Zora Kersey

Resident and Patient Animal Care

• Diet preparation
• Habitat cleaning
• Administration of medications
• Animal handling
• Syringe and tube feeding infant mammals
• Tube feeding Pedialyte to birds of prey and infant mammals
• Animal enrichment

Clinic Duties

• Record keeping for intake forms and patient care sheets
• Clinic upkeep
• Enclosure maintenance
• Recue, capture, and transportation of animals to clinic
• Releasing rehabilitated patients
• Answering phone calls and greeting visitors
• Participating in intake procedures
• Shadowing euthanasia and special case procedures

Enrichment Project

• Designed and built a ramp for our resident coyote so she'd be able to access more of her enclosure. I noticed that she wasn't able to jump up onto her shelter anymore or it was hard for her to do so, so I made a ramp for her to use to access it.

Patients and Residents, I've Handled

• Eastern Grey Squirrel
• Eastern Cottontail
• Virginia Opossum
• Box Turtle
• Aquatic Turtle
• Mallard
• Wood Duck
• Canada Goose
• Loon
• Beaver
• Whitetail Deer
• Bald Eagle
• Turkey Vulture
• Barred Owl
• Great Horned Owl
• Barn Owl
• Short Eared Owl
• Screech Owl
• Red Tailed Hawk
• American Kestrel
• Red Shoulder Hawk
• Peregrine Falcon
• Coopers Hawk
• American White Pelican
• Osprey
• Corvid
• Bobcat
• Red & Grey Fox
• Coyote
• Skunk
• Groundhog
• Armadillo
• Western Hognose Snake
• California King Snake
• Flying Squirrel
• Tiger Salamander
• Grey Tree Frog
• Rat Snake
• Blue Heron

• Utilized various tools and power equipment to cut down trees and shear off limbs.
• Checked, cleaned and maintained equipment each day to ensure proper working order.
• Removed brush from tree harvesting areas.

• Created posters, PowerPoints and 3D renderings.
• Proposed, reviewed and approved modifications to project plans.

Responsibly watched children while parents were out by reading books, playing games, creating art projects, and other various activities to keep the kids entertained and safe.