zookeeper
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"It's clear who won!" one zookeeper exclaimed excitedly.
From Barron's ● Jun. 6, 2026
“It’s not as messy as ‘Tiger King’ was,” said Josh Webb, a zookeeper there from April to November of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
It was a dream come true for Max, who has since become Britain's youngest zookeeper at Chessington Zoo, and acquired an Australian pen pal who loves Max's passion.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
“She’s become a bit of a national treasure,” one zookeeper said.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2025
Maniac had at last gone to tell someone, the zookeeper, and from then on he pretty much stayed out of the way.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
Many of the zoo's animals are trained to perch on a scale while zookeepers note down their measurements, but others will need to be tempted with a strategic snack.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Back then, zookeepers didn’t have the benefit of drones or trail cameras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
They invited over 30 experts from around the world who cared about caribou—including Indigenous peoples, academics, zookeepers, and reindeer experts from Finland—to independently review the evidence for each assumption.
From Slate ● Apr. 28, 2026
Six-month-old Punch became an internet sensation after footage of him clinging forlornly to zookeepers and dragging around a stuffed orangutan toy were widely shared on X.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
The pig was already dead—Calista said the zookeepers probably put him in frozen, like a giant pig pop—and that was a good thing for him, I bet, because he was getting swallowed.
From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff
