Keeper Camp June 09
This summer one of camps we’re offering is a Keeper Camp for ages 10-12 years old, but during the week they get to act like some of our veteran zoo keepers. Throughout the week they spent a few hours working alongside the keepers in nearly every department at the Zoo. The campers spent Tueday with Reptiles and Sea Lions, Wednesday with the Children’s Zoo, Carnivores and Natural Encounters, Thursday with the Clinic staff and then the GRAND finale on Friday with the Elephants.
Unfortunately, I did not get to participate in the camp and instead get to look at the pictures from the elephant experience with a dreamy look in my eyes. After much discussion with the VP of Animal Operations here at the Zoo, we decided that it’s OK to be jealous of a bunch of 10 to 12 year olds. I mean how cool is this??? People work in zoo’s for years and never get to touch an Elephant nevermind get this close to one.
If you want to see what an Elephant bath looks like, our elephants get a bath every morning at 10am. You can go to the new Elephant Barn, look through the opened windows, and watch as the keepers give each elephant a bath, take their temperature and blood pressure, and do some training.
If you’d like an opportunity to learn even more about our elephants here, go to the Elephant Open House on July 25th.
New and Improved- Now with video!!
Would love to have seen a video of this! A missed pr copportunity if I ever saw one.
After a few technical difficulties, we now have a short video to go along with the pictures. I think everyone there was so excited, that we just caught brief moments of the experience at first. Our fabulous web team is working on a more professional longer version though. Keep your eyes on our website for it soon!