Julia Paulsen
Chino Valley,AZ
Summary
Dedicated Zookeeper with extensive background providing medical, physical and social care for diverse animals. Skilled in facilities maintenance and animal monitoring. Attentive to both animal and guest needs and highly professional in giving educational talks and answering questions.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Zookeeper
Heritage Park Zoo
Chino Valley, AZ
06.2023 - Current
- Serviced all enclosures to the animals specific enclosure designs. Always in a clockwise pattern to keep up the trained habit of where I either want the animal to be or where they are trained to be. Station platforms etc.
- Provided proper nutrition to carnivores and herbivores. With everyday scheduled to all animals daily feed needs. Whether it be a previously frozen turkey or a fresh deer kill from fish and game. I can clean a deer or any other game. Or prep herbivore veggie/fruit to each animals dietary specifications
- Assisted with the training various raptors as well as rehabilitation and treatment of captive and wild birds.
- Trained repetitive habits in all my animals for my safety and theirs. Targeting and stationing.
- All animals I have worked with three months or more at my currently employed zoo: Birds: Great Horned Owl, Burrowing owls, Screech owls, Red Tail Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Coopers Hawk, American Kestrel, Ravens, Turkey Vultures, Eagles, Macaw, Emu and various breed of ducks. Carnivores: Clouded Leopards, Jaguars, Mountain Lion, Serval, Bobcats,Lynx, Mexican Grey Wolves. Omnivores: American Badger, Raccoons, Coyote, Javelina and Tayra. Herbivores: All hoofstock excluding Zebra, Moose or Bison. Reptiles and insects: All various species excluding venomous snakes. Turtles and tortoises. Between a desert tortoise, leopard tortoise, Sulcatas and a Galapagos.
Education
Certification in Exotic And Domestic Animal Management Certification - Animal Behavior
Yavapai College
Prescott, AZ05-2023
Skills
- Animal training
- Behavior observation
- Public education
- Animal handling
- Animal Rehabilitation
Timeline
Zookeeper
Heritage Park Zoo
06.2023 - Current
Certification in Exotic And Domestic Animal Management Certification - Animal Behavior
Yavapai College