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National Zoo Keeper Week

Charles Hedley Wild Animals of the World: Being a Popular Guide to Taronga Zoological Park Sydney, Australia: Trustees of Taronga Zoological Park, 1923Charles Hedley, Wild Animals of the World: Being a Popular Guide to Taronga Zoological Park
Sydney, Australia: Trustees of Taronga Zoological Park, 1923

You might want to visit a zoo or aquarium to help celebrate National Zoo Keeper Week, which runs from July 18-24, 2010.

From the National Capitol chapter of the The American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK):

AAZK's mission is to provide a resource and a forum of continuing education for the animal care professional and to support zoo and aquarium personnel in their roles as animal care givers, scientific researchers, public educators and conservationists; to promote zoos and aquariums as cultural establishments dedicated to the enrichment of human and natural resources; to foster the exchange of research materials, enrichment options and husbandry information through publications and conferences that will lead to a greater understanding of the needs and requirements of all animals.

Related links:

Keepers and creatures at the national zoo. Peggy Thomson; photographs by Paul Conklin. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher: New York: Crowell, c1988.

National Zoological Park Library

Recommended List of Books and Other Information Resources for Zoo and Aquarium Libraries

Zoos: A Historical Perspective

—Polly Lasker

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