Jobs Interacting with animals and wildlife.
1. Zookeeper
A zookeeper, employed by a zoo or aquarium, is responsible for caring for animals and their enclosures. A zookeeper's activities include preparing meals, cleaning enclosures, and monitoring animal behavior. Depending on the animal in question, a zookeeper might also groom and exercise animals.
2. Animal and Wildlife Educator
Zoos, aquariums, parks, and museums employ educators and program developers to create a variety of materials—brochures, videos, guided tours, exhibits—to educate visitors about animals and wildlife. Opportunities range from volunteer positions to full-time staff positions. As an educator, you can also create content for books, magazines, newspapers, and web-media.
3. Zoo Curator
Zoo curators are responsible for the acquisition of animals. Zoos acquire animals primarily through captive breeding programs. Occasionally, animals are traded among zoos or, on rare occasions, collected from the wild. The collection, trade, and transport of animals is regulated by government agencies; consequently the zoo curator acts as a liaison between these agencies and the zoo. Additionally, the zoo curator plays a role in the administration of zoo functions and captive breeding programs.
4. Wildlife Rehabilitator
Wildlife rehabilitation is the process of caring for ill, injured or orphaned wild animals and releasing them back in to their habitat once able to care for themselves. A wildlife rehabilitator often steps in when human activity has caused harm to wildlife: oil spills, lumbering activity, trapping, hunting. Rehabilitators must acquire permits from state and federal wildlife agencies before they can possess or handle wildlife.
5. Animal Behaviorist
Animal behaviorists train zoologists and other zoo employees how to interact with and successfully care for animals. Animal behaviorists are often trained in ethology--the study of animal behavior--and have experience working first-hand with animals.
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A zookeeper, employed by a zoo or aquarium, is responsible for caring for animals and their enclosures. A zookeeper's activities include preparing meals, cleaning enclosures, and monitoring animal behavior. Depending on the animal in question, a zookeeper might also groom and exercise animals.
2. Animal and Wildlife Educator
Zoos, aquariums, parks, and museums employ educators and program developers to create a variety of materials—brochures, videos, guided tours, exhibits—to educate visitors about animals and wildlife. Opportunities range from volunteer positions to full-time staff positions. As an educator, you can also create content for books, magazines, newspapers, and web-media.
3. Zoo Curator
Zoo curators are responsible for the acquisition of animals. Zoos acquire animals primarily through captive breeding programs. Occasionally, animals are traded among zoos or, on rare occasions, collected from the wild. The collection, trade, and transport of animals is regulated by government agencies; consequently the zoo curator acts as a liaison between these agencies and the zoo. Additionally, the zoo curator plays a role in the administration of zoo functions and captive breeding programs.
4. Wildlife Rehabilitator
Wildlife rehabilitation is the process of caring for ill, injured or orphaned wild animals and releasing them back in to their habitat once able to care for themselves. A wildlife rehabilitator often steps in when human activity has caused harm to wildlife: oil spills, lumbering activity, trapping, hunting. Rehabilitators must acquire permits from state and federal wildlife agencies before they can possess or handle wildlife.
5. Animal Behaviorist
Animal behaviorists train zoologists and other zoo employees how to interact with and successfully care for animals. Animal behaviorists are often trained in ethology--the study of animal behavior--and have experience working first-hand with animals.
~Message me for animal & wildlife advice~
