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Hopping along the Exchange
Adam Ruble, a keeper with the San Diego Zoo, is currently on a keeper exchange with the Melbourne Zoo in Australia. Read his previous blog, Keeping Down Under. With my keeper exchange two-thirds...
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An Aussie in San Diego
Brent with a lesser kuduG’day! My name is Brent, and I am one of the Sumatran tiger keepers from the Melbourne Zoo in Australia. For the next three months I am lucky enough to be working at the San...
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Koalapalooza: Vets Share, Too!
I hope you were able to visit the San Diego Zoo January 16 through 19. If not, boy did you miss a good time! It was the Zoo’s first Discovery Days celebrating koalas with Koalapalooza (see blog,...
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The Best of Both Worlds
Rick and Rio meet some Zoo visitors.As many of you know, I have been working at the San Diego Zoo for nearly nine years now. Prior to stepping into the Elephant Odyssey Ambassador position (see post,...
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Hogs, Okapis, Hippos, and More!
To coincide with a recent video interview for the San Diego Zoo’s Web site, I was asked to write an update on what’s been going on with my “string” (what we call the area/animals in our charge). Red...
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Fleeting Youth
Jabari, as a piglet, with his doting parents. Well, the salad days have come to an end for some of last year’s San Diego Zoo babies (see previous post, Hogs, Okapis, Hippos, and More!). Red river hog...
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Baby Camel Care
Laura enjoys time with her newest charge. Being a zookeeper is always an interesting job. But sometimes an opportunity comes along that you never expected. In March of this year, a female Bactrian...
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Winter Camp 2010
Papagayo demonstrates her nut-cracking ability. Despite the downpour of rain on San Diego this week, Winter Camp at the San Diego Zoo is off to a GREAT start! Campers can come to the Zoo for one day or...
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