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
Everything begins to change for Camille when a new zookeeper, Sailor, arrives on the island.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
“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
Earlier this month, Punch's situation began looking up when zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo, near Tokyo, posted that he was gradually integrating with a troop of monkeys -- "playfully poking others and getting scolded".
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
Among zookeepers, Goliath’s death is famous; he was a bull elephant seal, a great big venerable beast of two tons, star of his European zoo, loved by all visitors.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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