Category: Arts & Culture

Keeper for a Day: Elephants

Spend a morning with Zoo Atlanta's elephant care team at the Zambezi Elephant Center, ages 16 and up.

An African elephant faces the camera with ears spread wide in its habitat at Zoo Atlanta, where Keeper for a Day participants work alongside the Elephant Care Team.
Zoo Atlanta's Keeper for a Day: Elephants puts participants alongside the Elephant Care Team at the Zambezi Elephant Center on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Participants help prepare the habitat for the day, learn about positive reinforcement training and enrichment, and take on hands-on tasks such as raking, sweeping and hosing. The program is for ages 16 and up, and registration is required at least one week ahead through Zoo Atlanta.

Location

Zoo Atlanta

800 Cherokee Ave SE

Atlanta, GA 30315

The venue

Zoo Atlanta

800 Cherokee Ave SE, Atlanta

Grant Park zoo near downtown with free keeper talks, gorilla and orangutan feedings, and two giant pandas who are not yet on view.

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