Becoming A BARK Ranger with the National Park Service!
National parks are wonderful areas to explore, especially with pets!
How To Become An Animal Control Officer
Life has an animal control officer can be exciting, challenging, and rewarding. But it’s also difficult, both emotionally and physically. Are you interested in the field?
How To Become A Zookeeper
There are many different ways to have a career working with animals. One such way? Becoming a zookeeper! Keeping wild animals in zoos has a long and controversial history (and the dehumanizing and incredibly racist trend of keeping people in zoos around the turn of...
Conservation Dogs: How Dogs Use Their Sense of Smell to Help Endangered Species
Dogs are incredible animals. With a heightened sense of smell and millennia of artificial selection, there are so many jobs that dogs can do and one important one is as a conservation canine. This work involves dogs being trained to detect organic and inorganic...
How to Become a Wildlife Rehabilitator
Wildlife rehabilitation is an incredibly important field, especially with the rise in urban development and the alarming effects of climate change. Between the increasing network of busy roads, growing light pollution, reflective windows of homes and other buildings,...
Working Dogs: What Jobs Do Dogs Have?
Dogs are incredible animals and with thousands of years of selective breeding behind them, dogs today often have traits and instincts that make them great in certain jobs. Over the centuries, dogs have spent a significant amount of time working in agricultural...
Holistic Pet Care
Caring for yourself and other living creatures can be a lot to handle, which may be why holistic medicine and alternative care treatments are becoming more and more popular. Hydrotherapy, massage, and acupuncture are all part of the holistic care field that can help...
How To Become A Professional Dog Trainer
In this day and age, there are many ways to work with animals as a career and one such way is becoming a professional dog trainer! Training dogs is more than just teaching a dog to sit and high five, as you'll also need to work with the dog and their owners on...
How To Be A Beekeeper
For those who love bees and want to spend time with them, beekeeping can be a great hobby or even a profession! Humans have been keeping bees for roughly 9,000 years and collecting honey from wild bee colonies dates back even farther. For those with gardens or an...
Ten Career Paths Where You Can Work With Animals
I've been lucky enough to be around and work with animals of all kinds for much of my life. This passion and love for animals is a big reason why I started this blog! There are so many ways to work hands-on with animals, whether it's a career, a hobby, or...
Happy Pride Month! Here Are Some Pride Month Puppers and LGBTQ+ Folks Working in Pet Care and STEM
Commemorating the anniversary of the Stonewall Inn Riots that happened in June, 1969, Pride Month is a dedication to celebrating and fighting for the entire LGBTQ+ community. Here at Animals of the Pacific Northwest, we wholeheartedly support LGBTQ+ folks (and fully...
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Women to Know on International Women’s Day [Update].
Today is International Women’s Day, a day in which to celebrate women all around the world while also focusing on the many issues that women face on a regular basis. There have been so many women who have studied, worked with, and helped animals and the environment...