An update on life... |
So many things have happened lately, some not so good. Our zoo suffered a big loss in the death of our wonderful male rhino, Jordie. I never had to take care of him as far as the physical ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:37:00 GMT |
Sometimes life really isn’t fair... |
I was shocked to hear the news that my cousin in Indy who had struggled to get pregnant, enjoyed being pregnant and was soooo prepared to be a mom got robbed of that chance by a freak thing. Her...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT |
Busy, busy! |
So, I haven't posted one of these in awhile becuz I have been busy, busy, BUSY! We have been swamped at work trying to get the new building ready for opening day which is August 4th and VERY rapidly a...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:53:00 GMT |
The time has arrived! |
Finally, the new Amazonia building is ours! We have less than two months to get our stuff in and get the animals settled before opening to the public. Ok for most of the mammals, not so go...
Posted by on Tue, 20 May 2008 08:03:00 GMT |
Changes are a coming! |
Hello all! We are finally making the changes at Mesker. All the areas are being rearranged and new assignments to all. I am going to be the aquatics specialist and do some birds on the sid...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:25:00 GMT |
Baby time at Mesker... |
Hi all! So we had a baby hyacinth macaw born back in November and now she is all growed up and taking peanuts from us. She is an adventurous little tyke venturing closer to us every day an...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:36:00 GMT |
So, it’s official...I am a zookeeper! |
Whoo-hoo! I have finally graduated into the realm of official zookeeper at Mesker now. The training period was long and crazy, but I am now official and my first three days as a real keepe...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:30:00 GMT |
My second week at Mesker! |
Well, 2 weeks down at the new job! This week I finished up Asia section, learned Forest (children's zoo), and started learning Africa. So they knocked down Lucy the Preswalski horse on Wed...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 05:36:00 GMT |
My new job... |
Well, I have begun work at Mesker park zoo & botanical gardens in Evansville, IN and the training will be intense, 3 days in each of the nine areas. I started in Cats which includes li...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 11:36:00 GMT |
