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Cheetah Research Paper

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LIGHTS. CAMERA. ACTION. The setting was Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, Florida, where the last of the DaSilva sisters arrives. Two older sisters and not a day will go by where I am not extremely grateful for everything they will teach me. Another hot, humid summer day, but still beautiful; my parents take me home to meet my large Cape Verdean family. Taking a sneak peak into my life at age seven, all I wanted to do was play outside, identifying wildlife, running with our family dog, and climbing trees. Then, insert the movie Cheetah by Jeff Blyth into my life, and I am immensely influenced. The story revolves around two California teens that travel to Kenya with their parents and befriend a Masai boy and a cheetah cub. Well …show more content…

In the months following the start of school, I desperately desire to leave the cold of Massachusetts and go back to my hometown of Orlando, Florida. Participating in the Disney College Program strengthened my skills interacting with a variety of guests and all of my spare time involved Disney’s Animal Kingdom; it is clarified to me I need to go back to school, obtain a degree, and work with animals. Back at school, I decide to follow a career in wildlife conservation and ecology. To aid with my career goals I work in the biology lab labeling pelts, bones, and animal specimens. Now, at twenty-four as I reflect throughout the years on my work experiences in retail, food and beverage, as a new students orientation counselor, and a real estate age, every time my love for an animal career prevailed, especially animal education. I believe conflicts and obstacles of life set us up to achieve even greater things. Rewinding quickly to age twenty-one, I complete my four years, obtain a bachelor’s degree, and plan for my first job out of university. That summer as my undergraduate career comes to an end and my first career begins, I join the Humane Society Naples as a veterinary assistant. I helped medically examine shelter animals, medicate, vaccinate, proper animal restraint, foster services, secretarial duties, and helped other areas of operation, also volunteering at the Southwest

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