Hi I work wtih animals I can tell you its not easy to get a job as there are so many people all wanting to do the same, but if its any help I went to college and I have a BTEC national (Equivalent to 3 A levels) in animal care you can also do a BTEC first which is the same as a few GCSE's. doing these corses you learn alot and you get a lot of experience I did work experience on a farm in a vets and at Bristol zoo, you also get to see a lot of other animal collections, I will tell you though its not an easy course and its not all practical based training you spend a lot of time in class rooms studying other things like science, ecoloy and biology.And on a final note the money is not very good you may only earn 5k a year thats what I started on it all depends on the type of job you end up getting. hope this helps good luck :-)