Time split between caring for and exercising animals and completing office work. Risk of injury or illness from working near wild animals and handling injured or ill ones. Experience with exotic animals recommended. The subject of this biography is not available to answer personal inquiries. For more information, please write to the following organizations.
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Topeka, KS 66606 American Society of Animal Science 309 W. Clark St. Champaign, IL 61820 To find information about similar careers, see separate Vocational Biographies booklet index and cluster listing, an encyclopedia, or books on careers found in your library, career center, or counseling or placement office. Check the vertical file, card catalog, microfiche, or computer listing. Also see the Environment and Natural Resources, Hospitality and Recreation, and Public Service Careers clusters in the Vocational Biographies Career Library Index. WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW Visit a zoological park and speak to biologists there about what they do. Get a part-time or summer job at such a park or work with exotic animals at another facility.