EAAM STUDENT COMMITTEE: SURVEY OF FACILITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

General information about facility

Name Lisbon Boudewijn Seapark Amneville Zoo Attica Zoological Park Zoomarine Italia Loro Parque SA

Logo of facility

Avda Loro Parque S/N° Estrada de Benfica, 158-160, A. de Beackestraat 12 1 rue du Tigre Sierra Helada s/n 03503 At Yalou, 19016 Spata, Via Casablanca, 61 Address 38400 Puerto de la Cruz 1549-004 Lisboa, Portugal 820 Sint-Michiels, Belgium 57 360 Amneville, France Athens, Greece 0007 Pomezia, Rome ESPANA

Phone Number 00 351 21 723 29 44 00 32 50408416 00 33 387702560 965 86 91 01 00 30 694 0262359 00 39 06 91533.200 00 34 922 37 38 41

Fax number 00 351 21 723 29 58 00 32 50382343 965 86 88 89 00 39 06 91533.294 00 34 922 37 50 21

[email protected] E-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Susanne LEITINGER (Managing Person to contact Antonieta COSTA Sander VAN DER HEUL Pablo JOURY Estefania CALATAYUD RAJO Robert GOJCETA Cristina PILENGA Director and PA to the President)

Zoo, , Type of facility Zoo, Marine mammal park Marine mammal park Zoo Zoo, Marine mammal park Zoo Zoo Entertainment park

Bottlenose (Tursiops truncatus ), Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops (Zalophus californianus ), South Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus ), California Sea Lion American Fur Seal (Otaria byronia ), Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus ), California Sea Lion California Sea Lion (Zalophus Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus ), California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus ), South South African Fur Seal truncatus ), (Orcinus Animals (Zalophus californianus ), Harbor Seal californianus ), South American Fur truncatus ), Habor Seal (Phoca (Zalophus californianus ), American Fur Seal (Otaria byronia ), (Arctocephalus pusillus ), Grey Seal orca ), California Sea Lion (Zalophus (Phoca vitulina ), White Pelicans Seal (Otaria byronia ), Otters vitulina ) (Spheniscus demersus ) Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus ), (Halichoerus grypus ), Harbor Seal californianus ), Otters, Marine Birds (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos ) Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina ) (Phoca vitulina ), Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus ), African (Spheniscus demersus )

Display, Medical training, Show Medical training, Show training, Display, Medical training, Show Medical training, Show training, Medical training, Show training, Medical training, Environmental training, Research training, Skills developed with the animals Research training, Environmental training, Research training, Research training, Environmental Environmental enrichment Environmental enrichment enrichment Environmantal enrichment, Guest enrichment, Guest interactions Environmental enrichment enrichment, Guest interactions interactions Internal Committee of biologists and Scientific/research department? No Yes No Yes No Yes veterinarians

Accept Student with research project? Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Internship description

Minimum duration 1 month 4 weeks 2 month 1 month 2 month 1 month 2 weeks

Animal care, training and research at Animal care, Animal training, Animal care, Environmental Different internship programs Animal care, Research, Education Research, Animal care, Training Sea Lions or Dolphin's department Animal care Research, Animal care Education, Research conditions, Education and Research and at Veterany Department

Number of students taken at a time 1 4 2 3 2 2 2 in each department

Commitment per week Full time Full time Full time Full time Full time Full time 40 hours/week

Are there any fees to be paid by the intern? Yes, meals, accomodation, transport No Yes, lunch No No No No

Are the interns paid? No No No No No No No

18 years, at the moment of the Minimum age of interns 18 years 16 years 18 years 18 years 18 years 23 years appliance High school degree, University University degree and Student that University degree with animal Minimum level of education degree (Biology, veterinarium, High school degree High school degree High school degree are looking for thesis project subjects concerned education, zoological training)

Are interns required to have specific insurance? Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes

Are interns required to have any specific skills? Good physical health Good physical health Good physical health Good physical health Yes, agreement with school or Are foreign interns accepted? No Yes Yes, without special permits Yes, without special permits Yes Yes, without special permits university Must your interns be able to speak a foreign language? Yes, english No No Yes, English, Spanish Yes, English Yes, English, Spanish, Italian Yes, English, Spanish Tetanus/Mantoux reaction and Specific medical requirements Tetanus vaccination Tetanus vaccination No No No No Hepatitis B, negative results

Animal care internship

Is previous experience required? Yes No No Yes No No No

Food preparation, daily cleanup, assistance for the trainers, Food preparation, daily cleanup, Food preparation, daily cleanup, observation of animal behaviour, Food preparation, daily cleanup, Food preparation, daily cleanup, assistance for the trainers, assistance for the trainers, Food preparation, daily cleanup, Food preparation, daily cleanup, environmental enrichment, assistance for the trainers, animal assistance for the trainers, observation of animal behaviour, observation of animal behaviour, observation of animal behaviour, Tasks the students will be responsible for assistance for the trainers, veterinary help, lab tests, interaction training, observation of animal observation of animal behaviour, environmental enrichment, record environmental enrichment, record environmental enrichment, environmental enrichment with public, assist during training behaviour, environmental environmental enrichment, keeping, veterinary help, lab tests, keeping, veterinary help, interactions veterinary help sessions, learn basics of operant enrichment interactions with public interactions with public with public, public speaking conditioning, work hands-on with the seals

Yes, under the demand of the park or Yes, under the demand of the park or Yes, require a project presentation by Completion of project during internship No No No No a university/school a university/school the candidate

Project 's presentation during professionnal conference Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Research internship

Require special agreement with the university or school Yes No No Yes Yes Yes

Ethology, physiology, veterinary, Ethology, physiology, veterinary, Ethology, physiology, veterinary, Ethology, veterinary, behavioural Ethology, physiology, veterinary, Ethology, veterinary, reproduction, Areas of research ecologie, cognition, behavioral cognition, reproduction, behavioural behavioral conditioning, welfare conditioning, welfare cognition, reproduction, welfare behavioural conditioning, welfare conditioning, welfare conditioning, welfare

Is not allowed using photos or videos material collected in the zoological Help in food preparation, water Only accept national students and If possible the intern will assist during areas during internship except for quality tests and assist trainers in List of specific duties always subject to an individual the daily procedures of the day, scientific purposes and in agreement Feeding, watching behaviours some daily husbandry and behavioral evaluations however this is not mandatory with Zoomarine. Is not allowed animal training divulgate private and sensitive information of Zoomarine.

Education internship

Criminal background check Yes No No No Yes No

Only accept national students and If possible the intern will assist during To take part of the daily activities of List of specific duties always subject to an individual the daily procedures of the day, the department teams, following evaluations however this is not mandatory instructions of the supervisor

Help provided by facility

Housing Yes Yes, list with addresses No No No No No Yes, lunch only from April to Meals Yes, brunch, lunch, diner Yes, lunch only Yes, lunch only Yes, lunch only Yes, lunch only No September No, but good connection with public Transportation No No No No No No transport

Other relevant comments Only accept national students and Housing is normally very easy to find To follow the required protocol of always subject to an individual close to the facility the compagny evaluations

AUGUST 2017