Careers+with+Animals

Discovering Careers for Your Future: Animals Chicago, IL: Ferguson/Facts on File, 20 05  Call Number: 636.0023 DIS

**__Summary/Description__:** This book describes twenty different options for people who desire to one day obtain a career that deals with animals. For each of the twenty careers listed, it also describes the education and training you must receive prior to each job, salaries, and the outlook on how each career may either develop, or shrink in its employment size. In the "Beyond the Book" section below, links are listed to help one continue their research on several of the careers included in the book.

__**Beyond the Book**__: Go beyond the book by exploring these recommended web resources: >
 * [|Animal Breeders and Technicians]- This website provides more information for those of you interested in becoming an animal breeder or technician. If you choose to explore more on this website, you will be given more details on where animal breeders and technicians may more specifically be needed.
 * [|Animal Training]- You can learn more about what it may be like to be an animal trainer and what it takes to get there on this website. It also provides information on what it may take to be hired as an animal trainer for big events and tourists attractions, or even just to be a trainer on a smaller scale. This website also contains information on other careers in similar fields.
 * [|Job Options in Zoos and Aquariums]- On this website, many different options are listed for those who are interested in working in either an aquarium or a zoo. Each career listed is also paired with a brief description of what one's main focus may be if they are hired for such a job.
 * [|Biology and More]- This website goes more in depth on the many options available for biologist, what one may branch off to in biology, the outlook on the career and much more.
 * [|Park Ranger]- On this website, more detail is given on the many tasks a park ranger may be challenged with. It also briefly discusses the outlook of this career, and different salary options.
 * [|Veterinarian]- On this part of the website, you can learn more about what a veterinarian does on a regular basis and how one may get the proper education to enter this career. It also describes the typical salary of one in this career and goes into specifics about other parts of this career.
 * [|Veterinary Technologists and Technicians]- This page describes the ways in which a veterinary technologist or technician may assist a veterinarian. The salary and outlook of this career, as well as the education needed prior to entering the field and other specifics.