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| SLEWTHS is an innovative
project of sea lions and people working together to further
marine education, research, and conservation. Together with
its parent company Animal
Training and Research, International, the project’s
range of interests and goals encompasses all major areas of the marine mammal industry.
SLEWTHS, as the non-profit arm of ATR Intl., has three main program directions: Research, Classes
& Internships,
and K-12
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| The SLEWTHS project
was founded on the idea of a cooperative relationship between
sea lions and people. This forms the important foundation and
common denominator for all the research performed by the project.
Trained sea lions perform cooperative research
in the open ocean and laboratory pools on everything from sea
lion physiology to gray whale behavior. |
| In addition to research,
education is a major focus of the SLEWTHS project. This
education takes many forms including formal classes where students can learn about animal training or marine mammals.
We offer internships for people who want to spend a day to several weeks working at our facility with the animals and staff in a hands-on experience.
Finally we offer a more long-term
volunteer job-training program where people interested in developing a career working with animals can learn technical skills to help compete to get a job in the industry. These programs provide an important
educational opportunity for students of all interest levels to learn
through experiences with marine mammals. |
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For young marine mammal enthusiasts,
SLEWTHS also offers opportunities to get involved. Sea
Lion Stewards is a fun and educational field trip
for K-12 classes and community groups to focus on environmental
protection. Participants are given a motivational sea
lion presentation on recycling and keeping the beaches
clean and actually participate in a local beach clean-up.
Budding young marine mammalogists can come participate
in a Jr.
internship at the facility for a more personal, hands-on
experience. |
| Another form
of education the SLEWTHS project partipates in is reaching
a broader audience with our message of science education
and conservation. Sake and Dr. Zeligs have been guests
on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno to help spread these
messages. Click on the link to the right to view the video. |
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