* * * Internship Opportunity * * *
Before you apply for an internship, read the Letter from the Director, Kari Bagnall.
Entry-Level Intern Caregiver
Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary is home to over 100 New World monkeys. The sanctuary is managed by the Founder/Executive Director, who lives on-site. There are generally four to six interns who also live on-site.
Your work will include general husbandry, cleaning, and feeding. It will also include building & repairing habitats, general grounds maintenance, and other labor or special projects as needed. You will participate in meal preparation and clean-up for communal meals, and are expected to keep your own quarters and shared living areas clean and neat.
Sanctuary work is labor intensive. Summer days in Florida are very hot and humid and in winter temperatures can drop to the 20's. The working hours are long, usually sun-up to sundown. In the summer this can mean 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. In the winter, heater checks are performed throughout the night. The work is demanding and can be stressful, but the rewards are great!
Qualifications:
We are looking for very special people. You must be friendly and have good communication skills, work well with others and have the ability to lead others as well as follow. You must be even-tempered and down to earth. Interns are expected to embrace the communal, family-living style at the sanctuary while they are here. The successful intern will come to Jungle Friends with an open mind and open heart, ready to work hard and become a part of the Jungle Friends family. The number one rule at Jungle Friends is: the well-being of the monkeys always comes first!
We ask that intern applicants come to Jungle Friends for a 10-day trial period to evaluate your suitability for this position. If this is not possible, an exception can only be arranged through Kari Bagnall, our Executive Director. You must be in a position to make at least an 8-week commitment to Jungle Friends. Our internships are from 8 weeks to 1 year. We prefer longer internships.
Due to safety considerations, we will not consider applicants who smoke. An intern who is found to be smoking, whether on- or off-site, will be asked to leave immediately.
Internship Cost and Accommodations:
There is a fee of $75 per week of internship, to be paid in advance. For longer internships, the fee drops to $50 a week after 4 months. Following the trial, the fee must be paid in full in order to reserve the dates for your internship. Scholarships may be available in cases of hardship.
Room and board are provided at the sanctuary. This is a vegetarian organization. No meat is allowed to be consumed, cooked or stored on Jungle Friends premises, and no animal products can be purchased for use at Jungle Friends. Jungle Friends opposes exploitation of animals.
After completing a 4-month internship, you may apply for a 1-year apprenticeship. Apprenticeships are limited and awarded at the discretion of the Executive Director. Completion of an entry-level internship does not guarantee that an Apprenticeship will be awarded.
Application Procedure:
The intern application packet includes the application form, reference form, and details regarding other items that must be submitted with your application, as well as more information about the internship position. Click below to download the packet.
Intern Application Packet - pdf format
You should also download and review our procedures manual:
Jungle Friends Procedures Manual - pdf format
and the list of what to bring:
What to Bring - pdf format
If you are unable to download any of these files
from the internet, email info@junglefriends.org and ask to have the file emailed to you.
Once we have received your completed application packet, we will contact you to arrange a telephone interview.
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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