It may seem like all fun and games — being up close to animals, big and small, you can only see being a fence or glass but a zookeeper can be an intense and challenge job They feed, train, take care ...

Zookeepers take care of animals at zoos. That includes feeding them, cleaning and cleaning up after them, training and more. Randi Krieger has been a zookeeper at the Seneca Park Zoo for six years.

Alex Simpson is a zookeeper at Whipsnade Zoo, a conservation zoo located near Dunstable in Bedfordshire, England He works with large hoofstock, meaning he interacts with rhinos, giraffes, hippos, and ...

Going to the zoo is fun for visitors, but we may not realize how much hard work goes into keeping the animals happy and healthy. WFMZ photojournalist Jenny McCain gives an inside look at one zookeeper ...

It’s no secret that hippos have prodigious bowel movements. And Cincinnati heartthrob Fiona the hippo is no different. In fact, it’s a day-in, day-out job just to keep the hippo enclosure clean. Fiona ...

There is much truth in the notion that animals form a special bond with their human care takers (and vice versa). And for the animals at Miller Park Zoo, it is no different. One man in particular ...