I had to wake up by 6:30am to be able to get to the zoo by 8:00am for work. You work until 5:00pm. Generally the morning is spent preparing diets for the animals, laundry, doing daily cleaning duties, and performing the weekly deep cleans of certain enclosures. A few enclosures are deep cleaned e...
Internship
Day in the Life
Animal Care
Animal Caretaker
I worked from 8:00am to 5:00pm, normally getting up at 6:30am. I was very busy, but I did have time to see friends and family. You also get two days off per week, but they are not necessarily Saturday and Sunday since the zoo is open every day of the week. It can be weird to have your "weekend" o...
Internship
Work-Life Balance
Animal Care
Zoo
Blank Park Zoo