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Loop Abroad: Australia High School Pre-Vet Wildlife Medicine (Directory Program)

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  • Locations: Sydney, Australia
  • Program Terms: Summer
  • Homepage: Click to visit
  • Program Sponsor: Loop Abroad 
Fact Sheet:
Fact Sheet:
Click here for a definition of this term Language of Instruction: English Click here for a definition of this term Class Status: 1-first year, 2-sophomore, 3-junior, 4-senior, 6-other
Click here for a definition of this term Areas of Study: Animal Science, Veterinary Science, Zoology Program Type: Study Abroad
Program Description:
A two-week adventure “down under” to volunteer at the Walkabout Wildlife Park in Calga Springs outside Sydney, Australia. Get hands-on with koalas, kangaroos, echidnas, wallabies, and all kinds of other Australian wildlife.Enjoy a fun tourist trip in Sydney, explore aboriginal sites in the bush, and study “Australian Wildlife Handling, Conservation, and Care” with your veterinarian (DVM) trip leader in the classroom and with the animals.

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Who It’s For

The program is open to high school students aged 14-18. Each group of up to 10 students will have its own veterinarian and its own Australian Volunteer Coordinator.

Highlights:

• Assist in treatment rounds with Australian wildlife
• Health check kangaroos and koalas
• Examine pythons and echidnas
• Handle and assess possums and bandicoots
• Walk an alpaca
• Create enrichments for everyone from dingos to cockatoos
• Perform veterinary labs such as marsupial necropsies
•Enjoy two days exploring Sydney

 Summer 2023: 
 July 22- Aug 6 , 2023