SURVEY TO THE FACILITY
PART ONE: Generalities about the facility:
1. Name of the facility: Moorea Dolphin Center
2. Address: BP 1021 Papetoai Moorea French Polynesia
3. Phone Number: + 689 56 38 76 or 689 70 60 66
4. Fax Number: 689 56 16 67
5. E-mail: cgaspard@mail.pf
6. Person to contact: Dr Cecile Gaspar
7. Title of the facility:
Zoo Entertainment park
Aquarium Research facility
Marine mammals park Other (please specify)
8. Animals:
a) Species housed:
Cetaceans:
Tursiops truncatus (Bottlenose Dolphin)
Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Commerson’s Dolphin)
Delphinus delphis (Common Dolphin)
Inia geoffrensis (Amazon River Dolphin)
Phocoena phocoena (Harbour Porpoise)
Delphinapterus leucas (Beluga Whale)
Pseudorca crassidens (False Killer Whale)
Orcinus orca (Killer Whale)
Other (please specify)
Pinnipeds:
Zalophus californianus (California Sea Lion)
Otaria byronia (South American Fur Seal)
Arctocephalus forsteri (New Zealand Fur Seal)
Arctocephalus pusillus (South African Fur Seal)
Eumetopias jubatus (Stellar Sea Lion)
Arctocephalus tropicalis (Sub-Antarctic Fur Seal)
Halichoerus grypus (Grey Seal)
Phoca vitulina (Harbor Seal)
Phoca groenlandicus (Harp Seal)
Phoca hispida (Ringed Seal)
Odobenus rosmarus (Pacific Walrus)
Other (please specify)
Otters:
Marine birds:
Others:
b) Skills developed with the animals:
Display Medical training
Show training Research training
Environmental enrichment Other (please specify)
Interaction in water
PART TWO: Internship description:
A. Generalities:
1. Minimum duration: 3 months
2. Number of student accepted per period: 2
3. Number of hours per week:
Full time Part time
4. Is there a fee for the internship?
No Yes
5. Are the interns paid?
No Yes
6. Which field of education are you interested in?
Biology Physiology
Marine biology Zoology
Ecology Agriculture
Veterinary Ethology
Animal keeper Presentation (diction, theatre)
Education Other (please specify)
Psychology
B. Intern requirements:
1. Minimum age: 18 years old
2. Minimum level of education:
high school degree
university degree (please specify) bachelor
other (please specify)
3. Do you require a previous experience with animals or in the professional world?
No Yes
4. Do you require a special insurance?
No Yes
5. Do you require a special agreement with the university or school?
No Yes
6. Do you ask special skills? Driving licence
SCUBA Diving certification
Good physical health
Other (please specify)
7. Do you accept foreign students?
No Yes
If yes do you require special permits? (Please specify)
No Yes Visa
8. Must your interns be able to speak a foreign language?
No Yes
If yes which one†?
English Spanish
French Other (please specify)
9. Do you ask special medical requirements? (Hepatitis vaccination, typhus vaccination)
No Yes (please specify)
C.Interns duties:
1. Which tasks your students will be responsible for?
food preparation
daily cleanup
assistance for the trainers
animal training
observation of animal behaviour
environmental enrichment
record keeping
veterinary help
lab tests
interactions with public
public speaking
other (please specify)
2. Do you require the completion of a project during the internship?
No Yes
If yes, which kind of project?
Project conducted under the demand of the park
Project conducted under the demand of a university/school
Do you require a project presentation by the candidate
Other
Is there a possibility to present the results of this project at a professional conference? (IMATA, EAAM, IAAAM...)
No Yes
D. Material help provided by the facility for the interns:
1. Can the facility provide help for housing?
No Yes (please specify)
Free housing
2. Can the facility provide help for food?
No Yes : Breakfast
Lunch
Diner
3. Can the facility provide help for transportation?
No Yes (please specify)
If intern stays 6 months
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