How do I become a zoo and wildlife (zoological medicine) veterinarian?
For more details, go to Careers Most of us spend at least a year and sometimes as many as five training in zoo and wildlife (zoological) medicine, and that’s after four years of college and four years of veterinary school. Getting into veterinary school is the first hurdle. Worlwide, there are dozens of vet schools, compared to thousands of medical schools. Each accepts only so many budding veterinarians each year. It takes more than a love of animals to get to this stage. By the time they begin their veterinary studies, most students have already worked in domestic animal private practice–often volunteering to gain experience. They’ve studied hard at a college or university and passed prerequisite courses in biology, math, and chemistry.
