<p>Do you have a zoo within a couple hours drive for you? Our zoo hosts Career Day where they talk about careers, typical hours, job advancement, pay, etc. They also give out a hand out listing colleges with good programs. My daughter knows a woman at the zoo and she said a really good background in biology and psychology is best.</p>
<p>I’ll plug the U of Minnesota:
tiger research at the UMN: [Projects</a> | Collaborative Laboratory for Asian Wildlife Studies (CLAWS) | CFANS | University of Minnesota.](<a href=“http://claws.umn.edu/projects/index.html]Projects”>http://claws.umn.edu/projects/index.html)
Lion Research Center: [About</a> Us | Lion Research Center | University of Minnesota](<a href=“http://www.cbs.umn.edu/eeb/lionresearch/who/]About”>http://www.cbs.umn.edu/eeb/lionresearch/who/)</p>
<p>There are also majors in conservation biology and wildlife
[Fisheries</a> and Wildlife Major : Department of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology : College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences : University of Minnesota](<a href=“http://fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/undergraduate/major/index.htm]Fisheries”>http://fwcb.cfans.umn.edu/undergraduate/major/index.htm)</p>
<p>Their field station is up north at Lake Itasca (aka the headwaters of the Mississippi)
[Itasca</a> Biological Station and Labs | University of Minnesota](<a href=“http://www.cbs.umn.edu/itasca/]Itasca”>Itasca Biological Station and Laboratories | College of Biological Sciences)</p>