If you want to be an apprentice tigerkeeper,this is what you’re in for.
Pets? No. Friends and family? No. Vacations? No. Weekends, holidays? No. Federally approved work hours? No. Eating meat? No. Living on your own? No. Eating palm oil? No. Neglecting your yoga? No.
Shitty movies? Yes!
(Seriously, is this not technically a cult?)
do you get pancakes?
Ah, but you get to help conserve some man-made hybrid species! :rolleyes:
And I thought I knew some batshit animal nuts… Is that programme even legal?
But wait, there’s more! “You get a weekly compensation of $100, the occasional use of an insured company vehicle, a place to stay, and exciting new neighbors.” I bet you do.
ETA - the funny thing is, I’ve volunteered at zoos - I know they totally exploit young people who really want to work with animals, because it’s an inexhaustible resource. They pay zookeepers peanuts. But this is a new low. In Myrtle Beach, of all places!
johnpost, you will not have time for pancakes.
No, they pay the elephant apprentices peanuts. Sheesh, get your facts straight.
ETA: just read the link. Wow. Just … wow.
I wanna party with these kooks!
I dunno, making it out to be as horrendous as it sounds would be a way to weed out the dew-eyed ‘whackadoodles’ who just want to play with the cutesy, cuddly tigers. I’m sure the vast majority of people interested in wildlife rescue and rehabilitation etc don’t actually think about what’s involved, and that page laid it out pretty well really.
My concern is that after investing all those years to become proficient in caring for tigers, where’s the paying jobs? I haven’t seen too many ‘tiger keeper’ positions advertised on seek.com lately. 
It’s not an apprenticeship, it’s a lifestyle choice, and for those that choose it? More power to them! 
Is “apprenticeship” a different category than “employee”? I know labour rights aren’t exactly a big thing in the US but isn’t it blatant discrimination to only hire single people? It’s not even something they’re covering up! And that’s just one of the many discrimination aspects to their hiring process.
365 days a year work?
One word. Overtime!
You will be rich after the labor board cleans their clock.
Of course you want to train like an athlete. Not only do you have to deal with large, powerful cats, if you’re tough and stringy, maybe they won’t eat you.
[QUOTE=Some Crazy Tiger People]
The Devil Wears Prada, Miranda Priestly will embody our senior staff in their pursuit of perfection in the care and cleaning of the animals. This is the center of their universe and they will expect it to be yours.
Kill Bill 2, the cruel tutelage of Pai Mei the Asian martial arts master is a taste of what we will put you through to train you to risk your life and others if you are ever in control of a potentially dangerous animal.
[/QUOTE]
Awesome.
If you do it, you can’t say the didn’t warn you.
True fact: Tigers always eat the slowest guy.
Wow, it sounds amazing!
Maybe I will apply.
I showed this to my sister, and her response was: “This is some sort of sex trafficking thing, right? I mean, it’s basically ‘make sure no one will ever come looking for you’.”
Aaand another data point demonstrating that exotic animal ownership should be severely restricted. This kind of “sanctuary” makes me sick.
I wonder if they let the animals eat meat? It’d put them at risk for colon cancer too, right?
I like their professional athlete standards: 10 push-ups, 5 pull ups, and a twelve minute mile. I am fantastically, astoundingly out of shape, and I can still meet those requirements.
Maybe it’s different for vegetarians?
They’re just making sure you’re the slow guy.
This program makes being a C.I.T. at a summer camp look pretty good… the pay’s the same, the conditions sound about the same and you don’t have to worry about getting eaten!