Wildlife Internship Assistant

We are a registered non-profit wildlife rehabilitation facility whose mission is to protect and restore Costa Rica’s biodiversity through wildlife rehabilitation; endangered species breeding; habitat preservation and the provision of lifetime care for non-releasable animals.

There are three main centers at our facility in Alajuela:

• A state-of-the-art Wildlife Rehabilitation Center
• An Endangered Wildlife Breeding Center
• A Lifetime Care Sanctuary with more than 800 animals and 125 species of animals.

Over 3; 000 wild animals are admitted to Rescate’s rehabilitation center on an annual basis including sloths; jaguars; monkeys; tapirs; pumas and coyotes as well as a wide variety of birds; small mammals and reptiles. The vast majority of them are returned to the wild. Animals that cannot be released are provided life-time care in the sanctuary. Currently there are roughly 800 rescued birds; mammals; and reptiles under life-time care that cannot be released due to health or behavioural reasons. Non-releasable endangered species are maintained in the Endangered Species Reproduction Center; where they have an opportunity to contribute to the survival of their species through successful breeding and release of off-spring.

The Wildlife Internship Assistant assists the program managers with the day to day management of the wildlife internship program.

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Assist with recruitment of program interns
• Assist with scheduling and planning daily activities
• Assist with managing the food; supplies and logistics of the intern accommodation
• Organize evening events (e.g.; movie night; game night; etc)
• Assist with organizing transport for interns
• Assist with the supervision and training of program interns including but not limited to the following activities: Design and implement animal enrichment in the Lifetime Care Sanctuary; Endangered Species Breeding Center and Rehabilitation Center; Assist with feeding; cleaning and maintenance for animals in the sanctuary and breeding center; Clicker training animals in the sanctuary to allow for veterinary checks; Collect data for behavioural research in the Endangered Species Breeding Center; Learn to recognize and collect wild foods for animals in the Rehabilitation Center; Participate in weekly lecture series on wildlife care; rehabilitation and conservation.

If you are interested please send your CV and cover letter to Nuria Ferrero; wildlife internship program manager at info@rescatewildlife.org. This position will be open until the right candidate is found.

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