I had the same interest until I went to my freshman orientation and they had a freshman biology professor there... He slapped down about 4 stacks of note cards with probably 500 cards in each pile and said this is what he expects from all his freshman students... Although I love all animals and would give just about anything to work with them for a profession... when it came to school my motto was do as little as possible to get by. Unfortunately that motto wouldnt have gotten me through freshman biology so Business Admin it was... 5 1/2 yrs and 4 colleges later I got my degree from Empire State College... If you got the drive to keep you focused while at school to get your work done then do it up!! Unfortunately I got caught up in having too much fun and not enough work. I would look into colleges in FL... I know when I was on a spring break trip we went to animal kingdom and we spoke to a girl who was doing an internship there... cant remember what school she was attending but I know it was in FL.