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Join us to learn more about ACES Faculty-Led Program: Wildlife Care and Conservation in New Zealand! This program is open to students in any major and graduating seniors are welcome to participate.
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Course: ANSC 398 (2 credits; 2nd 8-weeks of spring)
Study Tour Dates: May 15 - May 30, 2023 (approximate dates)
Description:
Take part in a two week faculty-led trip to Massey University in New Zealand. Program participants will have the opportunity to connect with academic staff, tutors and students at Massey University and will gain an appreciation of the wildlife conservation approaches set up and led by Massey University, and New Zealand nature and culture in general. Held on Massey’s Manawatu Campus in Palmerston North, participants will stay in dorms and have a chance to experience campus life at Massey University.
The key focuses of the program is to experience New Zealand wildlife and their unique conservation challenges through a series of faculty lectures, interactive observations and rotations at Wildbase Hospital (a wildlife hospital), Pathology, and Wildbase Recovery, introduction to groundbreaking conservation projects, and field trips with guided tours to Pukaha Mount Bruce National Wildlife Centre, predator free Kapiti Island, Tongariro National Park, Auckland Zoo, and the Zealandia Eco sanctuary. By the end of the trip, participants will gain an appreciation for wildlife care and conservation in the field and in a veterinary hospital setting.
