* * * Internship Opportunity * * *
Apprentice Caregiver
(Senior Intern)
This is a one-year advanced internship. Successful completion of a 4-month Jungle Friends entry-level internship is a prerequisite for apprentice applicants. (In the case of applicants who have equivalent experience caring for new world monkeys in a sanctuary setting, this requirement may be waived at the discretion of the Board.)
The apprentice caregiver is expected to learn and be able to take a team leader role in sanctuary operations. The apprentice should be proactive in assuring that all necessary tasks are completed. The job includes:
General husbandry caring for over 100 New World monkeys:
- Clean outdoor habitats and indoor enclosures.
- Prepare diets and feed.
- Monitor the monkeys' physical and emotional well-being.
- Medical procedures and restraint and capture, when necessary.
Build and repair habitats.
Planning and monitoring socializations.
General grounds keeping.
Clean and repair other sanctuary buildings.
Direct and oversee interns and volunteer groups.
Record-keeping and some computer and office work.
Share in preparing communal meals.
Participate in fundraising campaigns, outreach and advocacy for captive primates.
The work is labor intensive and the hours are long, usually sun-up to sundown. The climate is very hot and humid in the summer. In the winter, temperatures can drop to 20, and duties include heater checks throughout the night. At times days off are scarce. We do, however, try to give a day off every week and, when appropriate, a long weekend. The work is difficult and can be stressful, but the rewards are great!
Apprentices receive room and board and a $500/month stipend.
How to Apply
If you have not completed a Jungle Friends entry-level internship, go to the Internship page for more information and the application packet and procedures.
If you have already completed a Jungle Friends internship, contact Kari Bagnall, kari@junglefriends.org to apply for the apprenticeship.
Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary (Established 1997)
13915 N. State Road 121, Gainesville, Florida 32653 USA
Jungle Friends is located on 12 acres just outside of Gainesville, FL.
Director: Kari Bagnall
Phone: 386-462-7779
Fax: 214-292-8630
E-mail: info@junglefriends.org
Mission: Jungle Friends is a 501-(c)-3 non-profit organization that offers permanent sanctuary care for a variety of primates who have fallen into the wrong hands or are simply no longer wanted. Our program is designed to rehabilitate and socialize primates with their own species. The primates in our care are successfully interacting with members of their own kind, many of which were once species isolated, neglected or abused. Jungle Friends' outreach program teaches people about the plight of captive primates. We are dedicated to animal rights issues and advocacy for primate protection.
Jungle Friends monkey residents: Jungle Friends has
120
new-world primates, including white-faced or white-throated capuchins Cebus capucinus (lower risk), white-fronted capuchins Cebus albifrons (lower risk), tufted, brown or black-capped capuchins Cebus apella (lower risk), weeper or wedge-capped capuchins Cebus olivaceus (lower risk), a bearded capuchin cebus libidinosus (lower risk), common squirrel monkeys Saimiri sciureus (lower risk), black squirrel monkey Saimiri vanzolinii (vulnerable), black-handed spider monkeys Ateles geoffroyi (vulnerable), white-bellied spider monkey Ateles belzebuth (endangered), common marmosets Calithrix jacchus (lower risk), black tufted-eared marmoset Calithrix penicillata (lower risk), golden-handed tamarins Sanguinus midas (vulnerable) and cotton-top tamarins Saguinus oedipus (endangered).
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