One Health & Conservation Medicine Internship
We offer the opportunity to be an Intern working with tapirs as a flagship species in several fields of wildlife conservation including human-wildlife interactions, community-based conservation, tropical ecology, wildlife medicine, management, and monitoring, diseases ecology, environmental governance, and conservation planning.
The Internship consists of a minimum of 2 weeks and up to 8-12 weeks, or as part of a student’s Final Graduation Project or Capstone. The Intern will have the opportunity to experience fieldwork to support our team members and learn about wildlife conservation.
Suitable for students or professionals in veterinary, biology, ecology, and related disciplines.
Applications are open! Mail us for the full description and apply! tapirvet@gmail.com
NEWS!
Dr. Jorge's contribution to the 2024 Tapirs of the World book! Recently coming out of the oven, this piece brings together tapir specialists all over the world with updated research and information about all tapir species.
New collaborations look on the horizon: We are expanding our farmer-tapir coexistence and tapir monitoring projects in other regions of the country such as the 'Cerro de la Muerte' at the Western Talamanca Highlands. Where we collaborated with farmer Don Marco to install an electric fence and deploy a camera trap where a tapir is raiding his crop.
Screwworm Outbreak: As domestic and wild animals are affected by the Screwworm, we recently collaborated with Alturas Wildlife Sanctuary in a Crowdfunding Campaign to attend tapirs and other animals affected by this vector-borne disease.
Follow our Tapir Health Project
Following the Path of the Tapir: Our community-based and participatory tapir monitoring activity at Tenorio-Miravalles Biological Corridor was a success! During the 2024 Tapir Festival at the Bijagua community we organized this activity in collaboration with the citizen science project "Life Between Volcanoes" with more than 35 local participants.
Click here for more details on this activity
VIII International Tapir Symposium: Dr. Jorge's and Eva's attendance to the Tapir Symposium was a success! This past July, Jorge and Eva were part of this event together with more than 60 tapir specialist from all over the world.
Yukon Vet Episode S12 E2
Dr. Jorge led the capture of a female tapir named "Guayabita" after a local family, back in 2022.
With the incredible participation of Dr. Michelle Oakley and with the support of local community members!
Our Team
