Stage - Chargé(e) d'évaluation de l'appétence et du bien-être animal (H/F) - Juin 2021 Royal Canin - 6 Mois à Aimargues (Proche de Montpellier)

 L'offre de stage est disponible ici : https://careers.mars.com/fr/fr/job/903681/Stage-Charg%C3%A9-e-d%27%C3%A9valuation-de-l%27app%C3%A9tence-et-du-bien-%C3%AAtre-animal-H-F-Juin-2021?utm_source=linkedin&utm_campaign=job-share&utm_medium=social-share

Post-doc - Cambridge - Comportements collectifs

Veuillez trouver ci-joint une annonce pour un post-doc à l'université de Cambridge dans l'équipe de James Herbert- Read sur les comportements collectifs (bancs de poissons).

https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/28623/

Searching Bonobo Habituation Assistants

 

Position Description:
The LuiKotale Bonobo Project (LKBP) offers 2 positions for research assistants to take over an ongoing habituation project. The field site is located in a remote forest outside Salonga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Duties include: (i) locating and following bonobos; (ii) collecting information facilitating identification of individual bonobos, and (iii) collecting biological samples. The habituation team is accommodated at Ekongo camp and covers a forest range that is adjacent to the one used by habituated groups. Before taking over habituation work, assistants will be trained by research staff at LuiKotale working with habituated bonobos in order to learn to identify acoustic cues, feeding remains, and nest sites, as well as by the current habituation team.

The field conditions are physically and mentally challenging. The forest is often dense and swampy and assistants are sometimes exposed to severe weather and tropical diseases. The research camp is very remote and has no running water, electricity, phone coverage, or internet access. Daily communication is limited to short emails sent via a short wave radio system. Satellite phones are available in the event of an emergency. Assistants live in tents and mostly eat local foods (e.g., beans, manioc and rice). Habituation work can be frustrating because searching time still exceeds observation hours and after encountering a group, bonobos still tend to hide from human observers. Please carefully consider whether you will able to cope with these conditions for an extended period of time before applying for this position.

Qualifications/Experience:
Ideal candidates will express an interest in primate behavior and forest ecology, and demonstrate strong organizational skills and proficiency with the French language. Due to the challenging physical and social environment at LuiKotale, all candidates must be (a) physically fit; (b) resistant to psychological stress; (c) self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision while out in the field; and (d) tolerant of different social customs and beliefs. Good social skills and the willingness to work as part of a team are essential. Previous experience using Microsoft Excel and navigating with a compass and GPS unit are assets, but not required. Please note that the LKBP adheres strictly to gender equality and will not tolerate any form of sexual harassment.

Salary/Funding:

300 Euro/month

Support provided for internship/volunteer positions (travel, meals, lodging):
- food (mix of mainly local food and some western food items)
- lodging (in tents) at the field site
- airfare for one domestic flight from Kinshasa to the field site and back*
- expenses for visa*
- contribution to an international return flight of up to 800 Euro*

*reimbursement ONLY AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE APPOINTMENT

Please note that people joining the research team in the field are required to have a health insurance that covers expenses for evacuation by charter plane in a case of emergency. Expenses for the health insurance cannot be covered by the project.

Term of Appointment: May/June 2021

Comments:
Applications include an updated CV, a letter of motivation that shows how the candidate meets the qualifications outlined above, and references of three people (or their contact information). Applications should be send to Dr. Gottfried Hohmann (hohmann@eva.mpg.de) and to Barbara Fruth (bfruth@ab.mpg.de).

