Marc Thwaits
Published: 2022
Total Pages: 0
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"Where can you learn the proper way to wrestle a kangaroo? To fend off hostile badgers? To downsize a feisty leopard? To redirect a charging elephant? And to confront the most dreaded task of all--deal with the public? Without a doubt, the local zoo. A college student takes a summer job at a small Midwestern Zoo. He not only learns the rudimentary skills of shovel, sweep, and feed, every zoo attendant has to master, but from a topnotch crew of skilled animal caretakers, he also gets PhD training in advanced "zookeepery". This captivating true story recounts the young man's misadventures and accomplishments working closely with exotic animals. Dramatic, insightful, poignant, and informative, The Zoo Job introduces him to a new world, far different from the sheltered atmosphere of the college classroom. He is enrolled in the School of Unique Experiences--to complete a double major in Fang and Claw."--