Exotic Animal Care Internship Program
Black Pine Animal Sanctuary —
Albion, IN
This (unpaid) exotic animal care internship program offers an intensively immersive opportunity to learn about, and provide daily care to over 45 species of non-domestic animals including primates, reptiles, large and small carnivores, large mammals, birds, and more. Training will begin one-on-one with experienced animal caregivers and will progress at a pace that is suitable for each individual in the program.
Participants will work first with parrots, grazing animals, and small reptiles. Progression to the care of small primates and small carnivores, and ultimately assisting with the care of tigers, leopards, black bears, and other large mammals will be entirely dependent on work performance and the ability to adhere to established routines, safety protocols, and time management. Assessments will be made daily, even hourly, to help facilitate swift movement through the training process.
This program will provide extensive opportunities to observe animal behaviors, to use a variety of operant training methods, and to learn the value of problem-solving on a daily basis. Extreme emphasis will be placed on safety at all times, as well as learning and understanding well-established, and highly effective, daily husbandry routines. This program will not provide or allow free contact with potentially dangerous animals.
Local (shared cost) rental apartment may be available, first come, first served.