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My name is Jenny, and I am a Swing Keeper. I am a new addition to the Ambassador Animals Team, but I am not the only new addition. In March 2019 the team got to welcome the births of two new chinchilla kits! Hopefully many will have seen the photos on Zoo Atlanta Facebook, Instagram … Continue reading "Helping give chinchilla kits a great start"

Well, it’s 2019. This year, Zoo Atlanta will embark on an enormous adventure, the opening of the all-new African Savanna. This transformation has been years in the making, from sketches on paper, to computer designs, to blueprints, to meeting after meeting after meeting. What started as a dream is becoming reality this summer. The elephants, … Continue reading "A transformation years in the making"

I recently had the opportunity to travel to South Africa to volunteer at VulPro, a vulture conservation organization that Zoo Atlanta supports through its Mabel Dorn Reeder Conservation Endowment Fund and through the African vulture SAFE program. Kerri Wolter is the founder and manager of VulPro, and has dedicated her life to creating an organization … Continue reading "Working with VulPro in South Africa"

While our Zoo Atlanta guests journey through Scaly Slimy Spectacular: The Amphibian and Reptile Experience, they may notice that many of our habitats hold substantial amounts of water. Whether it be for an aquatic turtle, snake, lizard, crocodile, frog, salamander or fish, we have an indoor or outdoor environment suitable to accommodate our aquatic friends. … Continue reading "Taking a dip into aquatic systems"

Being an animal care professional at Zoo Atlanta is a lot of fun. One acquires many skills while working in such a unique profession. Most of that knowledge is obtained from a four-year college degree; however, many other of the “odd” skills a keeper comes to possess are learned on the job and, although it … Continue reading "Hidden skills of an animal care professional"

Well hello there! My name is Allie, and I am currently a Primate Seasonal Keeper here at Zoo Atlanta. Today, I’m going to be telling you a bit about our longtime partner in gorilla conservation, the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International. As you probably know, the gorillas who call Zoo Atlanta home are western lowland … Continue reading "Working together to save gorillas"

Hi everyone! My name is Sam, and I am a Herpetology Keeper here at Zoo Atlanta. Today I’d like to talk about the ever-popular and famous king cobra! King cobras are the longest venomous snakes in the world, reaching up to 18 feet in length. These intelligent predators are great swimmers and climbers and can … Continue reading "The sssensational king cobra"