Animal scientist (9)
I believe the answer is:
zoologist
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">animal scientist</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(synonyms)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for zoologist that I've seen before include "eg David Attenborough" , "Animal scientist" , "animal student" , "Scientist in the study of animals" , "Scientist studying animals" .)