Meet Zookeeper Beth

Now that you know who I am, it's time for everyone to meet the Zookeeper behind the scenes. All the girls in my troop were assigned their own Zookeeper, and I was partnered up with Beth, a woman who's been a Zookeeper for eight years, working at four years during that time. Her education really proves she's got what it takes, graduating from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls majoring in Biology, and she minored in communications. She really loves her job, and it might be thanks to the variety of animals she gets to take care of daily. Instead of caring for just a few certain animal species, Beth is able to look after all of them. She's called a 'relief keeper' and moves around the zoo to where she is needed, and most often she ends up at the primates headquarters. Beth may be around the crazy primates a lot, but she told me that she really enjoys caring for the Grizzly and Black bears at the Henry Vilas Zoo.
Caring for so many animals day in and day out may seem repetitive, but it's what Beth loves to do. Her favorite part of her job is finding fun 'jobs' for the animals to do. "I think wild animals thrive off of being busy and having "jobs" to do and I like finding "jobs" that the captive animals in the zoo can do too," Beth told me in an interview.
I can only wish to have a job as cool as hers!!! Thanks again, Beth!
~Brooke