*Last Few Spaces Available for summer* Internship Cheetah Rewilding in South Africa *Get in touch, Field Study Abroad runs internships all year round*
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Details
Posting:
Application Deadline:
04/30/2025
Published:
04/10/2025
Starting Date:
between 5/1/2025 and 7/31/2025
Ending Date:
between 5/31/2025 and 8/30/2025
Hours per Week:
40
Salary:
none
Education Required:
Some Undergraduate
Experience Required:
none
Location:
South Africa
Description
Last Few Spaces Available *We have wildlife conservation and ecology projects running all year round, please get in touch*
How to Apply:
Please complete the Google Form here.
Cheetahs have been successfully bred in captivity for decades but releasing them successfully into the wild has been much more difficult. As an intern for this project, you will be part of the only facility in the world that is successfully introducing cheetahs into the wild to increase the population. The scientists at this project have developed new and innovative methods to teach baby cheetahs to hunt, to avoid contact with potential threats, and have successfully released cheetahs into the wild and had them reproduce. With a global population of approximately 7,500 cheetahs and only 600 in South Africa, this program is crucial to helping bolster the natural population.
This internship provides the opportunity to work with these magnificent animals while helping save the species from extinction. You will be helping with daily care of cheetahs, assisting with medical care and procedures, training them to hunt, and reintroducing cheetahs to wild areas.
In addition, this facility houses other orphaned or injured African wildlife that will be released when healthy such as caracals, meerkats, and other African wildlife.
Learning outcomes you will gain during this internship:
How to Apply:
Please complete the Google Form here.
Cheetahs have been successfully bred in captivity for decades but releasing them successfully into the wild has been much more difficult. As an intern for this project, you will be part of the only facility in the world that is successfully introducing cheetahs into the wild to increase the population. The scientists at this project have developed new and innovative methods to teach baby cheetahs to hunt, to avoid contact with potential threats, and have successfully released cheetahs into the wild and had them reproduce. With a global population of approximately 7,500 cheetahs and only 600 in South Africa, this program is crucial to helping bolster the natural population.
This internship provides the opportunity to work with these magnificent animals while helping save the species from extinction. You will be helping with daily care of cheetahs, assisting with medical care and procedures, training them to hunt, and reintroducing cheetahs to wild areas.
In addition, this facility houses other orphaned or injured African wildlife that will be released when healthy such as caracals, meerkats, and other African wildlife.
Learning outcomes you will gain during this internship:
- Use proper techniques to approach and handle wildlife when appropriate.
- Learn detailed animal husbandry techniques.
- Describe the general principles of predator prey relationships and interspecific competition.
- Understand dietary requirement of organisms and physiological demands during times of environmental stress.
- Identify common organism and their taxonomy.
- Maintain exact records of medicine, feeding amounts, and vitals.
- Understand normal and abnormal behavior in cheetahs as it relates to health and potential to be released.
- Communicate with local communities and scientists to understand the stakeholder viewpoints which are important to the management decisions.
- Describe the goals and strategies that wildlife managers employ in Southern Africa to combat poaching.
Activities and skills you will be working on
- Preparation and delivery of food to cheetah and other wildlife.
- Participating in physical exams and medical procedures of rhino cheetahs.
- Maintenance of the rehabilitation center.
- Using innovate methods to train cheetahs to hunt.
- Recording data on animal activity and behavior.
- Identifying African birds and mammals.
- Attending lectures about animal husbandry and rewilding techniques.
- Interacting with local communities.
- Tracking previously released cheetahs.
Please note that a monthly conservation and program fee is required, which covers food, transport, housing, conservation donation.
How to Apply:
Please complete the Google Form here.
*We have wildlife conservation and ecology projects running all year round, please get in touch*
Contact
Earl Smith
earl@fieldstudyabroad.com (preferred contact method)