| When you are an animal lover, there are all sorts of | | | | certain animal, such as the possum, grows bigger |
| careers that you could go into. If you're good at | | | | very quickly, then this has a large impact of the |
| science and biology, you could become a zoologist. If | | | | wildlife in that area. The more possums there are, the |
| you like helping animals that are sick, you could | | | | more the plants will deteriorate because these |
| become a veterinarian. Then there is a career in | | | | possums are easting them. It can also change the |
| wildlife management. If you like animals and you want | | | | populations of other animals. |
| to keep the environment and the planet healthy, and | | | | If a predator, such as a mountain lion, has a |
| then you may want to learn about a career in wildlife | | | | population boom, then the animals that those |
| management. | | | | predators eat will become endangered. They may |
| This kind of career is really fulfilling for people who | | | | even become extinct if we aren't careful. Learning |
| care just as much about the environment as they do | | | | about a career in wildlife management will let you |
| about animals. When you find out about a career in | | | | know just how important this career is for the health |
| wildlife management, you will see that there are | | | | of the environment. Wildlife managers monitor the |
| things that most of these wildlife managers have in | | | | populations of the animals in certain designated areas. |
| common. For starters, wildlife mangers usually work | | | | Certain managers might be assigned to a specific |
| closely with park rangers and other officials. A lot of | | | | park or even a whole state. They pay close attention |
| the work is done out on the field and in the | | | | to the animals and other wildlife in these areas so if |
| outdoors. The basic job of a wildlife manager is to | | | | there is a change, they can do something about it |
| make sure that the populations of the animals in the | | | | quickly. |
| local ecosystem is healthy. When you learn about a | | | | If this sounds at all interesting to you, then you |
| career in wildlife management, you will see how | | | | should learn about a career in wildlife management. |
| important this can be. | | | | Then you can decide if it is right for you. Not |
| The ecosystem of a small area or the planet in | | | | everyone is cut out for this job. It requires a lot of |
| general, can be thrown completely out of whack | | | | aptitudes in such subjects as math, biology, and |
| from the simplest of problems. If the population of a | | | | politics. |