The Toledo Zoo (Toledo, Ohio) has an internship available. This internship is designed for college students or recent graduates interested in pursuing a career in animal training or animal behavior. Interns will work directly with the Curator of Behavioral Husbandry and Research and animal keepers to learn the principles of animal training and enrichment through [...]
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Animal Career Secrets Explores Careers in Bird Banding. All content copyrighted 2007 by Diana L Guerrero. Some rights reserved. There are many people who are interested in working with birds. There are many different careers with animals and each has a variety of specialty areas. Studies for a career with birds may include [...]
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Animal Career Secrets answers another question regarding a career with animals—age concerns. All content copyrighted 2007 by Diana L Guerrero. Some rights reserved. Recently I conducted an animal career consultation with a middle aged woman. Her concern was about discrimination based on her age. Today, there are many different laws to protect against age [...]
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This post at Animal Career Secrets explores a common misconception about careers with animals. All content copyrighted 2007 by Diana L Guerrero. Some rights reserved. Early in my career one of the industry icons of the time took me aside after a performance. I was on stage with a California sea lion who was in [...]
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In this post at Animal Career Secrets get answers to some commonly asked questions about preparing for a career with animals. All content copyrighted 2007 by Diana L Guerrero. Some rights reserved. There are always more questions to answer regarding how to prepare for a career with animals. One submitted question concerns education—just what is [...]
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In this post at Animal Career Secrets readers learn about why internships, volunteer work, and apprenticing are a good way to get your foot into the door of a career with animals. All content copyrighted 2007 by Diana L Guerrero. Some rights reserved. Rumors that I am off reading Harry Potter & the Deathly Hollows [...]
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This Animal Career Secrets post explores the unusual animal careers within the pet memorial and pet funeral field. All content copyrighted 2007 by Diana L Guerrero. Some rights reserved. Oliver Dingwell conducted his first pet funeral, which commemorated the unfortunate passing of Freddy the Frog, when he was just six years old [read more about [...]
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I just got the heads up that Phoenix Zoo is hiring an Animal Training Supervisor. This is a full-time position and would require that you relocate or live in the Phoenix area. Although you can apply online, please check that you qualify first. Below is the description and you can use the link above to [...]
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The Animal Career Secrets series presents an animal career book review on “Careers for Animal Lovers & Other Zoological Types” by Louise Miller. All content copyrighted 2007 by Diana L Guerrero. Some rights reserved. Careers for Animal Lovers & Other Zoological Types by Louise Miller has been out since 2000 but remains a good beginning [...]
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