A day at Melbourne Zoo: breakfast, kangaroos and ducks in an orang-utan enclosure
A MOTHER duck and her baby ducklings have kept Melbourne Zoo staff — and an orang-utan — on their toes at Melbourne Zoo when we went behind the scenes and found there’s no such thing as a typical day at the office.
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THERE’S no such thing as a typical day at the office for keepers at Melbourne Zoo.
A mother duck and her baby ducklings kept staff on their toes last week when they were found wandering around the orang-utan enclosure.
Despite a curious encounter with the resident primate, the ducklings were eventually rounded up and safely whisked away by keepers.
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To celebrate International Zoo Keeper’s day, the Herald Sun went behind the scenes at Australia’s oldest zoo to find out what goes on in the day in the life of a keeper.
Hours before the gates open and the steady stream of families fill Australia’s oldest zoo, keeper Georgie Greig is hard at work.
Armed with a bucket of feed, Georgie begins her first round of feeding for the day.
“The mornings can be pretty hectic — we’ve got a lot to get through,” she says as she marches up the muddy path to the giraffe enclosure.
Georgie, like all 116 keepers at Melbourne Zoo, has a schedule to follow that includes feeding, cleaning and training the 320 different species living at the Parkville site. But when you’re dealing with animals, things rarely got to plan.
From capturing a wild kangaroo spotted hopping down Flemington Rd just metres from the CBD, to rescuing a flock of ducklings stranded in the orang-utan enclosure, every day presents a new and exciting challenge.
Today, the zoo is celebrating the work of its staff for International Zookeeper Day — an annual day to recognise those who work to improve and save the lives of animals across the world.
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