Primates (& More) Internship Program
Black Pine Animal Sanctuary —
Albion, IN
Black Pine Animal Sanctuarys Primates (& More) Internship program offers an intensively immersive opportunity to learn about Old World and New World monkeys, and is highlighted by the opportunity to be a primary caregiver to Tarzan, a resident adult chimpanzee. 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 rhesus macaques, a lion-tailed macaque, baboon, Garnetts greater bush baby, and cotton-top tamarins, as well as a variety of birds and some other small exotic mammals who reside in the same geographic portion of the sanctuary. Progression to chimpanzee care, and ultimately independent work opportunities, 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 primates. Independent care of the chimpanzee is not inferred.
Local (shared cost) rental apartment may be available, first come, first served.