A few notes about my days as a carnivore keeper at a small zoo in the midwestern United States.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The Carnivore Keeper
I work at a small zoo in the mid-western United States. I'm proud to say that our zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. This means that we strive for excellence in animal care and management, we participate in local conservation and promote conservation for animals throughout the world, and we also strive to give our visitors an enjoyable and educational experience every time they visit the zoo.
I plan to use this blog as a forum to post pictures and videos of my animals. I will also discuss some of the daily challenges of being a keeper and different activities the staff perform for the zoo. Zookeeping is a fun job; we enrich and train our animals on a daily basis. This keeps the animals interested in daily activities at the zoo. We sometimes breed our animals to prevent removing animals from the wild. In fact, sometimes we breed animals so we can put them back into the wild! In fact, that's all I did at my last job with the Crane Foundation. You can see the blog I wrote about raising, releasing, and tracking endangered whooping cranes by following this link.
I have been working in the zoo industry since 2004. I started as a keeper for 3 years. I am continuing my education in Zoo and Aquarium Management. I worked as an admissions supervisor, volunteer educator, conservation staff, and now I'm back to zookeeping.
The stories will be fun, the pictures will be cute, and I will try to keep it educational. Always, feel free to drop me a line. I love comments.
Sincerely,
Jen
I plan to use this blog as a forum to post pictures and videos of my animals. I will also discuss some of the daily challenges of being a keeper and different activities the staff perform for the zoo. Zookeeping is a fun job; we enrich and train our animals on a daily basis. This keeps the animals interested in daily activities at the zoo. We sometimes breed our animals to prevent removing animals from the wild. In fact, sometimes we breed animals so we can put them back into the wild! In fact, that's all I did at my last job with the Crane Foundation. You can see the blog I wrote about raising, releasing, and tracking endangered whooping cranes by following this link.
I have been working in the zoo industry since 2004. I started as a keeper for 3 years. I am continuing my education in Zoo and Aquarium Management. I worked as an admissions supervisor, volunteer educator, conservation staff, and now I'm back to zookeeping.
The stories will be fun, the pictures will be cute, and I will try to keep it educational. Always, feel free to drop me a line. I love comments.
Sincerely,
Jen
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