Primate Keeper
Hiring Organization:
Gibbon Conservation Center
Date Posted:
2007-12-20
Position Description:
Animal care (feeding captive gibbons, preparing their food, changing water, cleaning enclosures, observation) and maintenance of the facilities and grounds. Depending on the time of the year, work is 10-12 hours per day beginning in early morning, 7 days per week. May also include clerical and computer work.
Qualifications/Experience:
Volunteer must love animals, get along with a variety of people, and be able to follow and remember precise procedures that are mandated by law and our own goals of cleanliness, gibbon welfare and breeding, and safety for people and gibbons. Training, working hands-on, lasts approximately one week with an experienced primate keeper. This is a physically strenuous job and our weather conditions can be extreme. DEPOSIT REQUIRED: In order to ensure that the Gibbon Conservation Center (GCC) remains fully staffed at all times, individuals wanting to secure a volunteer position will be required to put down a $200 deposit at least 3 months prior to their expected start date at the GCC. The deposit is fully refundable on the last day they are scheduled to volunteer at the Center, as long as they serve the full number of scheduled days in good standing. If the volunteer leaves the position early, for whatever reason, their deposit will not be refunded. Once the deposit is paid, it will not be refunded if the volunteer decides not to work at the GCC, unless 3 months notice is given.
Salary/funding:
none
Support
provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging):
Free lodging is provided in basic travel trailers, with access to kitchen, bathroom, laundry.
Term of Appointment:
1 month minimum, no maximum
Application Deadline:
none--position runs all year
Comments:
The Gibbon Conservation Center is a non-profit organization in southern California that was founded in 1976 by Alan Mootnick. It is the only organization in the world that is devoted exclusively to the conservation, propagation, and study of gibbons (small apes) for the betterment of the species. We disseminate our findings through educational tours, publications and by traveling the world assisting zoos and rescue centers.
Contact
Information:
Patricia Dahle
PO Box 800249
SANTA CLARITA, CA 91380
USA
Telephone Number:
661-296-2737
Fax Number:
661-296-1237
Website:
http://www.gibboncenter.org
E-mail Address:
gibboncenter@earthlink.net
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