• Veterinary careers enable animal lovers to help animals and satisfy the need for a rewarding career with a high salary.chat malade image by margouillat photo from Fotolia.com
  
  Working with animals is a career choice that is popular among animal lovers. A rise in animal neglect, social and emotional disorders, hereditary diseases, parasite infections, and also cancer creates demand for professions in the veterinary field. Specialized veterinary careers are not only geared to remedy these issues, but these careers are in demand and have salaries higher than that of other key professions. Ultimately, specialized veterinary careers enables animal lovers to work closely with animals while maintaining a position in a career field that pays high dividends.
  
  

Veterinary Pathologist

• With diseases like cancer that affect tissue in animals, veterinary pathologist are essential to understand how diseases begin and affect animals. Although many veterinary pathologists work in animal hospitals and clinics, veterinary pathologist have a firm position in pharmaceutical companies also. Before drugs are released to the general public, many drugs undergo clinical trials on animals to secure safety and record side effects. This is done under the supervision of a veterinary pathologist which consequentially increases the span of careers for veterinary pathologists. Median salaries for vet pathologist are between $120,000 and $160,000.
  
  

Animal Welfare Attorney

• These attorneys are specialized in the work that they do, focusing on animal rights and treatment. Although overall, animal welfare lawyers work indirectly with animals, many of these attorneys must have contact with animals since they will be representing facts in cases like animal cruelty and veterinarian malpractice. In these instances, animal welfare lawyers may be required to interact with these animals to personally witness damages. The median salary for animal welfare lawyers is $94,930.
  
  

Animal Assisted Therapist

• Some animals have severe mental, social, and emotional issues that can stem from abuse and neglect like that of dog fighting. When these animals are reintegrated into society with humans and other dogs, their ability to function with people and other animals is compromised. Animal assisted therapists not only help to mend the human/animal relationship, but do so by studying animal behavior and create remedies based upon their findings. The median salary for Animal-assisted therapists is approximately $60,180 per year.