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Les Whitt Memorial Scholarship

 

The Les Whitt Memorial Scholarship was created to honor the memory of Robert Leslie “Les” Whitt, former director of the Alexandria Zoological Park in Alexandria, Louisiana. The Award, which promotes advanced training in animal husbandry and behavioral enrichment, provides full scholarship funding to participate in either of the following Association of Zoos & Aquariums’ (AZA) professional training program courses: Animal Training Applications in Zoo and Aquarium Settings or Best Practices in Animal Keeping.

 

The Friends of the Alexandria Zoo (FOTAZ) provides annual funding for this scholarship award.

REQUIREMENTS

 

  1. Applicants must be employees or associates of Latin American zoological institutions or related facilities.  For this scholarship, preference is given to keepers or curatorial staff.  

  2. Applicants must possess a functional proficiency in English.

  3. Individuals may submit only one scholarship application per year.

 

 

HOW TO APPLY

 

  1. DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION FORM.

  2. E-mail a copy of your completed application to scholarships@zcog.org
    Please include a copy of your curriculum vitae (CV)

  3. Send questions to scholarships@zcog.org

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Robert Leslie 'Les' Whitt, former Director of Alexandria Zoological Park and founding Board member of Zoo Conservation Outreach Group.

PAST RECIPIENTS

YEAR

 

2008

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

 

2012

 

2013

 

2014

 

2015

 

2016

 

2017

2018

2019

NAME

 

Marcela Tirado Sepúlveda

 

Javier Ignacio Collin Vidal

 

Miguel Vieyra

 

Danilo Tashima

 

Ornella Bayona Herazo

 

Ana Paula Arevalo

 

Florencia Presa

 

Corina Zerpa

 

Miryam Sainz

 

Mario Soto

Daniela Morales

Carlos Pumarino

INSTITUTION

 

Zoológico Nacional de Chile (Chile)

 

Zoológico Nacional de Chile (Chile)

 

Zoológico de San Juan de Aragon (Mexico)

 

Zoológico de São Paulo (Brazil)

 

Zoológico de Barranquilla (Colombia)

 

Dr. Rodolfo Talice Fauna and Flora Reserve (Uruguay)

 

Fundación Temaikèn (Argentina)

 

Mendoza Zoo (Argentina)

 

Africam Safari (Mexico)

 

Zoofari (Mexico)

Vesty Pakos Zoo (Bolivia)

Parque Ecológico Sacando (Mexico)

SCHOLARSHIP SPONSOR:

WAYS YOU CAN ACT

  • Contact ZCOG for details on how your institution can establish an annual conservation scholarship award

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