#zookeeper

[yougetsoclose]

Happy Halloween 🎃

[orcinus-veterinarius]

All my homies hate PETA.

[the-vegan-muser]

those lashes 💅

[vintagepromotions]

'See the Guinness animals at Edinburgh Zoo'

Edinburgh Zoo poster featuring the iconic Guinness animals used in advertisements (c. 1950). Artwork by N.R. Price.

[silky-selkie]

The blue-coverall wearing hero tames a vicious beast who has been terrorizing our village! Huzzah!

[accidentallyadorable]

In the days of spring cleaning (or summer cleaning, whatever!), let me suggest an odd place to donate very odd things:

Your local zoo!

Zoos need a WIDE variety of goodies for enrichment. Did you know zookeepers keep a stash of spices for providing interesting smells for hoofstock, large carnivores, and primates?

What about that random string of lights you don't really want anymore but also they're kinda grubby so you feel bad about donating them to a thrift store? Keepers will place string lights outside of many different species' enclosures for enrichment - I see it most for birds and elephants! And keepers are used to things being a little grubby so don't worry about that!!

Best way to check is to see if they have a wish list on their website. This will include a lot of stuff they'd like new, but also pleeeeenty of stuff they'd be okay with used. (Paper bags are often on there so save your paper bags for a zookeeper!) Then, you'll often drop it off at their customer service desk upfront or the wish list will tell you specifically.

Declutter and enrich an animal today!

[zookeeperzebra]

what it’s like visiting other zoos as a zookeeper

[vintage-tigre]