My Pictures From Chester Zoo

I thought that as I talked about my placement I should also share with you some of the pictures that I took whilst there. Sadly I can not show you any of me behind the scenes but here are some of the the ones I am allowed to share. 

I apologise for all the photos of the baby tigers, but they are really cute.

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My Placement so far

As many of you may know my current placement is at Chester Zoo where I am working as a 3 month intern with the Rhino Team.

My role involves HUGE amounts of poo, which is understandable due to the size of rhinos! In the morning we clean out all of the rhino enclosures inside and out providing them with plenty of food and nice new bedding, we then move onto the other animals on the section after break which include tapirs, capybara's, bongo, rowan, zebra, brown antler dear, and warthogs, just to name a few.

Finally Some Good Tiger News- Part 2

So, last week it was finally released that Chester Zoo have some new arrivals in the form of 3 rare sumatran tiger cubs which were born the weekend before I started my placement at the Zoo on the 2nd Jan!

Now the cubs are already 3 weeks old and although they are not out and about yet, I expect they will want to be exploring a little more in the next month or so! So until I am able to capture some pictures of them once they are out of their den, here is the video of the cubs just after they were born released by the zoo.

Enjoy!

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Exciting News

After returning from an amazing Ski trip in Les Arcs (there will be a post later) I arrived home to a letter from Chester Zoo!

Earlier this year I applied to Chester Zoo for a 3 month placement which would be part of my year in Industry. In November I had my interview and with the nervous wait of a month or so I have finally been given a placement to work with the Rhinos for a whole 3 months and I couldn't be more excited.

Why not big cats you say? Well, a 3 month placement at Chester for big cats would mean that I wouldn't be able to go anywhere near either tigers or lions as they are dangerous species and only people are there a year or longer would be able to. This meant that I wouldn't really gain as much hands on experience bar brushing and prepping food. Instead I mentioned my love for Rhinos and if I'm honest, any animal of that magnitude that lives in Africa which I love and to my amazement I was offered a place which means that I will get to work along side Rhinos but also Giraffes and other animals.

My interview went on, somehow for an hour, in which we discussed the types of questions you would expect when going to volunteer at a zoo, from the roles of a Zookeeper to why are Zoos important and much more. The whole interview experience made me feel very comfortable and welcome. Everyone who I met was so friendly that it meant I wasn't as nervous as I expected.

I still cant believe I have a placement, all it means now is that I need to find 2/3 more so bring it!!