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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does she want to help animals or does she want to interface with animals? Those are by and large two different things. If she wants to help animals, consider a career in developing alternative proteins (e.g. plant,-based foods like beyond or impossible burger), working in policy (e.g. economics on the house or Senate ag committees, policy analyst at the USDA, aide for a sympathetic lawmaker), [b]attorney for animal rights (many non-profits hire on this dimension)[/b], a policy analyst at the USDA (possibly she can work her way up to an ses position with political influence), or go into bioinformatics or computer science and learn about using AI in service of these other goals.

As other posters noted, most jobs that interface directly with animals (E.g. USDA, animal control, veterinarian, zookeeper, state departments of agriculture, fish and wildlife service) usually involve killing or hurting animals sometimes. It is my view (as a vegan mediumly hardcore animal rights activist) that sometimes the kindest thing to do for an animal is to kill it and that sometimes animals pose such a threat to human well being that I am grateful there are people willing to do these tough jobs. Maybe your daughter will bring a level of compassion to tough jobs like euthanasia or population control or disease control in such a way that the animals will be treated better than they otherwise would have. But in my view, if the goal is to help animals the most, introduce the idea that this might be accomplished best with careers that are less hands on. If that's her interest, I suggest she check out the website 80,000 hours to learn more about careers that help animals.[/quote]

No they don't. Not even sure what you mean by "on this dimension."[/quote]

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