zoo curator

Menagerie collection manager

A zoo curator is a professional responsible for managing animal collections and overseeing their care, conservation, and exhibition.

Curators typically specialize in particular groups of animals—mammals, birds, reptiles—and make decisions about breeding programs, habitat design, and acquisitions.

The zoo curator worked with international partners on the endangered species program.

Related

species survival · keeper · enclosure · natural habitat · habitat · breeding · breeding program · exhibits · menagerie · endangered · endangered species · sanctuary · captivity · specimens · aquarium · caretaker · preserve · zoologist

Opposites
animal welfare philosophy

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Unlawful wildlife taker

trophy hunter · big game hunter · fur trapper · whaler

captivity vs. freedom

zoo curatorwildlife rehabilitator

Treats injured wild animals

institutional role

zoo curatorwildlife ranger

Conservation law enforcer

park ranger · game warden · safari guide · wildlife conservationist · wildlife photographer

Family

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G