The NEW Zoo offers visitors a chance to see animals they won’t find anywhere else in the region, but the care these creatures receive happens largely behind the scenes through the dedicated work of zookeepers.
Brent Koerner is one of those zookeepers whose daily routine includes delivering meals and cleaning up after the animals — work that might appear mundane but serves a much deeper purpose.
“That’s one question people ask me is, ‘What’s your favorite part of the job?’ It’s forming these relationships and being able to see and know when the animal is going to trust me or I know when they’re acting weird or when something is off,” Koerner said…