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Dolphin Fund is a non-profit organisation who is co-operating with two travel organisations TUI and TraveLife. In the first place we want to create a list with ‘good’ and ‘bad’ dolphinariums so potential customers can see if the dolphinariums are doing well on nature conservation and animal welfare. In second place we hope that we can stop the illegal Dolphin hunts by making illegal dolphin trade less attractive.
TUI wants to communicate clear information towards their customers about dolphinariums they can visit. This way they want to separate the 'bad ones' from the 'good ones'.
We are planning to do that by checking the dolphinariums on the TraveLife guidelines which are consulted by Nature conservation organisations, Animal welfare organisations, scientific institutions and governmental bodies world wide.
Dolphin Fund is now looking for independent professional reviewers to execute these checks in November and December this year. We hope that you can send the attached vacancy soon to all your members/ students. Maybe they can help us by execute the interviews in the dolphinariums.
For more information please contact us through info@dolphinfund.nl

Kind regards and many thanks,
 
Roy Rijnsburger
Secretariaat Dolphin Fund
 
Visiting address Breestraat 89A
2311 CK Leiden
T 071-5122900
info@dolphinfund.eu
Wanted: reviewers/ auditors to check dolphinariums at Curacao, Cuba, Dominican Republic Jamaica, Venezuela, Egypt, Bulgaria, Malta and Mexico.

Job Description:
The tourism branch TUI wants to make clear to its clients which dolphinariums take their dolphins welfare seriously and which do not. Therefore a control mechanism is developed by the tourism branch TUI and Dolphin Fund to check which dolphinarium should or should not be promoted within the tourism branch.
Dolphin Fund is seeking reviewers/ auditors to check local or national dolphinariums according to a predefined checklist. At least two persons are needed to check a dolphinarium separate from each other to make sure that controls are done independent and accurately.

Guidelines:
TraveLife has developed special guidelines which are consulted by Nature conservation organisations, Animal welfare organisations, scientific institutions and governmental bodies world wide. Auditors are supposed to use these guidelines during the checks.
Subjects in these guidelines are:
 - Conservation, Education & Research,
- General aspects like birth/death rate in captivity                                                                                                                             
- Food & shelter.
- Provision of animal healthcare
- Behaviour and distress
 
Location: Curacao, Cuba, Dominican Republic Jamaica, Venezuela, Egypt, Bulgaria, Malta and Mexico.
Duration: Depending on number of dolphinariums, zoos, theme parks, possible secondary reviews. If no welfare problems have been encountered; once a year. If there are welfare problems encountered it could vary from once a month to four times a year. It also depends on the number of dolphinariums in your country, but more than two reviewers may be working within one country or area.
Tasks: To visit a local dolphinarium and to check whether it fulfils certain criteria as defined in a specific international checklist for captive mammals. (Will be provided). To report the results to Dolphin Fund. Dolphin Fund acts as intermediate to the tourism industry.
Qualifications and skills: Candidates should preferably be living close to one or more dolphinariums. You should be independent and reliable. Good negotiation skills are helpful as well as good computer skills. Besides your countries' language, you need to be able to speak English. Furthermore you need to show initiative, be consistent and have strong communications and writing skills. Most important you are an expert in Marine Mammal biology. Veterinarian knowledge is a pre.

Compensation: Auditor's expenses and a special Day Fee (€ 100 each visited dolphinariums)will be covered by Dolphin Fund.
Do you recognise yourself in this profile and do you want to contribute to captive dolphin welfare and receive compensation, please send an application with your CV  before the half of November 2008 to Dolphin Fund, email: info@dolphinfund.eu
For further information call 0031-71-5122900 and ask for Tim Beers.