This 2-week course is designed for undergraduate students with an interest in wildlife from a pre-veterinary, biology, or conservation perspective. Through a combination of classroom lectures, field trips, and practicums, they are introduced to tropical ecology, local conservation efforts, Belizean wildlife, and wildlife research techniques. This intensive, introductory course helps them understand the many factors that affect the management, conservation, habitat, and health of wild animals.

Students work alongside zookeepers in the world-renowned Belize Zoo. Their studies focus on wildlife conservation and research methods. Species-specific focus includes the research and conservation of the jaguar (Panthera onca), puma (Puma concolor), tapir (Tapirus bairdii), jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria), howler monkey (Alouatta pigra), spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), and the green iguana (Iguana iguana).

Students gain insight into several field research techniques including specialized leg hold traps, cage traps, GPS and VHF tracking, camera trapping, chemical immobilization and remote drug delivery, avian mist netting, and bird banding.

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