ABSTRACT
Whether you are seeking a position in marine mammal clinical practice or marine mammal conservation and management, the opportunities available are varied and depend on your interests, skills, expertise, and abilities. One thing is certain: as a veterinarian with broad medical, scientific, and customer service expertise, you have excellent basic training in a variety of fields (Mashima, 1997), and can take your career in any direction that you wish. When you consider everything you are capable of doing, you will amaze yourself. One of the authors (L.A.D.) keeps this inspirational message on her desk, above a picture of a snow-covered, blue-skied mountain: “I am not in the habit of starting my day by thinking of things that I cannot get done!” Any one of the multitude of scientific, technical, and nontechnical topics/fields discussed in this textbook is a potential job opportunity for you.
