Endangered animals..?

Question

hi im 13 yrs old and when im older i want to research endangered animals and interact with them. is this job hard to get? does it pay well? tell me some info about this job? pleasee :)

Answer 1

the pay is meagre if you even get paid many times the research is done thru universities and you are working under a professor,the job is long hours in tough natural conditions.No you do not get to interact with the animals hence the word endangered they want as little contact with humans as possible.You will not be able to pet ,touch or cuddle them.

Answer 2

I work as a wildlife biologist and study endangered species for a living.  I do not interact with them...this would not be helpful, it would instead cause them to die more quickly.  The last thing you want to do is make animals become acclimated to humans, especially endangered species.  You might be more interested in working in a zoo or as a wildlife rehabilitator if you want to interact more.  Most jobs working with animals do not pay well...the higher your degree, and the more experience you have the more money you will make.  Pay also depends on WHO your work for.

Answer 3

You might not want to do endangered species. These jobs have far more pressure on them to do well, because of the possibility of their species becoming exctinct. If I was able to start a rehibilitation center, or work in one, I would try to not get attatched with most of the animals, because we havt to release them. There are often cases in which you would not be able to (disabilities, used to human care, to old to get accumulated, etc)  A good idea is to work at a zoo, but, if you want animal interaction many zoo's no longer allow much of this.

I volunteer at the local zoo and we don't walk tigers, or go in the same room as them even if they are behind a fence, nor do the keepers. I get to sometimes interact with the penguins and some meerkats, but, you would be suprised at the amount of dangerous animals there are.

A good bet would be the Sandie Ago Zoo, they have a lot more animal interaction--which gets dangerous BTW. I don't agree with Sea World, but, you can try that. If you want to be a trainer, become a marine biologist and volunteer there for a year or so before you go after a training job. They look closer at reliable volunteers then people with actual jobs :p.

There isn't any good paying jobs involved with animals, well there are a few, but, those don't involve much animal interaction.Working in the field isn't something you usually get to do on a daily business, and there is a lot of things you have to do, reports, etc. I would say to try a good zoo, or a rehabilitation center, and the people who probably interact with animals the most are Zoo Vetrenarians.

Answer 4

The pay will probably not be very good but it would likely be fulfilling job.  I am not sure how much you would get to interact with them though.

You would probably have to work through a state or federal agency (US Fish and WIldlife Service).  If you want to do hands on type things working in a large zoo that does research would be the way to go where you could work in other countries on conservation projects.