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Animal Care Internship
Benefits:
- Learning the daily operations of a sanctuary for farmed animals
- Hands-on care of farmed animals in a sanctuary setting
- Medical treatments for farmed animals in a sanctuary setting
- Proper restraint and handling of different species
- Appropriate dietary requirements for farmed animals in a non-production setting
- Working with live minded individuals
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Feeding animals
- Cleaning and maintaining sleeping quarters, pasture, sanctuary grounds
- Assisting with daily medications
- Helping with animal health checks
- Sorting and pulling produce for the animals
- Misc. office work (mailings, filing, updating animal database)
- Interns are assigned evening shelter security shifts, maximum of 3 per week
- Assisting with other duties as needed (rescues, volunteer events, etc)
Qualifications:
- Interest and commitment to working for farmed animals.
- 40 hours a week for a minimum of 4 weeks, max of 8.
- Ability to work in all weather conditions.
- Physically able to lift at least 40 lbs, and perform other physically demanding chores
- Reliable
- Comfortable working individually and in a group
Benefits:
- Helping change behavior
- Intimate knowledge of rescued animals and their stories
- Learning the daily operations of a sanctuary for farmed animals
- Educating adults and children about veganism, farmed animal behavior and farming
Duties & Responsibilities (note: this is not an inclusive list nor is any one intern responsible for ALL items listed):
- Running guided tours
- Speaking at schools
- Performing home inspections for adopters
- Manage and update adopter database
- Assisting in social media promotion
- Writing articles for magazine or outreach
Qualifications:
- Interest and commitment to advocating on behalf of farmed animals
- Good public speaking skills
- Ability to manage a project individually and effectively
- If interested in speaking at schools, a background in working with children or education is suggested but not required
- Comfortable with MS Word and Excel
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work with others
