Talk:Zookeeper

Little Girls Thaughts On Being A Zoo Keeper

I think the "Zookeeper is a person that has to go to collage for a lot of years and a person who helps to take care of animals by getting in there and feeding them and petting them and making there habatat a better and cleaner enviroment for the animal. and helps make there home a safer place for them..

By:Amber P.S. i cant spell!!

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I edited a lot of this article as there was repetition, instruction and unreferenced opinion. Also contributors seem to forget that Wikipedia is a global website, and many countries use the English language version, not just the USA. When writing about the academic requirements, programs available or expectations of a zookeeper, it's good to remember that all of these vary from country to country; state explicitly the country you are talking about, don't simply presume we are all American. Also try and avoid unreferenced personal opinion like "zookeepers should be passionate about animals". Whilst most of us would assume it's a prerequisite to be passionate about animals if you are to become a zookeeper, the necessity of passion is not definite or objective. This is an encyclopaedia remember! Let's work to keep it as an educational resource rather than a magazine or a diary. Thanks!77.99.12.140 (talk) 01:59, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Great edits! This page had been bothering me for a long time, but I wasn't sure how the zoo keeping community (to which I belong) would take to such fixes. – Maky ^« talk » 15:24, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! If you belong to the zoo keeping community you're exactly the right person to make changes to the article. Please don't be shy or reluctant to fix things, your expertise is very welcome. 77.99.12.140 (talk) 10:47, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

I'm sorry, but retaliation, blackballing, etc... I've seen it used many, many times in the close-knit zoo world. (I wish the article could talk about that. They didn't shy away from the topic at Moorpark College, which houses one of the longstanding zookeeping schools in the U.S.) I already have enough problems landing a job as it is. – Maky ^« talk » 01:54, 17 June 2013 (UTC)

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