By Jack Koop

How to Care for Our Zoo Animals

At our zoo it is important that new zoo keepers such as yourself, do a good job insuring that the safety, protection, and health of the animals are met, along with allowing for the visitors to be comfortable.

Our Zoo

Chimpanzees are primates that live in the wet savannahs and rainforests of Africa and have a wild lifespan of about fifty years. As omnivores, their diet consists of various fruits, and plants, along with the occasional small mammal.

At our zoo, the chimps are strictly herbivores, and can live up to sixty years.

ChimpanzeesCommon name: ChimpanzeeScientific name: Pan troglodytes

How to care for the Chimpanzees at the Zoo:

Chimpanzees are a complex species of animals who are very similar to humans. Both humans, and Chimps enjoy interaction with one another. But, with any relationship, some form of privacy is required. At the Chimpanzee exhibit, there are areas that are out of view from the visitors to give the Chimps their own privacy.

Safe public viewing

There is a thick glass window that seperates the animals from the guests to keep all parties safe. Also, large, tall brick walls separate the outside of the exhibit from the inside. This insures that the Chimps stay in their habitat, and that guests cannot get in.The exhibit still allows for visitors to view much of the chimps habitat.

At our zoo, all visitors are welcome, especially the handicap. All exhibits, including the Chimpanzee exhibit, have wheelchair ramps the allow for the accessibility of the handicap.

Handicap Accessibility

Chimpanzee’s DNA are similar to humans, and Chimps can catch many human diseases, and illnesses. It is important for zoo keepers to make sure that the visitors do not come into contact with the animals. Also, there are animal specified first aid stations in every exhibit, along with an infirmary located in the back of the zoo.Kits contain vaccinations, bandaging, vitamins, and other medicines.

Medical Treatment

Since the Chimpanzee exhibit includes many climbing structures, and hammocks for sleeping that are high off the ground, it is important that zoo keepers routinely check the stability of said structures. Also, zoo keepers should check on the safety of the protecting walls, gates and windows.

Kits contain vaccinations, bandaging, vitamins, and other medicines.

Maintenance

Severe weather is everywhere on the planet, and affects all animals differently. Every exhibit offers protection from the harshest of conditions. The Chimpanzee exhibit offers protection from elements like; wind, hail, thunderstorms, and severe hot and cold temperatures with a small barn like structure. It is just large enough to house all of the Chimps at one time.

Protection from Severe Weather

Harris’ Antelope Ground Squirrel is from the southwest region of North America, and eats mainly insects, and green vegetation.

Antelope Ground SquirrelCommon name: Antelope

Ground SquirrelScientific name: Ammospermophilus harrisii

How to Care for Antelope Ground Squirrels at the Zoo:

Like at the Chimpanzee exhibit, public viewing safety is extremely important at the Squirrel exhibitThis exhibit also features glass windows to give visitors prime view points into the exhibit habitat of the squirrels. The exhibit is large enough for the squirrels to escape the presence of visitors, but small enough for zoo keepers to keep track of all of the animals.

Safe Public Viewing

Like all exhibits at the Zoo, the squirrel exhibit is accessible to handicap visitors. Ramps lead into the building that houses the habitat, and visitors touring in wheelchairs can roll right up to one of the many viewing windows to see the squirrels.

Handicap Accessibility

The Squirrel exhibit is housed in a building that is home to many other small mammals. In that building, zoo keepers have access to any first aid, medicine, or other kinds of treatment needed for any of the animals housed in that building.Also, an infirmary is located in the back of the zoo, capable of treating all animals.

Medical Treatment

There is little to maintain for zoo keepers in this exhibit, because it is much smaller compared to large mammal exhibits.Zoo keepers will need to make sure that the correct, warm temperature is maintained in the exhibit. Also, they need to make sure the exhibit is structurally sound, including the glass viewing windows.

Maintenance

Since the exhibit is inside of a well built building, no true severe weather threat stands. Zoo keepers just need to make sure that a backup generator is always ready in case of a power outage. That way, the correct climate can be maintained at all times.

Protection from Severe Weather

All zoo keepers need to make sure that the exhibits they are responsible for are fed, watered, and cleaned on the regular, appropriate basis.

Lastly,

You are Now Ready to Begin Work at Our Zoo!