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New England Wildlife Center Wildlife & Exotic Animal Medicine Internship Shannon Smith, Stanford Class of 2015 New England Wildlife Center in South Weymouth, MA About NEWC Odd Pet Vet Wildlife Rehabilitation • Wildlife Hospital for injured and orphaned wild animals • Several wards to rotate through • At least one veterinarian at the center every day • Several animals live at the center as educational animals • Dr. Mertz and Dr. Adamski run an “Odd Pet Vet” business in house • One intern assists with OPV appointments each day • Exotic pets include guinea pigs, ferrets, rabbits, snakes, water dragons, parakeets, chinchillas • Non-profit that treats over 200 species, 50,000 wild animals per year • Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic + Odd Pet Vet + Education Center • Large internship program for undergraduates during baby season Thanks • Intern responsibilities include all animal care (feeding and cleaning), most medical care (under supervision) • Interns participate in seminars, field trips, and releases • 6–8 week internship, 5 days per week • Interns live at NEWC, homestays, or apartments in Boston Education Center These goats are also residents: meet Penelope and Gallup. Successful release of three opossums that were orphaned! Our goal is always to release the animals back into the wild. Summer 2014 interns, vet techs, and Dr. Adamski*. Feeding a young Virginia opossum. A rock dove getting an x-ray. Falco the red-tailed hawk was not fit to be released, so he is now a resident of the center. An injured coyote needed a splint for her fractured growth plate. Pet owners can also board their pets, like this macaw, at the center when they go out of town. Interns observe and assist in surgeries like this one. This turtle was having gastrointestinal issues. An adorable baby herring gull – he lost his spots as he got older. Special thanks to Dr. Bouley and the Bass University Fellows in Undergraduate Education Program as well as Dr. Adamski, Dr. Mertz, the NEWC vet techs, and the rest of the NEWC staff. *

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Page 1: New England Wildlife Center Wildlife & Exotic Animal ... · • One intern assists with OPV appointments each day • Exotic pets include guinea pigs, ferrets, rabbits, snakes, water

New England Wildlife CenterWildlife & Exotic Animal Medicine Internship

Shannon Smith, Stanford Class of 2015

New England Wildlife Center in South Weymouth, MA

About NEWC Odd Pet VetWildlife Rehabilitation

• Wildlife Hospital for injured and

orphaned wild animals

• Several wards to rotate through

• At least one veterinarian at the center

every day

• Several animals live at the center as

educational animals

• Dr. Mertz and Dr. Adamski run an

“Odd Pet Vet” business in house

• One intern assists with OPV

appointments each day

• Exotic pets include guinea pigs,

ferrets, rabbits, snakes, water dragons,

parakeets, chinchillas

• Non-profit that treats over 200

species, 50,000 wild animals per year

• Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic + Odd

Pet Vet + Education Center

• Large internship program for

undergraduates during baby season

Thanks

• Intern responsibilities include all

animal care (feeding and cleaning),

most medical care (under supervision)

• Interns participate in seminars, field

trips, and releases

• 6–8 week internship, 5 days per week

• Interns live at NEWC, homestays, or

apartments in Boston

Education Center

These goats are also residents: meet

Penelope and Gallup.

Successful release of three

opossums that were orphaned! Our

goal is always to release the

animals back into the wild.

Summer 2014 interns, vet techs, and

Dr. Adamski*.

Feeding a young Virginia opossum.

A rock dove getting an x-ray.Falco the red-tailed hawk was not

fit to be released, so he is now a

resident of the center.

An injured coyote needed a splint

for her fractured growth plate.

Pet owners can also board their

pets, like this macaw, at the center

when they go out of town.

Interns observe and assist in

surgeries like this one. This turtle

was having gastrointestinal issues.

An adorable baby herring gull – he

lost his spots as he got older.

Special thanks to Dr. Bouley and the

Bass University Fellows in

Undergraduate Education Program as

well as Dr. Adamski, Dr. Mertz, the

NEWC vet techs, and the rest of the

NEWC staff.

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