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Dear all, Well, it looks like the opportunities to apply to be volunteers this spring and summer are starting to multiply... Here's another one with harbour seals in British Columbia (Canada). If you're intereste contact the people below. All the best! Cristina Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre is a registered not for profit organization operating under permits from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada and the Ministry of Water, Land and Air. Recipient of the Islands Trust Environmental Stewardship Award, IWNCC=E2=80=99s focus is on the escue and rehabilitation of orphaned Harbour Seals. For the sixth year, IWNCC will be offering summer internships. In the past,students have earned academic credit toward their degrees through the completion of these internships and the centre is also open to the creation and execution of short term, noninvasive research projects by the interns. To date no publications are available. Besides constantly seeking improved methods for seal rehabilitation, Island Wildlife actively researches and practices alternative medical treatments such as homeopathy, herbal treatments and physical therapies. Numerous articles have been published in various homeopathic journals including the Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association. There will be twelve staggered internships awarded this summer each lasting eight weeks. The internships are on a voluntary basis, however comfortable housing and a food stipend are provided. Interns are accepted internationally and are responsible for their own transportation to and from British Columbia. Interns will work directly under an on site marine mammal veterinarian and rehabilitation specialists and can expect to learn the following: Safe rescue and handling of Harbour Seal pups. Proper restraint techniques. Stabilizing critical patients and new arrivals. Food preparation through all stages of the rehabilitation process. Gavage (tube) feeding, force feeding and hand feeding techniques. Proper hygiene and isolation protocols to prevent the spread of disease. Administration of oral medications. Behavioral and medical observation and proper record keeping. Natural history of marine mammal species. Fundamentals of how, why and when to administer alternative remedies such as homeopathy and Chinese herbs. Response to the rescue hotline and public interface as well as the logistics of coordinating rescues from many remote locations. General care of many other indigenous avian and mammalian species. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2003. For more information and to download an application, please visit our web site at: www.sealrescue.org Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre 322 Langs Road Salt Spring Island, BC V8K1N3 www.sealrescue.org [log in to unmask] ===== Cristina Beans PhD student Laboratoire d'Oceanologie Université de Liège, B-6 Sart Tilman B-4000 Liège, BELGIUM (32)4.366.3740 (32)486.730158 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com