PLEASE CONTACT CORNELL VERMAAK FOR MORE INFORMATION: [email protected]
C. VERMAAK
+27(84)8401584
P.O.BOX 62 KAMPERSRUS 1371
SOUTH AFRICA
[email protected]
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ANIMAL HEALTH AND ECOLOGY INTERNSHIPS!
WORK WITH US IN AFRICA!
DONT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET GREAT WORKING EXPERIENCE!
ENDIP WILDLIFE LABORATORY is endorsed by the National Department of
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of SOUTH AFRICA.
We provide analytical, diagnostic and health support to land owners, farmers
and wildlife reserves across the Northern parts of South Africa.
Our base camp is situated in the Greater Kruger National Park, the greatest
wildlife sanctuary in the world!
Our core business components are:
Bacterial diseases
Parasite infestations in wildlife and domestic stock
Serology / Bloodwork on African Buffalo
River health ecology & Water quality analyses
Animal management
Cost:
ZAR 1000.00 for 1 week. (USD: $130)
ZAR 2500.00 for 2 weeks. (USD: $327)
ZAR 3000.00 for a month, or per month for longer periods. ($392)
The costs include the following:
Accommodation in thatched huts with toilet & basin, shower with hot &
cold
water & electricity. Full dinner every day. All-day coffee, tea, soft drinks
and snacks.
Please buy your own breakfasts and lunches. We have a nice kitchen and BBQ
facilities.
Month- or more workers:
Price includes as above, and also 1 set of uniform clothing (excl shoes),
weekends off duty, and free day visitor trip in Kruger National Park.
With all above you must also pay you own flight tickets. We will collect you
from Phalaborwa airport.
Summary of your typical work experience:
Daily activities can not be limited or defined, as we can get called out to
a reserve or farm at any time for an emergency. If an animal died or is ill,
we will investigate and visit the reserve or farm, collect samples and
complete the tests in the laboratory.
In the event of a mortality, we usually perform a post-mortem to determine
cause of death.
Routine existing duties that you will assist with, will include visiting
wildlife reserves to collect fecal samples for parasite tests, culling
certain animals to perform animal health assessments on and investigate
water- and nutrition quality and also to perform field surveys on ecological
components. Trapping and data collection on certain animal species is done
regularly.
In the laboratory at camp you will also be requested to assist in procedures
necessary to run and maintain a wildlife veterinary laboratory. We are also
in the process of applying for a wildlife rehabilitation facility permit, as
we often receive orphaned or injured wildlife from other people or places,
wanting us to help giving those animals a second chance. If there are any of
these animals in camp, you would be asked to assist in taking care of these
with regard to feedings, feed preparations, health inspections and typical
mom & dad stuff.
Clients often call us out for ecological assessments of either terrestrial
or aquatic environments. You are thus welcome to assist us in these field
excursions too. We often conduct fish surveys in crocodile infested rivers,
using electricity skillfully to stun the fish unconscious for a while,
allowing us to collect, identify and check for diseases before returning
them to the river.
Vegetation surveys form the basis of sustainable wildlife management, and we
have to determine if a specific reserve has enough food for the animals it
wants to accommodate. We always need extra hands to measure, collect data
and process it in order to calculate carrying capacities and the resulting
stocking rate recommendations.
If you are looking for a diverse, interesting field to gain experience in
while seeing a large portion of the Northern reaches of South Africa, then
this internship is something for you to consider.
Contact:
Cornell.Vermaak
+27 84 8401584 (SMS for rapid reply & info)
[email protected]
African Lowveld Research/ Endip Consulting.
Endip Wildlife Laboratory
Balule Scientific Services
Camp Xikukutzu
38 Parsons, Balule, Greater Kruger National Park
P.O.Box 62
Kampersrus 1371
South Africa
Extra activities for your own account can be arranged when in camp. A short
list of examples is:
Blyde canyon, Kruger National Park, Kapama cheetah rehab, Moholoholo rehab,
Treetop canopy tours, Olifants river boat trip, Shangaan tribal village and
much more.
WE CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE 3 INTERNS AT A TIME, BECAUSE WE DONT WANT TO MAKE
IT COMMERCIAL. I ALSO NEED SPACE IN THE VEHICLE TO PACK MEDICATION, SAMPLING
EQUIPMENT AND FUEL.
SO CONTACT US AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
