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Happy National Zoo Keeper Week 2023

Happy National Zoo Keeper Week (NZKW)! Animal keepers and caregivers have a big job...

Happy National Zoo Keeper Week 2023

Zoo Keeper WeekHappy National Zoo Keeper Week (NZKW)! Animal keepers and caregivers have a big job. They not only care for animals, they also provide public education, secure conservation and serve as animal trainers, aquarists, biologists, aviculturists, herpetologists, mammalogists, to name a few. To celebrate NZKW, we invited Dragonflies who are earning or who have earned their master's degree through the Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) or Global Field Program (GFP) to share details about their animal care role and created this webpage. These folks are just some of the many dedicated and hardworking animal keepers/caregivers caring for animals at zoos, aquariums, farms and institutions across the U.S.