Hi everyone! I’m Becky and head of the birds section here at the park. Not many people seem to share, or even understand my passion for birds, but I think they’re fascinating! I always have my eyes on the sky when I’m walking around at work in case something interesting flies over. But I often…
I recently returned from a much needed holiday to Mexico. Whenever I go abroad I try to see as much of the wildlife as possible and Mexico has a huge amount to offer, and so I thought that this would be a brilliant subject for my next keeper blog post! I hope you enjoy the…
People have many different perceptions of what working as a zookeeper actually involves, however by far the most overwhelming conception (or rather should I say misconception) I encounter is something along the lines of “Wow you get paid to play with/cuddle animals all day, you have the best job in the world!”. Now while the…
For many people becoming a zoo keeper would be a dream job, but how do you become a zoo keeper? For myself I was very lucky, I don’t have a degree in an animal related course and at the time I didn’t have any animal qualifications, but I did have experience with reptiles and some…
