Currently, I’m a seasonal keeper at my local zoo and it’s given me the amazing opportunity to learn a lot about different animals. One thing that I absolutely love about animals is that a certain species may all look alike, but they’re all different. They’re all individuals like us humans. We all share the sameContinue reading “Painted Identifiers”
Category Archives: Animals
Backyard Hippos
Where do you put two hippos when their exhibit is under construction? When the buildings of their holding areas have to get torn down and built back up? You’d think they’d go to another zoo, another building, or even just a big pool. Instead, they ended up in my backyard. I’m not entirely sure whyContinue reading “Backyard Hippos”
The Mighty Hippo
I have the wonderful opportunity to work as a seasonal zookeeper at my local zoo! When you’re a zookeeper, people always ask: “What animals do you work with?” Well, at my zoo, I’m a part of a team that cares for a variety of species of animals, but I’m getting trained to help with ourContinue reading “The Mighty Hippo”
A Day at the Zoo
This past week, I got the wonderful opportunity to take myself to my local zoo. It was definitely a much needed time away and people watching is always a blast. The day I went was actually the nicest day weather wise. Many moms took their children and the zoo was busier than I expected. I’mContinue reading “A Day at the Zoo”
Big Man Bane
As many of you know, I work at an animal shelter. It is my pleasure to care for dogs until the day they find their forever families or the day they cross the rainbow bridge. My shelter has adoptions six days a week. Which means we go through a lot of dogs. So much soContinue reading “Big Man Bane”
Christmas at the Animal Shelter
Tis the season of joy. Of family gathered ’round. The season of Christmas and–hopefully–snow on the ground. We all have our traditions of laughter and fun. That center around family, as warm as the sun. Tis also the season, you think for a minute. You want to extend your family a bit. For the kids,Continue reading “Christmas at the Animal Shelter”
Tribute to the Shelter Pet
Thursday was a very special day for animal shelters everywhere. It’s something called “Remember Me Thursday.” And it’s a special day where we remember and honor the lives of animals who didn’t make it out of the shelter. Animals who were euthanized for behavior reasons or medical reasons. Animals who never found their forever homeContinue reading “Tribute to the Shelter Pet”
Why We Care
Something people don’t really think about day to day life at an animal shelter. You come, pick out your animal, and take them home without much thought to their life before their life with you. I work at an animal shelter. It’s my job to take care of the dogs. I clean their kennels, setContinue reading “Why We Care”
It’s Okay to Cry
There’s something that’s been bothering me lately and I really want to get it off my chest. A couple weeks ago, my coworkers and I had the misfortune of losing one of our dogs at the shelter where we work. His name was Indiana Bones. He was a beautiful grey pitbull, but he had badContinue reading “It’s Okay to Cry”
Prince Angelo
For the past few months, I’ve been working at an animal shelter and already I’ve seen a lot of dogs come and go. It’s always a happy day when a dog gets adopted. However, there is one dog in particular that had been at the shelter since before I started. His name is Angelo. He’sContinue reading “Prince Angelo”
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