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lbaker Member Joined: 20 May 2004 No. of posts: 3  View other posts by lbaker |
Posted: 20 May 2004 I am interested in working with reptiles. I have a degree in Animal Behaviour & Geography. I have worked with Common Lizards and Slow-worms over the last few years - mainly translocation. I would love to be able to do this as a full-time job and not just a "summer holiday" job. Any advice (or job offers!) on how to get a foot in the door would be much appreciated! |
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Colin Dunlop Member Joined: 15 Mar 2004 No. of posts: 20 View other posts by Colin Dunlop |
Posted: 21 May 2004 although its not full time just on herps, my job as a countryside ranger allows me to spend many (paid) hours guggling in ponds and looking under things for reptiles and amphibians :)
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GemmaJF Admin Group Joined: 25 Jan 2003 No. of posts: 2090  View other posts by GemmaJF |
Posted: 21 May 2004 Try contacting local ecological consultants on spec to see if they have any work you can do such as surveying for reptiles, this is a good way to build some experience and get your name about. You may find that this is also a good way to learn how NOT to do things, but practical experience is always valuable. Getting involved in a local voluntary group (arg) might get you contacts, herpetologists are thin on the ground and many of us wear more than one hat. (i.e. are involved with conservation, surveying and or consultation work/mitigation) Gemma Fairchild, Independent Ecological Consultant |
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calumma Senior Member Joined: 27 Jun 2003 No. of posts: 351 View other posts by calumma |
Posted: 26 May 2004 First let me say that I am almost always scathing of consultants who charge clients a professional fee but use inexperienced students to bucket animals around the countryside. There is nothing wrong with running a business but consultants should provide a professional service and not rely on student labour. The animals deserve better. Let me say here that if academic organisations that I am involved with continue to receive poorly communicated and unsolicited requests for such labour I will start to name names... If you do contact local consultants it may be worthwhile to ask them a few questions to gauge their ethical commitments. For example, you might ask how they ensure that their work meets minimum best practice recommendations and whether data that they collect finds its way into the local recording centre. You will learn far more if you work with 'ecological' rather than 'planning' consultants. Lee Lee Brady Kent Herpetofauna Recorder | Independent Ecological Consultant |
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