It may seem like all fun and games — being up close to animals, big and small, you can only see being a fence or glass but a zookeeper can be an intense and challenge job They feed, train, take care ...

What do you do? I am the penguin-keeper at Woodland Park Zoo. This means I am in charge of the daily care and maintenance of our 32 Humboldt penguins and their exhibit. As a zookeeper, it is my job to ...

Alex Simpson is a zookeeper at Whipsnade Zoo, a conservation zoo located near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England He works with large hoofstock, meaning he interacts with rhinos, giraffes, hippos, and ...

Drew Hamilton's trip to the Birmingham Zoo Thursday was a little more intense than that of a usual visitor. By 10 a.m., he had already fetched two eggs from the chicken coop, fed and groomed Captain, ...

Going to the zoo is fun for visitors, but we may not realize how much hard work goes into keeping the animals happy and healthy. WFMZ photojournalist Jenny McCain gives an inside look at one zookeeper ...

Zookeepers take care of animals at zoos. That includes feeding them, cleaning and cleaning up after them, training and more. Randi Krieger has been a zookeeper at the Seneca Park Zoo for six years.

LACEY – This 30-degree morning calls for a mug filled with hot coffee. Instead, I have a shovel filled with frozen manure. A gorgeous, gargantuan Belgian draft horse named Seven has left us a number ...