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“So many of the animals are sensitive, exquisitely attuned to the emotional state of those around them. They can pick up the smallest frequencies of distress or anger, and it can make them act in ways that clueless keepers disapprovingly call "erratic." It's not erratic, though, to be influenced by the mood of someone close to you. Humans do it all the time.”

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Book:The Island of Last Things

Source: The Island of Last Things

“[The taxidermist is] a historian, dealing with an animal's past; the zookeeper is a politician, dealing with an animal's present; and everyone else is a citizen who must decide on that animal's future (...) The indifference of the many, combined with the active hatred of the few, has sealed the fate of animals.”

Past Animal Fate Citizens Politician Hatred Active Indifference Historian Zookeepers

Book:Beatrice & Virgil

Source: Beatrice & Virgil

“Biodiversity can't be maintained by protecting a few species in a zoo, or by preserving greenbelts or national parks. To function properly, nature needs more room than that. It can maintain itself, however, without human expense, without zookeepers, park rangers, foresters or gene banks. All it needs is to be left alone.”

Needs Humans Left Rooms Function Species Parks Expenses Genes Left Alone Zoos Rangers Biodiversity National Parks Zookeepers

Author:Donella Meadows

“Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.”

Animal Cousin Ambassadors Zoos My Cousin Zookeepers

Author:Jack Hanna

“I'm less upset with politicians than the media. I feel like politicians, there is a certain, inherent - you know, the way I always explain it is, when you go to the zoo and a monkey throws its feces, it's a monkey. But, when the zookeeper is standing right there, and he doesn't say bad monkey... Somebody's got to be the zookeeper.”

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Author:Jon Stewart

“I really liked the idea of playing that kind of optimistic, super-intense, go-get-'em spirit combined with being a little bit of an outsider. I am really drawn to girls of that age in general, who believe they can be a waitress, scientist, actress, a dentist, a zookeeper...and who really aren't boy-crazy.”

Believe Kind Littles Ideas Age Spirit Girl Bits Boys Crazy Little Bit Scientist Actresses Intense Optimistic Ems Outsiders Dentist Waitress Zookeepers

Author:Amy Poehler

“I always wanted to be a zookeeper when I was growing up, and I've wound up a zookeeper! I've been working with the Los Angeles Zoo for 45 years! I'm the luckiest old broad on two feet because my life is divided absolutely in half - half animals and half show business. You can't ask for better than two things you love the most.”

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Author:Betty White

“The seals stupidly dive off rocks into swirling black water, barking mindlessly. The zookeepers feed them dead fish. A crowd gathers around the tank, mostly adults, a few accompanied by children. On the seals' tank a plaque warns: COINS CAN KILL——IF SWALLOWED, COINS CAN LODGE IN AN ANIMAL'S STOMACH AND CAUSE ULCERS, INFECTIONS AND DEATH. DO NOT THROW COINS IN THE POOL. So what do I do? Toss a handful of change into the tank when none of the zookeepers are watching. It's not the seals I hate——it's the audience's enjoyment of them that bothers me.”

Source: American Psycho: Picador Classic

“The only creature on earth whose natural habitat is a zoo is the zookeeper.”

Earth Natural Animal Creatures Animal Rights Zoos Habitat Natural Habitats Zookeepers

Author:Robert Breault

“I'm an avid animal lover. When I was 16, I wanted to be a vet or a zookeeper. I grew up with animals. At one time we had between five and eight dogs in the house, with four cats. We're menagerie people.”

People Wanted House Animal Five Four Dog Grew Lovers Grew Up Cat Eight One Time Animal Love Vets Avid Animal Lover Menagerie Zookeepers

Author:Misty May-Treanor