Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: zoo keeper

A picture of an American kestrel (Falco sparverius sparverius) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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An American kestrel (Falco sparverius sparverius) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

A vulnerable Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia)

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A vulnerable Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia)

Picture of background made by Wrylie Guffey (shown in photo) for greater mousedeer, greater Malay chevrotain or napu (Tragulus napu)at the Topeka Zoo

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Background made by Wrylie Guffey (shown in photo) for greater mousedeer, greater Malay chevrotain or napu (Tragulus napu)at the Topeka Zoo

A zoo keeper with 'Poa', a ten-month-old common wombat (Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis) baby she's handrearing at the Healesville Sanctuary.

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A zoo keeper with ‘Poa’, a ten-month-old common wombat (Vombatus ursinus tasmaniensis) baby she’s handrearing at the Healesville Sanctuary.

Photo: A zoo keeper with 'Poa', a ten-month-old common wombat baby she's handrearing at Healesville Sanctuary in Healesville, Victoria, Australia.

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A zoo keeper with ‘Poa’, a ten-month-old common wombat baby she’s handrearing at Healesville Sanctuary in Healesville, Victoria, Australia.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

Photo: Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Zoo keepers wear crane costumes to bond with juvenile Mississippi sandhill cranes at the Audubon Species Survival Center, part of the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana. With just 110 adults in the wild now, every chick counts, and so young birds are taught how to forage for food by their human ‘parents’ out in flight pens until it’s time to be released into the wild again.

A zoo keeper tries to lure a bobcat (Lynx rufus) to Sartore's photo studio at the Miller Park Zoo.

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A zoo keeper tries to lure a bobcat (Lynx rufus) to Sartore’s photo studio at the Miller Park Zoo.

Photo: The head herp keeper puts the king cobra back in its enclosure.

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The head herp keeper puts the king cobra back in its enclosure.

Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the Fort Worth Zoo. This animal is in serious decline and has even been wiped out now in the Fort Worth area. This zoo has a captive breeding program for it.

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Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) at the Fort Worth Zoo. This animal is in serious decline and has even been wiped out now in the Fort Worth area. This zoo has a captive breeding program for it.

A picture of an American kestrel (Falco sparverius sparverius) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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An American kestrel (Falco sparverius sparverius) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Photo: A scorpion mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpiodes) at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City.

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A scorpion mud turtle (Kinosternon scorpiodes) at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City.

A Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi) is held by a handler at the New York State Zoo in Watertown, NY.

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A Harris’s hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus harrisi) is held by a handler at the New York State Zoo in Watertown, NY.

A vulnerable Egyptian spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) at the Buffalo Zoo.

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A vulnerable Egyptian spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) at the Buffalo Zoo.

A vulnerable Egyptian spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) at the Buffalo Zoo.

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A vulnerable Egyptian spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) at the Buffalo Zoo.

A vulnerable Egyptian spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) at the Buffalo Zoo.

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A vulnerable Egyptian spiny-tailed Lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia) at the Buffalo Zoo.

Picture of a panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) at the Lincoln Children's Zoo.

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A panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo.

Picture of an endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) with handler.

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An endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) with handler.

Picture of an endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) with handler.

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An endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) with handler.

Picture of an endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) with handler.

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An endangered Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) with handler.

Photo: The senior keeper for herps, in the rare amphibians breeding area of the Phoenix Zoo.

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The senior keeper for herps, in the rare amphibians breeding area of the Phoenix Zoo.

A white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina, Kansas.

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A white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure.

A white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) at Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure in Salina, Kansas.

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A white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) at the Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure.

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