VIDEO: 5 awesome jobs working with animals

There are so many great jobs working with animals that it’s time we expanded our animal career vocabulary beyond just ‘veterinarian’.

Check out these 5 awesome jobs working with animals; there’s options for the level of study you’d like to undertake, from TAFE courses to degrees and PhDs, and plenty of diversity in what you’ll be doing day to day.

If you’re interested in saving animals from illegal wildlife trade, consider becoming a wildlife forensic scientist. Or if you like getting up close and personal, becoming an animal nutritionist will see you assessing the animals’ overall health to decide their optimum diet.

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STEM + animals career role models

• Dr Vanessa Pirotta – this wildlife scientist always wanted to study marine biology. Now a PhD student, she’s using drones to collect whale snot to improve whale health.
• Hannah Passmore – University of Adelaide graduate Hannah Passmore saves lives for a living – as a vet at an animal emergency centre in Adelaide.
• Dr Ludovic Dutoit – he’s a bioinformatics specialist at the University of Otago, where he researches genetics and lectures on all things animals.
• Skye Blackburn – this entomologist and food scientist launched her own startup to get bugs on our plates.
• Dr Thomas Newsome – as an ecologist and lecturer at the University of Sydney, Thomas is investigating how humans and animals shape ecosystems.

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