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Happy New Year, and welcome back from holiday break! Let the New Year’s resolutions begin! If you have green goals for 2020, let us help you and your students set a course to help save wildlife and wild places. There are a number of things that you can do that make a difference, from recycling … Continue reading "Gorillas on the Line… Answer the Call"

Happy New Year! To kick off 2020, I want to take a few minutes to reflect upon the challenges that lie before us, hope for future possibilities, and the universal value of protection. Humans, our surrounding environment, and the other species we share the planet with are interconnected in a complex web. Exciting, surprising, and … Continue reading "Protecting our planet"

Ninety-nine percent of the giant panda’s diet consists of bamboo. Here at the Zoo, we also supplement their diet with leafeater biscuits and produce to ensure we’re meeting all of their nutritional needs. Giant pandas eat the leaves of the bamboo, but they also eat the culm of the bamboo. This means that they are … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 30"

The giant panda routine changes a lot as the weather gets colder, but my favorite change is that we get to use our outdoor habitats much more often. Our behind-the-scenes habitat is probably my most favorite, because we can interact with the pandas more easily and they can walk around and harvest their own bamboo. … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Friday, December 27 "

One of my favorite things about being a member of the Panda Care Team is seeing the different relationships that the pandas have with each of their keepers. This is the most evident during training sessions. Training sessions at Zoo Atlanta are always voluntary for the animals and are based on positive reinforcement. This means … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 23"

Hi! My name is Jenny. I am an Ambassador Animal Swing Keeper. I am an animal care specialist within three different areas of the Ambassador Animal Department. I work in Outback Station, Wieland Wildlife Home, and occasionally help in the World of Wild Theater. The best part of my job, although also the most challenging, … Continue reading "So much to learn from these amazing animals"

Happy holidays! We hope you checked out our first Conservation Blog this month to get some ideas on how to make this holiday season more green. And, as the holidays come to a close, here are a few easy things you can do to start off the new year on a green foot. At some … Continue reading "Have a happy, greener New Year!"

Giant pandas, along with several other animals here at the Zoo, are a solitary species. This means that they don’t generally spend time with other members of the same species unless it is for a breeding interaction or a mother raising her young. Due to their solitary nature, pandas must rely heavily on their olfactory … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Wednesday, December 18"

Hey everyone, my name is Sara Fee and I’m a Senior Keeper working with the gorillas in the Primate Department. I’d really like to tell you about the amazing team that I have the honor of working with, and about what it takes to take care of the 19 gorillas here at Zoo Atlanta. I’m … Continue reading "A dynamic, passionate and hardworking team"

Yesterday was a great example of how well the primary keepers on the Panda Care Team know the animals they see every day! Lun Lun was in one of the outdoor habitats all morning and started walking around in the afternoon despite having plenty of bamboo and leafeater biscuits. Since as a Swing Keeper I … Continue reading "Panda Updates – Monday, December 16"