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Enrichment, Captive Behaviour, Education, Habitat Design
Date Posted:
2009-05-07
Position Description:
I am looking to acquire a position from May until mid-September working with captive Primates (zoos, sanctuaries, public and private collections).
I wish to spend this time gaining more practical skills in the field of primate behaviour before I begin a year's MSc in Primate Biology and Conservation in the autumn.
I have experience with diet preparation, cleaning of habitats, creation of enrichment (both temporary, and as part of a habitat), socialisations to form groups, observing and recording accurate behavioural patterns.
I am based in the south-east of England.
Educational Background:
Undergraduate degree in Zoology, specialising in a dissertation on the differences in grooming behaviour in captive Woolly Monkeys based on rearing strategy.
Two-month Internship at Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary.
Qualifications/Experience:
One month spent Volunteering at The Monkey Sanctuary Trust in Looe, Cornwall with the Woolly Monkeys.
Two months spent in voluntary internship at Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary, Florida, during which I was the Head Caregiver for their four species of Marmosets (Common and Black Tufted-Ear) and Tamarins (Cotton-Top and Golden-Handed) as well as helping care for Capuchins (Brown, White-Faced, White-Fronted and Weeper), Spider Monkeys (Black-handed, and Peruvian), and Squirrel Monkeys (Common and Bolivian).
Application Deadline:
from 8th May 2009
Contact
Information:
Alice Rowe
Guildford
United Kingdom
Website:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/Kyviantre
E-mail Address:
alice.m.e.rowe@googlemail.com
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