Happy National Zookeeper Week!

July 20-26, 2014

"Our passion sustains us in providing the best care for our animals, connecting people to wildlife, and saving species from extinction...We believe in challenging our current knowledge-base and we strive to communicate effectively with others in our field in order to perfect our skills. What we learn, what we share, and how we engage are powered by the passion that we have for the animals we care for. We also believe that the passion we have for animals exceeds all borders. This passion enables us to make a profound impact on conservation; it drives the collective effort that enables us to send hundreds of thousands of dollars to support worthy conservation efforts each year. We do all this because we care for animals."

--Bob Cisneros, President

American Association of Zoo Keepers