SF Zoo; tiger bait.



She was accepted into this pre-internship program ("Nature trail") where kids work with animals (small at first, like geckos, snakes, etc.) and talk to the public about them. It's basically a full time job, 2 days week during the summer. They work up to working with raptors and larger animals and doing more conservation advocacy type stuff - once they're in the program, they're in for as long as they continue to perform adequately (in other words, as long as their family continues to drive them to work). It's a pretty amazing program.

She wants to be a vet and all she watches is Animal Planet. I'm really proud she got in (she had to do a written application and interview and in pre-tiger years it was a very competitive program), but honestly, I can't imagine a kid better suited for this. She loves animals and she loves to talk.

I'm very proud of her.

(thanks for asking!)