
Passionate and experienced wildlife care specialist ready to learn new animals, expand knowledge and help team maintain high standards.
Provided daily care for a wide variety of animals (primates, carnivores, marsupials and hoofstock) including health care, paperwork and public interactions
Daily use of operant conditioning, including first time non-sedation blood draws for tigers and tapirs
Daily insulin injections for diabetic primates
Creating and executing enriched experiences
Transport of animals to other facilities and subsequent media coverage
Media training
Daily keeper talks and behind the scenes tours
Continued improvements of habitat areas
Ability to work closely with volunteers
Assisting in care of several non-parent reared primate infants
Night observations of nocturnal species
Overnights at hospital to aid in care of sick animals
Trained on Africa Rocks string- responsibe for the daily care of a variety of bird species and included diet prep, maintained habitats, assisted in egg monitoring, records, hatches, fledglings and banding
Responsible for the daily care of large variety of mammals (mostly hoofstock and a few carnivores)
Received certificate of completion for research class offered on zoo grounds
Assisted in research data collection for okapi study
Overnight care of sick animals and for research data collection
AAZK president
Responsible for the daily care of a variety of birds, prepare diets, maintain habitats, monitor reproduction and maintain paperwork
Prepared bulk bird diets for the bird department and APC, ordered items as needed, maintained kitchen area and helped keepers when needed.
24 years experience working with animals
Knowledge of a wide variety of species
Observation skills
Public speaking