Animal Training Adventures

Time is passing by real quick – even though days are long, they are going by way too fast! I don’t even know where this week went!
We have learned all about Animal Attacks and what to do if you do happen to get attacked by various animals. Definitely some good information to know.
The best part [...]

Yep, that’s probably the most exciting thing I’ve done so far, haha. Walking with an Emu. It’s super hard not being able to talk to or touch any of the animals. So when we were able to all go out on one of the Emu’s walks, that was fun. Lots of the animals come out [...]

Week 1 is officially over!
After getting our pigeon ordeal over and done with for the time being, the following day was exciting as we got to pick up our uniforms! We have to wear our uniforms at all times when at the zoo or in classes at the zoo. It has also been recommended to [...]

Yesterday was our first official day of Orientation at the zoo. With a new class of 52 students – there were lots of people milling about – some were very quiet and kept to themselves and others hovered around in their little groups of 3-5 (mostly groups of roommates). All bright eyed, excited, nervous and [...]

My good friend Alicia told me I should start a blog just to document my experiences at America’s Teaching Zoo. (EATM program: Exotic Animal Training and Management). Such an awesome idea as last August when I was researching EATM, I searched for such a blog but didn’t find one. So here it is! I will [...]