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Old 11-02-2009, 12:14 PM
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hi,
i was just wondering if anyone has done any volunteering with reptile preservation/conservation??
i am currently looking at taking part in this project:
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any advice or info welcome!

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Old 11-02-2009, 07:55 PM
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would you consider rep conservation here in uk
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I'm doing surveying of sand lizards this summer! Yay
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I did consider the projects that you are looking at - try frontier and operation wallacea aswell they are good - the main problems with these projects is they are well expensive!!
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hoping to do something this summer as i want to work in native herp conservation on leaving uni
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Sign up to ZooNewsDigest, full of jobs, internships and volunteering opportunities and fairly frequent.

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All this looks absolutely amazing... if i wernt already doing a degree in zoology i'd sign up!!

...and will probably do some voluntary work along these lines when i finish.
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Ooooh I would fill those long hot summers with voluntary work if I was you CB
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Ooooh I would fill those long hot summers with voluntary work if I was you CB
Thats a very good idea, im going to look into something like that this summer!

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All this looks absolutely amazing... if i wernt already doing a degree in zoology i'd sign up!!

...and will probably do some voluntary work along these lines when i finish.
where bouts you studying? i'm starting mine this Sept. and i can't wait

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tis my plan if things work out
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