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Working in a Zoo means very different things for different people. Curiosity about what it's like to work at a zoo prompted this collection of interviews of National Zoo staff:

sloth bear

Mindy Babitz
Animal Keeper
Asia Trail


 
Great Apes & Other Primates

Amanda Bania
Animal Keeper
Great Ape House


 
zebrawing butterfly

Tamsen G. DeWitt
Museum Specialist
Invertebrates


 
Backyard Biology

Chuck Fillah
Associate Director for Exhibits and Park Management
Backyard Biology

 
Asian elephant
Marie Galloway
Elephant Manager
Asian Elephants


 

David Kessler
Biologist
Small Mammals


 
Giant Pandas

Nicole Maccorkle
Animal Keeper
Giant Pandas
Great Apes & Other Primates

Great Apes & Other Primates
Mexican wolf

Linda Moore
Biologist
Beaver Valley


 
Asian elephant

Sean C. Royals
Elephant Keeper
Asian Elephants

 
sloth bear

Craig Saffoe
Biologist
Cheetah Conservation Station and Asia Trail

African Savanna
sloth bear

Jenny Spotten
Animal Keeper
Asia Trail


 
Giant Pandas

Laurie Thompson
Animal Keeper
Giant Pandas
Great Apes & Other Primates

Great Apes & Other Primates

 

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