Any good Zoology jobs?

I've just seen planet of the apes, and I was just thinking, I really want to go into the animal career, and do something to help animals, but I want something with exotic animals, and helping them... not regular dogs or cats... something interesting and strange. I want to help animals thatve been injured by things that are OUR fault, the humans... like oil spills and stuff. And i also would like to get a job as I'm young and going to school as a zoo keeper or something, do you need a degree in that? Id like to actually care for the animals.... but that's not what I'd like to do as a career.... so what job would be good for me? I love animals and want to help them.... thanks!

Wow it's funny I just saw that movie, too and may want to work in Zoology. Anyway, it's a great career field and what you could do is specialize in a certain type of animal you would like to, for example, primates (monkeys and apes), or marine life. Just examples by the way. Also if you want to care for animals and help the environment a conservationist is a really good way to go, they help preserve the environment and help animals in the wild that may have been neglected or injured. Also a biologist or ecologist are great jobs, ecologist study how animals work or react to the environment around them. I'm sure the scientist who created the food chain was an ecologist. Biologist study the living things themselves, the make up, attitude, etc. Also an Environmental Project Manager, they are practically the head of the projects, like the oil spill clean in the Gulf of Mexico. All of these careers in some way would contribute positively to the environment in different ways. So I'm sure you'll be happy with all of them. Also you will need at the VERY LEAST a Bachelor's Degree, but a Master's Degree is probably the way to go. Doctorate Degrees are better but you have to spend 6 - 8 years in college for that. It's hard to get a job in Zoology so a Master's Degree is great. Planet of the Apes was awesome wasn't it. Hope this helped!