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Sue jumped at this new opportunity and helped arrange for the zoo to establish bins for recyclable containers that she would return. Then in 2018 the ACT Container Deposit Scheme launched, giving a 10 cent refund for each eligible bottle or can returned. She said that after viewing War on Waste, she felt she “had to do something”. In 2017 Sue initiated soft plastic recycling at the zoo, personally taking the soft plastics collected in the designated bin to return points at Coles and Woolworths twice a week. Sue has volunteered at the Canberra zoo for more than 11 years and is part of the National Zoo Animal Conservation Team (NZACT) – a group 15 people from different areas of the zoo, focused on fundraising and conservation goals. Retired nurse and National Zoo and Aquarium volunteer, Sue Fallon, has helped recycle 170,000 bottles and cans through the ACT CDS, raising $17,000 for wildlife charities along the way. – That Koala Joeys need Pap (mums poo) in order to eat eucalyptus leaves.← Older posts Newer posts → National Zoo volunteer recycles 170,000 containers for wildlife What’s the most interesting fact you know about one of our Zoom residents? Tasmanian Devil Joeys are my absolute favourite baby animal but pretty much any baby animal, it’s hard to choose What’s the cutest baby animal you’ve ever seen?
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To dive with Whale Sharks is my ultimate dream experience If you could meet any animal in the world, what would you choose? I can’t imagine being anything else! But when I was younger I also wanted to be an Archaeologist. If you weren’t a wildlife keeper, what would you be? It’s the days when you see the difference that you make in your animals lives, when you see how your passion for your animals transfer to guests, and of course the animal cuddles! That your job, most days, doesn’t feel like a job. What’s the best thing about being a wildlife keeper? Jojo likes to ‘help’ the keepers clean his enclosure by stealing and hiding their equipment! Who is the naughtiest? What’s the worst thing he/she has done?ĭefinitely Jojo the Sulfur Crested Cockatoo. He’s the friendliest snake who loves nice warm cuddles and loves meeting visitors. That would have to be Wilson the Carpet Python.
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Or when you have a non zookeeper ask what is that smell and your response is “what smell?” Who is the best behaved animal at Zoom? I think the most disgusting thing is that I’ve done so many gross things in my years as a zookeeper that I don’t even realise how disgusting they are anymore. I really don’t think you want to know the answer to that one! What’s the most disgusting thing you’ve ever had to do as a wildlife keeper? Swimming and sun baking all day is my idea of a good time. I think it would have to be Goliath our Estuarine Crocodile. Which animal at Zoom do you feel is your spirit animal? Tiring, smelly but amazingly rewarding (more than 3 I know!) What Is It Like To Be A Zoo Keeper?Įver wondered what its actually like to be a wildlife keeper? We sit down with Cairns Zoom’s Assistant Manager and Wildlife Keeper Stacey and get all of the inside goss.ĭescribe what its like to be a wildlife keeper in 3 words? St Francis is the patron saint of animals and environment. The date October 4th was chosen for International Zoo Keeper Day as it is celebrated worldwide as the Feast of Saint Francis of Assisi. The day recognises the fantastic contributions of zoo keepers in caring for and contributing to the conservation of exotic animals. International Zoo Keeper Day was declared on Octoby the International Congress of Zookeepers. (We double dare you David!) What Is International Zoo Keeper Day? Although we do invite him to say hello to our fluffy and feathery Dome residents and to maybe even brave our zipline over Goliath. Please note: this video is in no way actually associated with Sir David Attenborough.