Editor's note: Guo Geng, 53, deputy director of the Milu Ecological Research Center in Beijing Nanhaizi Milu Park, shared his thoughts on animal protection and education with China Daily.

I am an animal enthusiast, but I have never had a pet like a dog or a cat. Instead, I reared chicks and guinea pigs.

I wanted to get a job related to animals but I ended up majoring in economics instead.