zookeeper
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"It's clear who won!" one zookeeper exclaimed excitedly.
From Barron's • Jun. 6, 2026
“It’s not as messy as ‘Tiger King’ was,” said Josh Webb, a zookeeper there from April to November of 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
“She’s become a bit of a national treasure,” one zookeeper said.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025
It was during this era that Maurice Rodrigues, then a part-time zookeeper at the Bronx Zoo, first encountered Goode.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2024
At one o’clock Jan will come for half an hour to check on us poor forsaken souls, like a zookeeper.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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