Big Cat Conservation Internship in South Africa

Gain practical conservation experience by working with big cats and contributing to wildlife research.

Durations: 2 - 24 weeks
Fieldwork hours40 hrs of fieldwork per week
Participant ratio1:6 staff to participant ratio
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Make yourself at home in the South African savannah, while getting practical on-the-ground experience in big cat conservation, wildlife research, animal tracking and telemetry. From our research station in Limpopo, you’ll work in collaboration with a number of local partner organisations and directly contribute to United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 5: Life on Land.

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