Introducing the Fall 2016 Interns!

We have seven new interns this fall. They have been here for about five weeks. This group of interns is from all over the US. They all have recently graduated and are pursuing a career in the animal world. Let’s meet the new interns!

Ashley

Ashley is pictured here making our bear diets. She is from Westfield, Massachusetts. Ashley graduated from Delaware Valley University in May 2015 with a bachelor of science in conservation and wildlife management. Her future ambitions include working in a big cat rescue.

Favorite animal: Tiger

Favorite color: purple

Favorite food: pasta

Special talent: none

Hobbies: coloring, hiking

Countries traveled to: Aruba

Favorite movie: Nightmare Before Christmas

If she could be any mythical creature, she would be a mermaid.

If she could have a super power, it would be the power to control water.

Brenda

Brenda is pictured placing the meat for the carnivores in bins to defrost overnight. Brenda is from Artesia, California. She graduated in May 2016 from Humboldt State University with a BS in Zoology. Her future ambitions include working in conservation and extinction prevention. Favorite animal: African Lion

Favorite color: green

Favorite food: frog legs

Special talent: fluent in Spanish

Hobbies: reading DC comics, hiking, duct tape crafts, collecting knives

Countries traveled to: Mexico, Canada

If she could be any mythical creature, she would be a dragon.

If she could have a super power, it would be the power of mimicry or absorption (can copy or take another’s powers).

Charlotte

Charlotte is pictured refueling the gator. She is from Suwanee, Georgia. Charlotte graduated in May 2016 with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Animal Science with a minor in Chemistry from Berry College in Rome, Georgia. Her future ambitions include working in conservation of endangered species.

Favorite animal: Tiger

Favorite color: red

Favorite food: mashed potatoes

Special talent: innate sense of direction

Hobbies: reading, coloring, rock collecting, baking

Countries traveled to: Honduras, Canada

Favorite movie: The Lion King

If she could be any mythical creature, she would be a mermaid.

If she could have a super power, it would be the power of shape shifting.

Kate

Kate is pictured painting Rob’s (one of our ocelots) new house equipped with a heat lamp. She is from Jeffersonville, Vermont. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a BS in Animal Science. Her future ambitions include going to vet school and become a veterinarian.

Favorite animal: all animals except turkeys

Favorite color: purple

Favorite food: almonds

Special talent: dancing

Hobbies: dancing, hiking, rugby

Countries traveled to: Ecuador, Greece, Italy, France, Austria, Germany, Canada, and Switzerland

Favorite movie: Aristocats

If she could be any mythical creature, she would be a chimera.

If she could have a super power, it would be the power of flight.

Kayla

Kayla is pictured here prepping special diets for some of the large cats with donated steak from Walmart. She is from Central Illinois. She graduated from the University of Illinois in May of 2016 with a degree of Animal Science. Her future ambitions include being a curator of her own sanctuary.

Favorite animal: goat

Favorite color: purple

Favorite food: coffee

Special talent: being funny

Hobbies: cooking, dancing, reading

Countries traveled to: none

Favorite movie: Fried Green Tomatoes

If she could be any mythical creature, she would be a hippogriff.

If she could have a super power, it would be the power of elasticity.

Lexi

Lexi is sorting through loose sweets donated by Walmart for our grizzlies. She is from St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated in May from the Missouri University of Science and Technology with a BS in Biological Sciences and a minor in Chemistry. Her future ambitions include animal conservation on another continent. 

Favorite animal: cheetah

Favorite color: yellow

Favorite food: chocolate covered raisins

Special talent: hiccup like Mau

Hobbies: soccer, reading

Countries traveled to: Spain, Ireland, South Africa, and England

Favorite movie: Harry Potter

If she could be any mythical creature, she would be a phoenix.

If she could have a super power, it would be the power of invisibility.

Renee

Renee is pictured here prepping our “grizzly bucket” with meat for the next day. She is from Belvidere, New Jersey. She graduated May 2016 from Frostburg State University with a Bachelor of Science in Interpretive Biology and Natural History and minors in Spanish and Animal Behavior. Her future ambitions include working in animal conservation at Disney World.

Favorite animal: Panda

Favorite color: purple

Favorite food: Chinese pork steam buns

Special talent: can eat her weight in food

Hobbies: running, scary things, Asian culture

Countries traveled to: Australia, Guatemala

Favorite movie: Wreck-it-Ralph

If she could be any mythical creature, she would be a fairy.

If she could have a super power, it would be the power of flight.