Internships

The Animal Park at the Conservators Center is committed to its mission of providing education about the species in our care. Therefore, we offer a highly competitive internship program that will provide you with a unique, hands-on, factual learning experience in exotic animal husbandry. The Animal Park seeks highly motivated individuals who will perform all their duties associated with the husbandry and maintenance of exotic animals in our education and conservation-oriented facility. We welcome all applicants, both local and international, who are seeking careers in animal husbandry, zoology, veterinary, biology, and other animal care related fields.

Although the internship program is made up of unpaid positions, our interns are paid in incomparable experiences in exotic animal husbandry. We are also dedicated to assisting our interns in finding career or educational opportunities within the animal care field upon completion of our program.

Becoming an Animal Park Intern

The best way to truly learn a trade is by immersion learning. We here at the Animal Park train and guide by immersing our interns into the daily routines within our animal husbandry department. This allows our interns  to learn not only the intricacies of caring for each individual species we house, but also to understand the Animal Park’s daily operations as an entire organizational unit. With this in mind, some interns may have the opportunity to participate in other areas, such as our guest or education services.

Glimpse Into an Intern’s Work Day:

• Preparing diets
• Assisting with feeding
• Routine cleaning of food preparation areas and animal habitats
• Helping in creating and implementing enrichment
• General maintenance

Animal Park Intern Educational Opportunities:

• Animal Socialization and Handling
• Operant Conditioning 
• The Zoological Industry: The Inner and Outer Workings