Ash;4298289; said:yup I am at FL Aquarium in husbandry.
That's awesome!! I gotta say I'm jealous... lol
I'm a lowly docent

Ash;4298289; said:yup I am at FL Aquarium in husbandry.
Bhack91;4298370; said:My local zoo is hardly impressive but even so volunteering consists of working with kids not animals therefore no. But I do hope to find some where to volunteer, I have been looking around for a while. I will most likely be applying for interships at Seaworld either next summer or the summer after.
Zoodiver;4299508; said:Very few places let volunteers work with the animals much. Many places don't even let interns work directly with animals right away.
Zoodiver;4299508; said:Very few places let volunteers work with the animals much. Many places don't even let interns work directly with animals right away.
livebearerfreak;4297909; said:i asked to valunteer at my lfs but they said no its to much of a health issue and all that.
Ash;4298289; said:yup I am at FL Aquarium in husbandry.
Ash;4299634; said:Seaworld you will not be getting any type of animal contact. All internships there include food prep in fish house or watching the animals and writing down when the go poop or eat and monitoring them and writing down anything out of the ordinary. Only possible internship you could with the company is maybe at Discovery Cove in animal training (dolphins) but that one is only offered once in a blue moon. Most of theme park internships are theme park managment and marketing related. As for the zoo most zoo's will allow zookeeper internships so basically you just shadow a zookeeper but you wont be doing any direct animal contact either.. just observation, cleaning and food prep. I know the sanford zoo does this because I looked into it when I lived in Orlando. Most volunteer openings will be education and people interactions as husbandry is very hard to get into so bug them early about it and see if they will have any openings. I got really lucky to be where I am at.