The following is a brief list of some potential internships for both undergraduate and graduate students in animal training. They may range from basic laboratory work with animals to nonacademic sites around the world. The US Navy Marine Mammal Program They have recently developed the Animal Care and Training Internship Program. The program is designed to give undergraduate students hands-on experience with marine mammals while supporting the training and research staff.
Students have the opportunity to work with dolphins, sea lions, and a beluga whale.
The Denver Zoo's Wildlife Show will have several paid internships available beginning this spring and continuing until September. The Denver Zoo presents a mixed species show that includes, reptiles, mammals and both flighted and non-flighted birds. This is Dr. Jim Johnston's detector dog research group based out of Auburn University. Anyway you look at it, it's a great program. Here's one I learned of a while back.