People Who Work with Animals
Do you love animals? There are many kinds of jobs for people who do. A few of those jobs are listed here.
Veterinary surgeons, or vets, keep animals healthy. City vets deal mostly with pets, giving them injections to keep them well. Country vets take care of farm animals, such as cows and horses.
Zoologists study animals to find out where and how they live, how they get along with people and other animals, and how they change over time. Zoologists work in laboratories, zoos, or museums. Or they work at wildlife refuges in the jungle, at sea, or wherever animals live.
Naturalists study nature by watching it carefully. They hike in the country to watch birds, or they visit museums, parks, and zoos. Many naturalists keep notes, sketches, and photographs of everything they see. You don’t have to wait to be a grown-up to be a naturalist! Many areas have nature-study programmes for children.
Game wardens and rangers help protect wild animals in National parks and game preserves. They rescue animals stranded by floods or fire and make sure people obey fishing, hunting, and camping laws.
Farmers and ranchers raise livestock that provide food for people all over the world. Farmers raise such livestock as chickens, pigs, and dairy and beef cattle. Ranchers raise sheep and cattle on huge farms.
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People to the Rescue
Many people around the world are doing all they can to help save animals from becoming extinct. Zoos used to be just a collection of animals kept in cages to amuse people. Today, zoos try to keep the animals happy, too. Many animals are given large areas to live in that feel just like their homes in the wild. Zoos also breed and take care of endangered animals to save them from extinction.
Wildlife reserves and national parks are areas of land where animals and plants can live safely. There are reserves and national parks all around the world.
People help animals in other ways, too. In many countries, laws ban the hunting or catching of certain animals. Often, when animals are put in danger by a crisis, such as an oil spill, people work around the clock to save them.
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Thursday, February 18. 2021
Too Much Hunting
Hyenas and hawks, foxes and frogs, spiders and snakes, lions and lizards, dolphins and dragonflies - all these, and many more animals, are hunters. They hunt and kill other creatures for food. Some people think such killing is cruel, but it keeps nature in balance.
People are hunters, too. They hunt for sport and for food. In many cases, hunting does not upset the balance of nature. In many countries, people are allowed to hunt only animals that are plentiful.
But some hunters kill tigers, leopards, otters, alligators, and other rare animals for their fur or skin. They sell the fur or skin to companies that make coats, shoes, belts, and bags from them. Hunters kill rhinoceroses for their horns and elephants for their tusks. They kill as many of these animals as they can for money. In many parts of the world these animals are being wiped out by hunting!
Many governments around the world have passed hunting laws to try to save animals. Hunters who break these laws and are caught have to pay huge fines - or go to prison.
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