If you love animals, there's far more than 'vet' to choose from. People get paid to shoe horses, train bomb-sniffing dogs, milk venom from snakes, rescue stranded dolphins, breed rare geckos, and solve crimes using insects. Some paths need years of school, and many start with a certificate or on-the-job training.
12 fields, 304 careers
Veterinary Medicine(38): Doctors, specialists, and nurses for animals: from family pet clinics to animal ERs, cancer centers, and dairy farms.
Pet Care & Services(25): The booming pet industry: grooming, walking, boarding, products, and businesses built around the animals people love.
Animal Training & Behavior(20): Understanding why animals act the way they do and teaching them skills, from service dogs to falcons to film stars.
Zoos & Aquariums(23): Caring for wild animals in human care, and using them to inspire people and save species in the wild.
Wildlife & Conservation Biology(24): Studying, protecting, and managing wild animals and the places they live, from backyard bats to endangered condors.
Marine Mammals & Fisheries(23): Life in the water: whales and dolphins, fish and shellfish, and the people who study, rescue, farm, and catch them.
Horses & Equine Careers(34): The whole world around horses: racing, show jumping, ranch work, breeding, horse medicine, and old crafts like horseshoeing.
Animal Science & Livestock(31): Raising, breeding, feeding, and protecting the animals that produce our food, plus the science behind it.
Animal Welfare, Rescue & Control(22): Protecting animals from harm: shelters, cruelty investigators, disaster rescuers, wildlife rehabbers, and the lawyers and scientists who…
Laboratory Animal Science & Research(21): Caring for the animals that make medical research possible, with a strong focus on their welfare and humane treatment.
Animal Health Industry(15): The companies and agencies behind animal medicine: the scientists, regulators, product managers, and plant workers who create, approve,…
Insects, Reptiles & Exotic Species(28): The less-cuddly but endlessly fascinating side of the animal world: bees, bugs, snakes, venom, and rare birds.
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