Information about the research and conservation activities at LuiKotale is available at

https://www.eva.mpg.de/primat/research-groups/bonobos/luikotale-study-site.html

https://www.bonobo-alive.org/index.html

Contact Information:

Dr. Gottfried Hohmann
Deutscher Platz 6
Leipzig 04103
Germany

Professor Barbara FRUTH

Max-Planck-Institute of Animal Behavior
Bücklestraße 5 a
D - 78467 Konstanz

Website:
http://www.eva.mpg.de

https://www.ab.mpg.de/person/110350/11746

 

E-mail Address:
hohmann@eva.mpg.de

bfruth@ab.mpg.de

Gorilla Conservation - Project Coordinator (Gabon, central Africa)

 

Position

Project coordinator

 

Project Background

             The Projet Gorille Fernan-Vaz (PGFV) is a Sanctuary and Rehabilitation Centre for western lowland gorillas.  The project is located just north of Loango National Park in Gabon, Central Africa.  All PGFV gorillas have been orphaned by the bush meat trade.   The Sanctuary consists of a forested enclosure where 2 adult males and 2 adult females reside.  The rehabilitation program cares for 11 other orphaned gorillas.

Position Descriptions:

The candidate will offer capacity-building support for our local team with respect to the following:

1)      Daily supervision of the husbandry and care including gorilla introductions (as needed);   

2)     Assist with implementing the staff and gorilla health prevention program;

3)      Oversee the gorilla nutritional program;

4)     Implementation of the enrichment program;

5)      Ensure that daily, weekly and monthly reports are done consistently;

6)     Ensure the ongoing training of local staff;

7)      Daily accounting and weekly reporting

Moreover, the candidate may also be required to assist with grant-writing and reporting.

 

Qualifications/Experience:

1.       DVM degree (preferred but not a requirement);

2.      At least six months of experience with orphaned great apes (gorilla experience preferred);

3.      At least six months of experience living abroad in a remote location and managing local staff;  

4.      French-speaking a must (fluency in English an asset);

5.      Proven communication and leadership skills

6.      Candidates with a degree in primatology will be prioritised

 

Salary/funding:

Salary and benefits: to be negotiated based on qualifications and experience.

One return-airfare per year

Food and basic accommodation.   

Medical insurance: to be discussed

 

Term of Appointment:

A 6 month to one-year contract with an initial 3-month probation. 

Start Date: April 01, 2021

Web Site:

www.gorillasgabon.org

Comments:

By e-mail, please send CV and letter of motivation with contact details of two referees to:

 nickbachand@gorillasgabon.org

Postdoc & research assistant positions in the Gadagkar Lab at Columbia

 The Gadagkar Lab is now open in the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute at Columbia University. We are a new computational and systems neuroscience lab using in-vivo electrophysiology, imaging, behavioral analysis, and computational modeling to discover the neural mechanisms of performance evaluation in both male and female songbirds:

https://gadagkar.zuckermaninstitute.columbia.edu/

We have funded positions for a postdoc and a research assistant. I would greatly appreciate it if you could ask anyone who might be interested to get in touch with me (vg2481@columbia.edu).

Temminck’s Red Colobus Research Opportunity

 Project Wild Gambia (PWG) is offering an opportunity for people to help them monitor and study primate populations in The Gambia, West Africa.  The trip will last for 2 weeks and includes visits to all of the key conservation sites and habitats found in that hugely diverse country. The first week will be spent acclimatising at the coast followed by a big trip upriver to monitor the newly confirmed population of the Endangered Temminck’s red colobus.

In Jan 2020 PWG conducted the only repeatable transect in the world for Temminck's red colobus which added 600 individuals to the known World population of 2500!  During this trip, we will also expect to encounter and monitor all of the Gambia’s other primates (Guinea baboon, patas monkey, green monkey and bushbabies) as well as a range of other impressive species such as hippos, West African crocodiles and possible even West African manatees!

All trips are bespoke so that they are as exciting as possible. This expedition has a focus on primates but the PWG team would love to know if you have any other specific interests and they will try their best to incorporate them. Other species we can expect to see include the Critically Endangered hooded vultures, green turtles, guitarfish and Atlantic humpback dolphins!

Let me know if you’re interested and we can arrange a zoom with PWG to hear about more of their exciting ventures! In the meantime here are some useful links:

Website: https://www.projectwildgambia.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectwildgambia
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBLMvm3Snsva3x97zJDTbEJft4HNUM7Hj