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Animal Care Project Intern

Responsibilities & Duties:

• Animal feeding and watering
• Barn and habitat cleaning and enrichment
• Shelter cleaning projects
• Assisting with animal health checks
• Animal monitoring for special needs animals

Qualifications:

• Good animal behavior observation skills
• Ability to work in harsh/all weather conditions
• Ability to perform strenuous physical labor and lifting
• Must be able to follow detailed instructions and meet animal care schedules
• Ability to work well with variety of people
• Team player
• Very reliable and dependable
• Commitment to Farm Sanctuary's animal care policies and standards
• Commitment to Farm Sanctuary's organizational programs and goals

Specifications:

• Volunteer commitment of 40 hours per week
• Weekends and holidays may be required
• Shelter department interns are assigned evening shelter security shifts, maximum of 3 per week
• Two to three month commitment required
• Shared housing available on sanctuary premises

Benefits:

• Opportunity to learn from and interact with our shelter animal residents
• Opportunity to gain considerable knowledge of farm animal care.
• Living and working with like-minded and committed animal activists
• Opportunity to participate in weekly Farm Sanctuary Educational Presentations
• Gain experience beneficial for future Farm Sanctuary employment consideration

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