hey! i’m looking for any advice on what career path i should go in to. for backstory, elephants have been my favorite animal for as long as i can remember, which has led me to want to care for them and other wildlife. i have been thinking about an animal science career for about a year or so now but i’m not sure what to do. i’m starting college this fall and i plan to major in veterinary technology, and double minor in non-profit organizations as well as animal sciences. my plan as of right now is to go further with my education and get my doctorate of veterinary medicine (DVM). once i earn my doctorate and have been working as a vet for a while i want to open up my own practice and also run a non-profit animal sanctuary. but the other half of me wants to go into wildlife rehabilitation and conservation. specifically helping elephants held in captivity and ones that may be injured or at risk of poachers in the wild. i do not want to limit myself to just elephants though as i do have a passion for all animals and i want to help them. i know that no matter what career i find myself in, it will be dedicated to improving the lives of animals and spreading awareness for them.

part of what kind of drives me away from going into the conservational field is how much paper work there is. i know that every job has its cons and being a vet/business owner will come with its own share of paper work, but i want to be really hands on with my work and i know that i am making my dream come true. i guess i’m just not really sure which direction i want to take my career but i am sure i want to give back to the animal kingdom.

i appreciate any advice or suggestions!

(i also apologize if this is the wrong sub to post this in. i will gladly remove it and post it in the correct one.

Hey everyone, We are analysing data from five bird sancturies. We have records of every month during the breeding season for a period of one year. Need a help in calculating similarity index of five sites. I read that Sorenson's index is widely used but how do I use that for 5 study sites?? Please help if anyone is good at statistics.

Please suggest if there are any other statistical methods we can use to analyse the data.

Hello,

I am a math student in my final semester of college, and for my research class, I am trying to model population dynamics between species using the Lotka-Volterra predator prey model. The only thing is, I am having trouble finding a reliable and accurate real world data set that I can use as a case study. I've been searching for data sets for quite a while now, but all I've managed to find repeatedly is the Hudson Bay Lynx/Hare data that is often used as an example when discussing the predator-prey model. Does anyone know of any websites or academic papers that conduct studies and have data sets of predator and prey species' population over time?

Thank you.

Hey all! I am looking for some advice on how to most effectively make use of a free 7 month block. I will try to briefly describe my situation.

I am currently studying for a bachelors in global sustainability with a focus on sustainable food systems. I would love to work with regenerative agriculture/sustainable farmer transitions, but am also considering futures in something related to conservation or environmental education. I value field time and don’t mind travel at all.

I will have a break from school from july 2024 to february 2025. I would love to use this time to do some kind of job/internship that is both stimulating and has some value in pushing my career/connections forward, basically something I enjoy which would have a nice place on my resume.

I will be applying to some positions with ACE as soon as they’re posted for my available time period. I am also considering working a harvest season in the fall (mostly for the money in case nothing else comes to fruition). the major issue i am facing is that this period of time is quite strange and does not line up with summer or winter seasonal work in the US - I am not sure whether this stands true for Europe because I am less familiar with the relevant organizations/opportunities.

Thus I am reaching out to you, lovely redditors, for advice. Where should i look for such opportunities? who can I reach out to? please feel free to drop any suggestions regardless of location. General tips also welcome :) Happy trails and thank you all in advance!!

I’m working on a paper for a public policy class and I chose to focus on wetland conservation because I felt it was an important aspect of environmentalism that tends to get overshadowed by things like climate change or charismatic megafauna. I already wrote a problem definition paper describing what the issue is and I was pretty confident about that part and the professor really liked the level of information and uniqueness of the topic & approach. But now it’s the solution paper, and part of that is describing the status quo of what’s being done, and I’m having some difficulties getting into the actual details of this. The EPA talks about how it uses money to fund conservation, stop pollution and ensure water quality, but I feel like this is somewhat vague. What actual actions on the ground level are being taken? Which ones are receiving more or less funding compared to others? The NOAA and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service were a bit more clear on the first of those questions, a bit less so on the latter. Also what activities being done by groups outside of the government are most prevalent/relevant for understanding the current status quo? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, I want to really understand the topic both for this paper and to better understand environmentalism as it is actually done since it is something I care about and might want to work for after I graduate.

TLDR: what specific actions are being done in the U.S. for wetland habit conservation, and which of those actions are more or less emphasized right now?