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Do you have any allergies?(Required)

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Preferred Dates of Internship(Required)

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State your preferred accommodation for your stay here(Required)

(please refer to our "lodgings & rates page")

About You

Snapshot of you in no more than 250 words(Required)

Have you lived in shared housing before?(Required)

Current or Most Recent Occupation(Required)

Are you currently studying for a veterinary medicine degree, or have you already graduated from a veterinary medicine degree?(Required)

If you are still studying for a veterinary medicine degree, what year of study are you currently in, and what is the total number of years for your degree? (If you have already graduated, please list the total number of years of your veterinary medicine course)(Required)

Please name the University that you are currently studying your veterinary medicine degree in or name the university where you have graduated with a veterinary medicine related degree from.(Required)

Please describe how your veterinary medicine degree is split up over the years. For example, which year do you learn pharmacology in?(Required)

What wildlife-related degree are you currently studying for/ have graduated from? (Please mention the degree title, year of study and name of the University)(Required)

What university degree are you currently studying for/ have graduated from, and what is/ was the name of the university?(Required)

If you are still in university, what year are you in and how many years in total is your course?(Required)

Please explain how your educational background/ degree is related to your internship choice?(Required)

What are your expectations of completing an internship at Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary?(Required)

Describe your previous wildlife rehabilitation and veterinary related experience, and list the work you had to do here?(Required)

What do you understand with the term ‘animal husbandry’?(Required)

Describe what experience/s you have with animal husbandry?(Required)

Describe your experience with orphan care(Required)

Talk about your most memorable experience when caring for orphans/ juvenile animals in the past.(Required)

Please mention what practical experience you have with wildlife rehabilitation/ animal care work.(Required)

What do you understand with the term enrichment, and why do you think this is important when working with wildlife?(Required)

Do you have any experience feeding neonate/ juvenile animals? If you do, please elaborate.(Required)

Would you be comfortable working by yourself with neonate feedings throughout the day and night (once you are trained)?(Required)

Are you aware that as an orphan care intern, you will need to feed the babies throughout the night on multiple nights of the week?(Required)

Would you feel comfortable cleaning enclosures on a daily basis?(Required)

What skills and attributes do you feel you could bring as an intern?(Required)

What areas in veterinary medicine do you feel most confident with?(Required)

What areas within veterinary care do you feel most confident with?(Required)

What areas in veterinary medicine do you feel you need the most practice with?(Required)

What areas within veterinary care do you feel you need the most practice with?(Required)

Describe what you think would be most difficult about completing an internship here?(Required)

What areas of experience in animal care would you like to improve on whilst undertaking this internship?(Required)

What do you think is most important when you are working in a team?(Required)

What do you understand by conservation medicine?(Required)

Do you have any experience carrying out a research project, dissertation or thesis? Please explain(Required)

Are you applying for this internship as part of college credit/ obligatory work placement for your university?(Required)

If you answered yes to the question above, are you expected to carry out a research project as part of your college credit/ university degree?

If you need to complete a final project for your bachelor's/ master’s degree, please let us know about the subject, objectives, and procedures.(Required)

Please give a brief outline of a research proposal or project you would be interested in working on. We have a list of research proposals available for inspiration, please let us know if you would be interested in seeing them.

As part of the wildlife husbandry internship, you will be expected to develop a research project. Please mention the area/s which you would like to develop your research project around.(Required)

As part of the orphan care internship, you will be expected to develop a research project. Please mention the area/s which you would like to develop your research project around(Required)

Are you fine with working in the rain?(Required)

Yes

Are you fine with working in the direct sun?(Required)

Yes

Are you fine with working in a place with high humidity?(Required)

Yes

Are you fine with working indipendently at night to feed the orphans?(Required)

Yes

Are you aware that you may encounter snakes, spiders and scorpions at the center?(Required)

Yes

The center is located up a steep, dirt, mountain road, 1km away from the main highway. For any activities that you would like to plan yourselves, you will need to order a taxi. Are you OK with this?(Required)

Yes

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