What is the major called where you want to protect animals?

Question

i may want to protect animals when i grow up.i want to be like a vegetarian,\recycler who protects the earth.i want to go to georgia southern.what major would this be listed under?i couldnt find it on their majors page.

Answer 1

Do you want to protect Wild or Domestic animals?

Contact a place you want to work, such as Fish & Wildlife or ASPCA, to find out the requirements, education, training, and experience need to work there.

Wild Animals:

some Degrees: Wildlife Biology, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Management, Wildlife Ecology, Zoology, ...

http://www.gohuntgeorgia.com/documentdet...

A Career as a Conservation Ranger

Minimum Education and Preferred Experience

University or College: Completion of an associates degree OR completion of at least 90 quarter hours or 60 semester hours from an accredited college or university.

Technical College: Completion of an associates degree. Technical College certificates and/or accumulated hours without an associates degree do not qualify.

http://www.state.tn.us/twra/pdfs/career....

A career as a Wildlife Officer

APPLICANTS FOR WILDLIFE OFFICER MUST...

• Be a college graduate with a degree in wildlife or

fish management OR in the biological sciences,

agricultural sciences, forestry, zoology or a

closely related field with at least 20 semester

hours of wildlife or fisheries related courses.

http://www.state.tn.us/twra/employment.h...

http://www.fws.gov/georgia/

http://www.fws.gov/le/AboutLE/about_le.h...

http://training.fws.gov/learn/courses.ht...

Domestic Animals:

some Degrees/education: National Cruelty Investigators School Levels, Animal Science, Zoology, Animal Medicine/Health, Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement, Applied Sciences, Agriculture, ....

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pag...

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pag...

http://leti.missouri.edu/animal3.htm

http://www.humanesocietyu.org/degrees_an...

http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publicatio...

Answer 2

Terms to look for would be "conservationism" and "biology".

Answer 3

Did you try wildlife preservation?

Answer 4

Is there a hippy major?

Lol sorry I really don't know. But I'd say it's the same thing animal rescue workers study. Try emailing RSPCA (or equivalent) and asking.

Answer 5

The field of study you're probably looking for is ecology, which is a subfield within biology.  GSU does offer a major in biology.  If you are set on GSU, that is probably your best bet.  Some other schools do have specialized majors in ecology or environmental science.  

What you can do in the mean time is take as much math and science in school as you can.