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For: 3rd & 4th Year Vet Students

ASPCA Adoption Center Externship

New York, NY

Apply for Financial Aid Shelter Medicine and the ASPCA ASPCA Adoption Center in NYC

The ASPCA Adoption Center serves animals who need us the most. We provide care to dogs and cats coming in through the NYPD or our community engagement team, those with high medical or behavioral needs, and animals like neonatal kittens who take a bit more time before being adopted. Join the ASPCA Adoption Center's team of skilled medical, behavior, and other professionals to gain hands-on shelter medicine experience. Externs will learn how to provide holistic care for individual animals and the overall shelter population. You'll also discover how shelter medicine supports animal health in the community.

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Hands-On Experience

Perform examinations and provide medical care for ASPCA shelter animals. Learn hands-on in a real-world clinical setting.

Integrated Treatments

Learn holistic care through cross-team population rounds and by spending time with the Adoption Center behavior team.

Cross-Department Opportunities

Spend time with teams across the ASPCA like our Kitten Nursery, Forensics, Animal Hospital, and Community Medicine staff.

ASPCA Adoption Center Externship

Hands-On Experience

Integrated Treatments

Cross-Department Opportunities

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