Zoo vet tech and wildlife rehabber.

I'm a vet tech. Worked mostly in mixed, exotic practice. Since moving to the Twin Cities, I work with small animal. I would love to work for the zoo. But, basically someone has to die before the positions open up. Becoming a Tech is a good in. Nimbus would be a good one to ask.

Im a zoology major at the University of Hawaii. The classes you want to take are all dependent on what you want to specialize in. Unfortunatly for me, I was pre-vet and decided to go into behavior instead, not a ton of classes here. However, if you're interested in fish then there are a ton of classes here, so it depends on where you are. I highly recomend you take vertebrate zoology if your school offers it. I took an ethology (animal behavior) class and was disappointed, but i think that was mostly because of the professor. I also took animal physiology, the usualy prof left and they brought some old man out of retirement to teach the class, we studied sea slugs a lot, way boring but the class had potential. I have recently become involoved in entomology so I am taking a class this fall. If there is a zoo in your area try to get a volunteer position or docent job, it looks great for experience and usually you have a lot of options with what animals you want to work with. I volunteer at the local zoo working with tigers and primates and I love it. So there is a lot of options, you just need to pick a focus. Hope this helps and god luck.

I'm an animal keeper at the San Francisco Zoo in the primate department, and I mostly work with our Chimps and Gorillas. I've worked in all the animal departments except elephants and primates has always been my favorite since I got my degree in Biological Anthropolgy.
Now I'm just a poop scooper with a fancy title.