identification, species-specific handling techniques, husbandry, rehabilitation of injured & orphaned wildlife, animal enrichment, knowledge of wildlife diseases & toxins, community education, opportunities to assist veterinary staff, native species natural histories. Full-time & part-time internship opportunities are currently available May-August, with some flexibility available. Internships must be 12+ weeks in length. Full-time interns work 4 10+hr days/week. Part-time interns work 2 10+hr days/week. Shared housing may be available for full-time interns only who live 50+ miles from the Center. Interns may need to work weekends & holidays. Interns receive a weekly stipend as follows: Full-time, no housing - $200/week. Full-time w/ housing - $100/week. Part-time - $100/week. Interns will have several areas of responsibility, including: ·??????Feeding & handling birds, mammals, and reptiles of different ages (dependent on season). ·??????Cleaning and maintaining caging for a wide variety of wildlife species. ·??????Preparing diets for species in care. ·??????Administering or assisting in administering daily drugs, therapies, supportive care, supplements, etc. ·??????Keeping records on all patients and entering data into our computer database. ·??????Communicating patient issues or concerns with rehab and veterinary staff. ·??????Assisting staff with wildlife rescues & releases as needed. ·??????General cleaning & projects required to maintain the efficiency of the facility. ·??????Preparing an optional internship project according to the intern’s interests. This work is physically demanding & fast paced. Interns must be able to be on their feet, enthusiastic to learn new skills, & able to work outdoors in all weather conditions. Interns must be willing to wear a surgical-grade mask while inside the hospital. Please send a current resume & cover letter to [email protected] ????? Cover letter should include: Dates & duration of internship, whether housing is needed, whether the applicant is rabies vaccinated, whether the applicant is interested in full or part-time, and any other pertinent information. Application deadline is March 1st!?
Blue Ridge Wildlife Center
兽医服务
Boyce，Virginia 170 位关注者
Caring for native wildlife by integrating veterinary medicine, rehabilitation, education, & research.
关于我们
The Blue Ridge Wildlife Center is a full-service nonprofit wildlife hospital open 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We provide professional rehabilitative and veterinary services to native wildlife, taking in over 2,000 patients annually from Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland, and operate a hotline to help assess and mitigate human-wildlife issues. We also provide wildlife-specific educational programming, attending schools, events, and providing on-site education programs with about 20 non-releasable ambassador animals and biofacts, as well as training and maintaining over 50 volunteers and interns each year. Our veterinary staff is also involved with a multitude of research studies to help further our understanding of local wildlife, parasites, and many other relevant topics.
- 网站
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https://www.blueridgewildlifectr.org
Blue Ridge Wildlife Center的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 兽医服务
- 规模
- 2-10 人
- 总部
- Boyce，Virginia
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 2000
- 领域
- Wildlife Rehabilitation、Wildlife Medicine、Wildlife Education、Wildlife Research和Virginia Wildlife
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主要
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106 Island Farm Ln
US，Virginia，Boyce，22620
Blue Ridge Wildlife Center员工
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Paid Wildlife Rehabilitation Internship Opportunity! The BRWC provides internship opportunities for interested applicants to get hands-on experience caring for these animals. Learning Opportunities Include: Native wildlife identification, species-specific handling techniques, husbandry, rehabilitation of injured & orphaned wildlife, animal enrichment, knowledge of wildlife diseases & toxins, community education, opportunities to assist veterinary staff, native species natural histories. Full-time & part-time internship opportunities are currently available May-August, with some flexibility available. Internships must be 12+ weeks in length. Full-time interns work 4 10+hr days/week. Part-time interns work 2 10+hr days/week. Shared housing may be available for full-time interns only who live 50+ miles from the Center. Interns may need to work weekends & holidays. Interns receive a weekly stipend as follows: Full-time, no housing - $200/week. Full-time w/ housing - $100/week. Part-time - $100/week. Interns will have several areas of responsibility, including: ·??????Feeding & handling birds, mammals, and reptiles of different ages (dependent on season). ·??????Cleaning and maintaining caging for a wide variety of wildlife species. ·??????Preparing diets for species in care. ·??????Administering or assisting in administering daily drugs, therapies, supportive care, supplements, etc. ·??????Keeping records on all patients and entering data into our computer database. ·??????Communicating patient issues or concerns with rehab and veterinary staff. ·??????Assisting staff with wildlife rescues & releases as needed. ·??????General cleaning & projects required to maintain the efficiency of the facility. ·??????Preparing an optional internship project according to the intern’s interests. This work is physically demanding & fast paced. Interns must be able to be on their feet, enthusiastic to learn new skills, & able to work outdoors in all weather conditions. Interns must be willing to wear a surgical-grade mask while inside the hospital. Please send a current resume & cover letter to [email protected] ????? Cover letter should include: Dates & duration of internship, whether housing is needed, whether the applicant is rabies vaccinated, whether the applicant is interested in full or part-time, and any other pertinent information. Application deadline is March 1st!?
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