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- 02/28/2008 at 8:51 AM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Sooo excited!! Ok, so, I am really searching for a career with animals that’s not veterinary (although I’d love to help animals that way, I’m just toooo squeemish for that!) Anyways I was tossing around the idea of zookeeping, and contacted our zoo and jumped through some hoops etc. and I’m on as a volunteer!!! WOOHOO!!
  
  I had my first volunteer shift on tuesday and I’m now volunteering from 530-1100 on Monday nights! It was fantastic, we prepared food for the animals and then did ’rounds’ putting all the animals in for the night and feeding some of them! I got to feed a tiger (OK, I dumped some meat on the floor in a feeding room which he was then allowed in to eat but still!!) and I got to see the new baby red panda’s up close! I’m working with the keeper who is hand-raising a baby gibbons! She said next week we’ll get the food prep done faster and do even more fun stuff! I’m soo excited
- 02/28/2008 at 9:14 AM
  babybunsmum
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  *gasp* no way!!! thats SO cool!!! you’re so lucky you’ll have to give us updates on your experiences there. are you… umm… by any chance allowed to bring in a camera?
- 02/28/2008 at 10:58 AM
  JK
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  That’s great. How fun! Maybe you can secretly plaster some posters all around about NOT buying/adopting a bunny for Easter!!!!
- 02/28/2008 at 11:40 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  That’s awesome. My friend did her high school co-op program at our zoo and she loved it.
- 02/28/2008 at 11:42 AM
  Sage Cat
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  Congrats!
  
  I love Zoos. Even though I wish there was enough room foe them to all run free – it is so amazing to get to see the animals.
  My mom volunteered at a Zoo for a while and loved it.
  
  In case any one is interested, Here is a link to a really great story about zoos I found through NPR – It is called “Life, Death And the Paradox of freedom.
  /www.sptimes.com/2007/webspecials07/special_reports/zoo/
- 02/28/2008 at 7:40 PM
  Toki+Pumpkin+Elmo
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  It’s always good to see people contributing regardless of money. I volunteer at the aquarium and I always come home with satisfaction.
- 02/28/2008 at 9:39 PM
  KatnipCrzy
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  Wow, that is so cool. Sounds like fun. Hopefully all of their monkeys are well behaved enough not to sling poo at you.
  
  Everytime I go to our zoo- the monkeys are either sleeping or well….not, sleeping. Well, I guess it is educational for the kids.
  
  What are some of your favorite animals there?
- 02/29/2008 at 2:50 AM
  Lisa_43
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  That is great. That would be so much fun.
- 02/29/2008 at 12:10 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Well, the zoo is my “selfish” volunteering…It’s for experience and fun more then they really need it. My contribution volunteering right now, is volunteering with a horse rescue, an animal advocacy group and am just starting at our humane society.
  
  I think my favorite animals so far would have to be the baby red panda’s-they were hand raised and are sooo sweet!!
- 03/06/2008 at 11:11 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Woohoo so I went again on monday (Monday evenings are going to be my zoo day) and I got to hand feed lemurs! It was really cool. We went in with banana’s and they sort of mob you! A few even jumped on my shoulders for bananas!! It was really really cool Sigh
- 03/06/2008 at 11:23 PM
  BinkyBunny
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  Wow, awesome!! Good for you, and this should all around help with whatever you do in the future with animals.
- 03/07/2008 at 1:42 AM
  Floppy
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  wow that is awesome! sounds really fun and exciting…im jealous!!!
- 03/07/2008 at 8:50 AM
  (dig)x(me)x(now)
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  I love lemurs! I’m kind of jealous. You’re lucky you get to feed the animals instead of just scooping up their poop! Ha
- 03/07/2008 at 10:04 AM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  I know, and I didn’t think we’d get to touch animals at all since with zookeeping you minimize contact with the animals so it’s as natural as possible…however it’s a small zoo (still a registered zoo and everything) and ALOT of the animals were seized from people who owned them illegally or were given up by owners, and still others were orphaned and hand raised….SO many of the animals love and appreciate hand contact! It’s super neat!!
  
  My first day I volunteered I met the zookeeper who is hand raising a baby gibbons: her name is penelope and here’s a couple pics of her!
  
  (I didn’t take the pics, penelope is a bit of a celebrity around edmonton!)
  
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- 03/07/2008 at 8:40 PM
  Scarlet_Rose
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  Oh the cuteness I am gong to faint!!! Wow K&K that is outstanding what you are doing and thank you for sharing with us!
- 03/07/2008 at 10:12 PM
  Lisa_43
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  Now that gibbon is adorable, hang in there Scarlet, do you need a glass of water and a fan? LOL
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