animal handlers

Wildlife management professionals

Animal handlers are people who work with animals professionally—training, caring for, transporting, or managing them.

The term covers a wide range: zookeepers, dog trainers, wildlife rehabilitators, circus performers, and those who wrangle animals for film productions.

The animal handlers prepared the horses for the scene.

The work requires specialized knowledge of animal behavior and safety protocols.

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falconer · wildlife sanctuary · big cats · lion tamer · herpetologist · farm · harness · protective gloves · bite wound · safety protocol · equestrian · veterinarian · dogs · groomer · crate · circus · cats · horses

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role relationship to animals

animal handlersveterinarians

Medical professionals treating animals

animal behaviorists · zoologists

object of professional care

animal handlersnurses

Medical care professionals

healthcare aides · social workers

relationship to captivity/wildness

animal handlerswildlife conservationists

Those protecting wild species

wildlife photographers · naturalists

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