Zookeeper

Zookeeper — Rocky Mountain Wildlife Park

Denver, CO | September 2023 – Present

• Supervised daily husbandry, environmental enrichment, and behavioral management for 45 mammals and reptiles, ensuring 100% compliance with USDA and AZA welfare regulations.
• Created and implemented 15 custom behavioral enrichment plans, decreasing animal stereotypic behaviors by 28% and boosting active forage times by 2 hours daily.
• Managed a habitat maintenance budget of $12,000, negotiating supplies with local feed vendors to reduce quarterly procurement costs by 14% while retaining quality.
• Utilized Tracks software and ZIMS to log daily health assessments, veterinary treatments, and enrichment observations for 60 species, reducing report retrieval times by 35%.

Assistant Zookeeper — High Plains Wildlife Center

Fort Collins, CO | June 2021 – August 2023

• Assisted with daily husbandry routines and food preparation for 70 exotic animals, maintaining a 100% accuracy rate in dosage for prescribed veterinary medications.
• Coordinated training workshops for a team of 18 volunteer docents on safety protocols and public educational sessions, increasing visitor feedback scores by 18%.
• Spearheaded the redesign of the aviary flight habitat structure, increasing average nesting success rates for resident bird species by 22% over a 12-month period.
• Conducted 45 weekly public educational presentations, educating up to 150 guests per session on wildlife conservation efforts and animal enrichment practices.

Animal husbandry, Enrichment design, USDA compliance, AZA regulations, ZIMS, Tracks software, Volgistics, Animal training, Dietary prep, Habitat maintenance, Wildlife conservation, Guest education, Emergency response, First aid

Aviary Habitat Renovation

Role: Lead Habitat Coordinator

Tools: Tracks, SketchUp, Excel

Directed the structural remodeling of the regional aviary habitat, which expanded usable animal space by 35% and increased volunteer shift coverage by 20%.

Digital Records Migration

Role: ZIMS Database Specialist

Tools: ZIMS, Google Sheets, Slack

Migrated 15 years of paper-based husbandry and veterinary logs to the cloud, reducing data retrieval time by 40% and eliminating 120 duplicate files.

• Certified Professional Animal Care Specialist (CPACS) (2023)
• Certified Zoological Professional (CZP) (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Regional wildlife rehabilitation assistant (2020-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice