Pardon me for asking, but how did you get to be a zookeeper? Was it something you went to school for, or did you work up to it by volunteering at the zoo and such?



I'm actually am FX artist of all things, but have had a love (obsession?) with animals my whole life. I'm going to start volunteering at the Wildlife Waystation near my home, and know that after aquiring 100 hours or so working with the animals there, I can volunteer to help the zoo keepers at the LA Zoo (also near my house). Heh...of course, I have to put in quite a few hours doing things like mailings and such at the waystation before they'll even let me take the training course there to help with the animals...so, I have alot of hours ahead of me. Right now I'm just looking into it as a hobby and a way to fill my thirst for animals when I'm not working on film gigs... because I'm fairly certain it can't really turn into anything else unless I had a degree (and my degree is in Theatrical Design, so that certainly won't help...LOL). Either way though, I'm extremely excited about it.



Sorry for the short novel I just wrote...I was just curious to find out how people in the field came about their jobs?



Thanks!!!
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