SARAH CARNEY
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Australian Wildlife Veterinary Nurse
Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital
04.2023 - Current
- Incoming triage and long-term rehabilitation of all Australian wildlife species (birds, mammals, amphibians and reptiles).
- Solo overnight shifts running the clinic (maintaining all hospital wards, reception duties, diagnosing walk-in triage patients with on-call vet assistance and organizing on-site euthanasia of hit-by-car wildlife).
- Representing AZWH in social media posts, TV filming and public talks.
- Training junior nurses, vet students and volunteers.
Exotic Wildlife Veterinary Nurse
Four Paws
08.2022 - 02.2023
- Developing and maintaining a veterinary clinic in regional Vietnam.
- Rehabilitative care of Asiatic black bears rescued from the bile farm industry.
- Darting and transporting Asiatic black bears for rescues/surgeries.
- Sharing Western animal welfare ideologies in regional Vietnam by presenting lectures to local schools about the wildlife trade and the cat/dog meat industry.
- Anaesthesia monitoring of primate, large carnivores and birds rescued from the illegal wildlife trade.
- Creating veterinary protocols and clinical record keeping for a developing sanctuary.
- Teaching Vietnamese employees about Western animal welfare standards in a collaborative, respectful manner.
Seabird Research Intern
Point Blue
03.2022 - 07.2022
- Living and working on a small, remote island with a research team.
- Censusing seabird and pinniped populations.
- Conducting demographic investigations on cormorants, gulls and alcids (morphology measurements and banding).
- Conducting feeding ecology studies (catching nocturnal alcids returning to clutches).
- Data entry and maintaining the research station (cooking, cleaning, repairing equipment).
- Strenuous hiking and rock climbing (often in cold, windy conditions).
- Mist netting and banding a variety of Storm Petrel species at night.
- Assisting biologists attach and deploy radio telemetry tags.
- Moving equipment and personnel on a ZODIAC to the mainland via crane operation.
- Alerting local authorities via marine radio regarding entangled cetaceans (communicating reticle, GPS co-ordinates and species identification).
Gymnastics Head Coach
Jollettes + College Park Academy
12.2011 - 07.2022
- Planning and preparing class routines.
- Managing assistant coaches.
- Ensuring the safety and welfare of students aged 3-13.
Animal Welfare Certification Coordinator
RSPCA Australia
09.2021 - 01.2022
- Analyzing non-conformance datasets for various Australian agricultural producers.
- Assessing the animal welfare of large sums of production animals.
- Developing producer relationships whilst ensuring that corrective actions for non-conformances are completed.
- Contributing to the development of the RSPCA's certification standards, policies and protocols.
King and Gentoo Penguin Keeper
SEALIFE Aquarium
12.2019 - 02.2021
- Spheniscidae husbandry in -5°C (approx. 65 penguins).
- Candling eggs, assist-hatching, oro-gastric tubing, micro-chipping, venipuncture, and medication administration (all routes).
- Life Support System experience (aquatic pumps, filters and foam fractionator maintenance).
- Daily public presentations about Spheniscidae conservation.
Volunteer Trainer, Rehabilitator & Rescuer
WA Seabird Rescue
12.2018 - 06.2019
- Conduct emergency rescues in the field (entanglements, oil-spills, ill/injured seabirds).
- Liaising with vets to achieve premium care for wildlife.
- Training volunteers in all aspects of seabird rehabilitation.
- Public talks about the African penguin at annual events.
Domestic Veterinary Nurse
SAGE Vets
01.2018 - 07.2018
- Monitoring canine and feline anaesthesia.
- Cannulation, fluid therapy and radiography.
- Maintaining stock levels of medications and veterinary equipment.
Seabird Rehabilitator
SANCCOB
03.2016 - 12.2017
- Field surveys (banding and microchipping), artificial nest building and data analysis.
- Representing SANCCOB during Animal Planet documentary filming.
- Rescuing ill/injured seabirds without disturbing colony nesting grounds (oil spills, annual clutch abandonment).
- Cleaning oiled seabirds.
- Bandaging and splinting a variety of injuries.
- Determining potential release birds based on clinic SOPs.
- Egg candling and assist hatching.
- Raising seabirds from hatchings to fledglings.
- Rehabilitating species including pelicans, petrels, albatrosses, shear-waters, penguins, cormorants, gannets, gulls and terns.
- Venipuncture, reading blood smears and PCV/TP.
- Penguin necropsy, sample storage and upholding a clean and safe laboratory environment.
- Training new interns how to safely restrain and administer medication and supervising their development and progress.
- Assisting the research department to analyze the effects of climate change and commercial fishing.
Education
Master of Science - MSc. Animal Ethics, Welfare & Law
University of Winchester
UK07.2023
Associate of Science - Government Investigations (Animal Welfare)
ICETS
Perth, WA2021
Associate of Science - Veterinary Nursing
Open Colleges
Perth, WA12.2018
Associate of Arts - French Studies
TAFE NSW
NSW12.2015
Bachelor of Science - Conservation Biology
University of Western Australia
Perth, WA12.2015
Skills
- Australian wildlife rescue, rehabilitation and release
- French language
- Public speaking
- Animal handling training
- Remote fieldwork and data collection
- Agricultural animal welfare assessment
- Animal welfare education in developing countries
- Veterinary procedures
Personal Information
- Age: 30
- Date of Birth: 12/04/1994
- Nationality: Australian and British
Misc.
- Intermediate Level Accreditation (Gymnastics Australia).
- SCUBA PADI Open Water Diver (2018).
- Venomous Snake Handler (2018).
- First Aid in Remote Settings or Isolated Sites (2022).
- Intermediate French Language (B1 International).
- Manual Driving and Forklift License.
- Featured in Animal Planet documentaries ‘Meet the Penguins' and ‘Penguin A&E'.
- Stiff leg crane operation experience.
References
- Dr. Natasha Ayres (Exotic Veterinarian); Natashaayres09@gmail.com, +27 60 642 4047
- Dr. Rick Butler (RSPCA Accredited Farming Scheme Manager); rbutler@rspca.org.au, +61 488 034 898
- Amanda Spears (Farallones Biologist); aspears@pointblue.org, +1 215 475 2642
Timeline
Australian Wildlife Veterinary Nurse
Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital
04.2023 - Current
Exotic Wildlife Veterinary Nurse
Four Paws
08.2022 - 02.2023
Seabird Research Intern
Point Blue
03.2022 - 07.2022
Animal Welfare Certification Coordinator
RSPCA Australia
09.2021 - 01.2022
King and Gentoo Penguin Keeper
SEALIFE Aquarium
12.2019 - 02.2021
Volunteer Trainer, Rehabilitator & Rescuer
WA Seabird Rescue
12.2018 - 06.2019
Domestic Veterinary Nurse
SAGE Vets
01.2018 - 07.2018
Seabird Rehabilitator
SANCCOB
03.2016 - 12.2017
Gymnastics Head Coach
Jollettes + College Park Academy
12.2011 - 07.2022
Master of Science - MSc. Animal Ethics, Welfare & Law
University of Winchester
Associate of Science - Government Investigations (Animal Welfare)
ICETS
Associate of Science - Veterinary Nursing
Open Colleges
Associate of Arts - French Studies
TAFE NSW
Bachelor of Science - Conservation Biology
University of Western Australia
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