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What is your job?
Mammal Keeper superviser
Where do you work?
Front Royal, Virginia
Why do you care about helping clouded leopards?
They are a unique species that is extremely hard to breed in captivity.
How did you get your start?
I took a job at Brookfield Zoo in Chicago to fill some time before I returned to
school. I liked it so much that I have I have now been doing it for almost 35 years.
What's the best part of your job?
Working with the animals and having them recognize you as an individual.
What suggestions could you give me for getting into your field?
These days you need to volunteer and to get experience. By doing that people get
to know you and when a job does open up you stand a much better chance of getting
hired.
Do you think clouded leopards have a chance to survive in the
wild?
I think they stand a good chance of surviving in the wild unless their habitat is
completely destroyed.
How can I help clouded leopards?
One way to help is by supporting conservation efforts in Southeast Asia. A good
way to do that is by
contributing to the Clouded Leopard Project in Thailand which has a project studying
them in the wild and also one that is successfully breeding them at the Khao Kheow
Zoo in Thailand.
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