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Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary
Intern Position
Mission: Jungle Friends is a 501-(c)-3 non-profit organization in Gainesville, Florida that offers permanent sanctuary care for a variety of new-world 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 children and adults about the plight of captive primates. We are dedicated to animal rights issues and advocacy for primate protection.
Intern Job Description: Your work will include general husbandry: cleaning, feeding and enrichment. It will also include building and repairing habitats, general grounds maintenance and record keeping. The work is labor intensive, summer days are very hot and humid and temperatures can drop to the 20’s in the winter. The hours are long, usually sun-up to sundown. In the summer this can mean 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. The work is difficult 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. Your own transportation is not required, but is recommended. We ask that you come to Jungle Friends for a one-week 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 a 6-week commitment to Jungle Friends. Our internships are from 6 weeks to one year. Preference is given to applicants available for longer internships. Due to insurance and health considerations, we are unable to consider applicants who smoke.
Intern Accommodations:
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. You will participate in meal preparation and clean-up for vegan communal meals, and are expected to keep your own quarters clean and neat. There is currently no stipend available for interns.
The hours spent in service at Jungle Friends may apply to the 1,000-hour requirement to be licensed in Florida to handle and transport monkeys. While this is valid in Florida only, the certification is useful on résumés whenever applying to work with primates. We do not provide documentation of hours for “pet” monkeys. Jungle Friends is working toward the banning of wild animals sold in the pet trade, through legislation.
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
If you are unable to download either of these files
from the internet, email cj@junglefriends.org 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 monkey residents: Jungle Friends has
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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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