“AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE” – Catherine Gould – Keeper-for-a-Day

Catherine Gould was treated to being a Keeper-for-a-Day with us today! Catherine’s parents told me that she’s been visiting the Park regularly since she was 18 months old! It’s always been one of her favourite places.

As a Front-of-House Manager in the Hotel industry Catherine has enjoyed the change close customer interface to a close encounter of the furry and feathered kind! She enjoys all the animals but has a particularly soft spot for the ducks – so I snapped a couple of images of Catherine feeding the wildfowl down at the lower lake earlier this afternoon.

Catherine ended her day with us by saying that it was “an amazing experience” – and by the sparkle in her eye I wouldn’t be surprised to hear that, at some time in the future, Catherine may be back for another Keeper-for-a-Day treat!

Letter of Thanks from Catherine...

Dear All at Seaview Wildlife Encounter,

Just a quick email to say 'thank you' for a wonderful day on Thursday 16th September which I spent with you as a ' Keeper for a Day'. It was a brilliant experience and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it! It was great to have the chance to be so involved with the animals and I would like to thank everyone who was involved, especially Tara, Jules, Craig and Fern for making the day so memorable. I am a regular visitor to the Park so will no doubt be back before the end of the season!

Thank you all once again,

With Kind regards,

Catherine Gould

Keeper for a day- Georgie Atkinson

Twelve year old Georgie Atkinson decided to come to the Park and help the Animal Care Team and experience what it's like to be behind the scenes working as an Animal Keeper.

Georgie is hoping to work with animals when she leaves school, so what better experience than to become A Keeper for a Day at Seaview Wildlife Encounter and really get stuck in!

Georgie worked along side Education Officer, Tara, where she had the chance to feed the Pelicans, Wallabies, Penguins AND Meerkats, just some of Georgie's highlights of the day.

And after all that hard work we ended the day with a gentle stroll with our woolly Alpacas!

MAX McCONACHIE – KEEPER-FOR-A-DAY (25 JULY 2010)

Max spent the day with us on Sunday – as Keeper-for-a-day! These images show our Head Keeper, Craig (left), Max (centre) and Animal Keeper, Holly Cluitt (right) enjoying some time at the Penguin Pool.

Max ‘shadowed’ Craig and Holly and said he really enjoyed spending time with all the birds and animals and seeing how things work behind the scenes.

If you’d like to know more about becoming a Keeper-for-a-Day please see our website for details.