Animal Care and Training InternshipAt — Navy Marine Mammal Program
This internship is designed to give undergraduate students a dynamic educational experience in the marine mammal field while offering valuable career experience. Students will be responsible for a number of support tasks with dolphins and sea lions throughout the course of the internship. These responsibilities will include diet preparation, sanitation, and equipment and facility maintenance. Interns will also have the opportunity to assist the marine mammal training staff in husbandry and open ocean training. In addition, they will provide support to the animal care staff in animal physicals, and assist in a number of different marine mammal research projects. Lectures and field trips will also be conducted throughout the term to enhance the learning experience.
Students will have received comprehensive training on what goes into caring for and training marine mammals. They will have an increased knowledge of veterinary care as well as both hearing and echolocation research.
Students receive an initial week-long comprehensive and hands on orientation to learn all of the basic responsibilities required of our interns. They then receive daily guidance and oversight by our professional animal training staff as well as presentations from our research and veterinary teams.
To apply, students need to send a cover letter, resume, three letters of recommendation, transcripts, and proof of US citizenship as well as COVID vaccination.
| Hours | Duration |
|---|---|
| 40 | hours per week |