Animal trainers in training!

Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers
by Amy Sutherland

This book is pretty much about what it says in the title and subtitle. The
premier school referred to is the Exotic Animal Training and Managemet
program (EATM) at California's Moorpark Community College. An
interesting topic, marred by the annoying (to me) "journalistic" style of the
writing. I.e., skip about from one "character" (usually a student or
a teacher) to another, telling a bit about each with some quotes and some
background, summed up with the writer's impression of each. Here and there
she marvels at this or that, and intersperses vignettes of life at the school
with some infodumps about this or that animal or school program.

Sounds like a fascinating place, and it's interesting to read about how the
humans and animals interact and influence each other, as well as the culture
of the "hard core" animal trainers. I would have preferred a more
in-depth view, something with more focus, perhaps a book written by someone
who WAS a student there, rather than someone following them around for a
year. At the end of the book, you still feel like a tourist.
Fun but superficial.