PT Animal Keeper Position Open – Sunday Shift
PERMISSION TO CROSSPOST Need a part-time job for a little extra cash? Need to gain more exotic animal husbandry experience? Have another job or school or kids and need flexible scheduling? If you are an experienced zookeeper, vet tech, rehabber or animal caretaker, then consider joining our animal care team! We have a rare opening [...]
Back From the Brink — Colby’s Story
"Hi, Colby bird!" It’s truly miraculous, she’s back from the brink. "Thank you" just isn’t enough to express how grateful we are for everyone’s help . You did it, you pulled our brave little 16-year old double yellow-headed Amazon parrot, named "Colby," through a harrowing medical crisis — one which repeatedly tried to take her life over the past [...]
Such Little Divas — Our Advertising Stars!
Zooniversity’s amazing animal ambassadors travel daily to our stage shows and classroom programs to teach our audiences. But, bet you didn’t know that they often star in advertising campaigns, too! Our animals are so used to travel and flash bulbs, that a photo studio or movie set is no big deal for them. Many are [...]
A One-Day Diary
No, I’m not writing this to feed my ego or to impress you with how hard I work. I recorded one typical day in my life to illustrate that being a wildlife educator is NOT the fun and gregarious lifestyle that so many of you imagine it to be. I have not embellished. I did [...]
From the Mouth of Babes – Favorites 2008
W.C. Fields warned, "Never work with animals or children." Well, I guess I deserve what I get, since I work with animals AND children. It is always a jaw-dropping moment when some wide-eyed child responds to our presenter with a totally innocent, yet always humorous, quip. This year, we decided to write them down before [...]
Problem Party People
Zooniversity teaches about 600 wildlife shows each year and a big hunk of them are at children’s birthday parties. Ninety-nine percent of the party parents and guests are wonderful people. They follow our safety rules, they respect our expertise as wildlife professionals, they are polite and interested audience members. But, there is that remaining one [...]
A Zooniversity Shopping List
Think you spend a lot of time and money shopping for your family, your school or your library? We bet you don’t have these items on your shopping list or in your budget. Here’s a small sampling of what’s on Zooniversity’s monthly shopping list—a list only a wildlife educator could appreciate: 40 lbs. fresh Spring [...]
Zooniversity’s “Top” 10 Ridiculous Requests
When you deal with the general public (and mothers planning birthday parties), you just never know what you’ll hear when you answer the phone. Some of the requests have been so ridiculous, that I started writing them down a few years ago. For your enjoyment, and to borrow from David Letterman, here is Zooniversity’s "Top [...]
THAT Kid from the Country Club
When you are a wildlife educator, you can do hundreds of shows each year. You can meet thousands of adults and tens-of-thousands of children each year. Year, after year, after year. The numbers can be staggering. But, there is always one show, one kid, that you vividly remember…and not for good reasons. My nightmare: THAT [...]
