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A keeper’s job is never done. There is always a chore to complete or a project to work on. Our daily routine is full of jobs like cleaning habitats, preparing diets, observing our animals, providing enrichment…are you tired yet? In between all of this, we try to find time to develop ourselves professionally. There are … Continue reading "Keeper Stories – Tuesday, January 24"

Did you survive the snow-pocalypse 2.0? It wasn’t as bad as the first go round, but we still had enough ice that the Zoo was closed. But what actually happens when the Zoo closes down for bad weather like a snowstorm? It is not all that different from a normal day for us keepers. The … Continue reading "Keeper Stories – Tuesday, January 17"

Our mission is to provide equal access to procurement opportunities for minority and women-owned enterprises (MWBEs). In addition, Zoo Atlanta encourages majority suppliers to support women and minority-owned firms through supplier development assistance, subcontracting opportunities, mentoring and/or the purchase of products from MWBE sources. We are committed to ensuring that our supplier diversity initiative strengthens … Continue reading "Supplier Diversity"

Passport to Adventure allows children in the household of Adventure Pack Levels and higher to collect passport stamps throughout the year to earn Zoo Atlanta prizes. Each passport is filled with fun facts, pictures, and mystery questions for your child to answer to facilitate learning and imagination. The passport offers a wonderful educational tool and … Continue reading "Passport to Adventure"

Passport to Adventure allows children in the household of Adventure Pack Levels and higher to collect passport stamps throughout the year to earn Zoo Atlanta prizes. Each passport is filled with fun facts, pictures, and mystery questions for your child to answer to facilitate learning and imagination. The passports offer a wonderful educational tool and … Continue reading "Passport to Adventure"

Passport to Adventure allows children in the household of Adventure Pack Levels and higher to collect passport stamps throughout the year to earn Zoo Atlanta prizes. Each passport is filled with fun facts, pictures, and mystery questions for your child to answer to facilitate learning and imagination. The passports offer a wonderful educational tool and … Continue reading "Passport to Adventure"

Passport to Adventure allows children in the household of Adventure Pack Levels and higher to collect passport stamps throughout the year to earn Zoo Atlanta prizes. Each passport is filled with fun facts, pictures, and mystery questions for your child to answer to facilitate learning and imagination. The passports offer a wonderful educational tool and … Continue reading "Passport to Adventure"

Passport to Adventure allows children in the household of Adventure Pack Levels and higher to collect passport stamps throughout the year to earn Zoo Atlanta prizes. Each passport is filled with fun facts, pictures, and mystery questions for your child to answer to facilitate learning and imagination. The passports offer a wonderful educational tool and … Continue reading "Passport to Adventure"

Passport to Adventure allows children in the household of Adventure Pack Levels and higher to collect passport stamps throughout the year to earn Zoo Atlanta prizes. Each passport is filled with fun facts, pictures, and mystery questions for your child to answer to facilitate learning and imagination. The passports offer a wonderful educational tool and … Continue reading "Passport to Adventure"

CSI at the Zoo! What happened to these animal bones, thousands of years ago? A research team at Emory University is taking advantage of the fact that we feed our animals natural diets. In other words, for example, owls naturally consume rodents as prey, so we feed rodents to our milky eagle owls. Komodo dragons … Continue reading "Rodent Bones"