Confessions of an Accidental Zoo Curator

Even a cursory look at the education menus of premier zoos will demonstrate how ubiquitous conservation education programs have become. Berkovits describes her career as a zoo curator, which began in 1972. She notes that today she would not have had the qualifications to even be interviewed for the...

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Published inCurator (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 60; no. 3; p. 267
Main Author Libeskind Berkovits, Annette
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2017
Subjects
Careers
Conservation
Curators
Personal experiences
Zoos
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Summary:Even a cursory look at the education menus of premier zoos will demonstrate how ubiquitous conservation education programs have become. Berkovits describes her career as a zoo curator, which began in 1972. She notes that today she would not have had the qualifications to even be interviewed for the zoo job she landed. That situation only emphasizes the explosive evolution of the field in just two generations. Her job had room for the creativity she sought. The Bronx Zoo had, in its own way, been a pioneer in education.
ISSN:0011-3069
2151-6952
DOI:10.1111/cura.12223