Keeper of the Zoo

Former zookeeper and professional artist writes about life on this wild planet.

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Baby Gorillas, New Years, and Moving Blogs

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It's a new year and things are bound to change. Over the past few months, I've been working towards migrating this blog to my new pr...
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Friday, November 22, 2013

Patches the Polar Bear

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Thought you might like to see the photos of Patches, the NC Zoo's new polar bear exploring her new home. She arrived at the zoo on Wedn...
Sunday, November 3, 2013

Two Young California Sea Lions Rescued

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My friends at The North Carolina Zoo sent me this fab photo of Dyson, one of two young rescued California sea lions the zoo took in last ...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

The Owl and the Pussycat, Strange Bedfellows

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Apparently, Fum and Gebra have their own website. Look them up . My mother passed along the following video to me. I had to share it. Enjoy...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Oscar Has a Plus One

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My family has a habit of calling every black rat snake they run across on our farm, be it in our garage, the attic, or the backyard by the...
Sunday, May 12, 2013

Animal Moms and Ellen

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This year, Ellen's Mother's Day show had an audience filled with expectant mothers and her opening monologue was right up my alley,...
Sunday, May 5, 2013

The Cinco in Mayo Stands for Five Reasons to Love Your Dog!

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Anyone who knows me knows that I found my little dog on this fateful day twelve years ago and named her Cinco de Mayo. It was fitting, not...
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Amanda Sandos is not just some crazy liberal environmentalist, although she did leave the zoo industry after eighteen years as a zookeeper to become a freelance environmental artist. Hmmm. She is a master's graduate of Goddard College and the sole proprietor of a pet-sitting service in her area. She has a studio at Art on 12th in Lynchburg, where she sells her paintings, photography, and hand-made jewelry. She is also a freelance writer, who has published creative non-fiction, environmental writing, poetry, and fiction.
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