Veterinary Hospital Animal Care/Nutrition Animal Care Internship

Description

Pre-Veterinary majors have the chance to work alongside some of the top veterinary professionals in the industry. Interns assist the veterinary hospital keepers in providing care for the hospital patients and quarantine animals. Interns also assist the Commissary Staff in daily diet preparation, delivery and inventory management.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

-Support the Zoo’s mission of protecting nature and inspiring people to care for our world.

-Clean and disinfect animal enclosures. 

-Diet preparation for hospital and quarantine animals.

-Assists the hospital keepers with the transfer and restraint of animals.

-Assists the hospital keepers in observing and monitoring hospital and quarantine animals.

-Assists the hospital keepers in the treatment of hospital and quarantine animals and in providing behavioral enrichment.

-Assists the hospital keepers in maintaining animal records.

-Assist Commissary Coordinator in daily diet preparation for Zoo collection.

-Responsible for reviewing weekly research articles with Nutritionist.

Qualifications

To apply, please submit the Summer Session Application form, along with a cover letter, resume, two letters of recommendation and a current (official or unofficial) transcript; March 10 is the deadline to apply. Please visit our website at https://www.indianapoliszoo.com/jobs-volunteer/internships/ for more information.