Associate Veterinarian

Associate Veterinarian

The Dickerson Park Zoo is seeking the next Associate Veterinarian. The Associate Veterinarian is a key position and is responsible for assisting in overseeing the health care of the Zoo's animal collection. The Associate Veterinarian ensures a good preventive health care program and treatment for sick and injured animals, for the animal collection of more than 400 individual animals, representing about 165 different domestic, native and exotic species. Many sick, injured and orphaned animals, especially birds of prey, are also treated each year as part of the rehabilitation program for native wildlife. The Zoo's animal collection is composed of many species managed through the Species Survival Plan of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, such as Asian elephant, cheetah, maned wolf, Mexican grey wolf, Malayan tiger and many more. The Zoo participates in AZA SAFE programs for threatened species such as giraffes and cheetahs and contributes to more than twenty conservation programs worldwide to save species and wildlife habitat. The Veterinarian oversees and mentors many students doing pre-veterinary internships and veterinary school externships and preceptorships at the Zoo each semester.

Benefits include: generous paid leave, paid pension retirement, paid health insurance, and MUCH MORE!

Having met their rigorous standards, the Zoo has been accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums since 1986.