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Zookeeping 101
2026-06-23 15:00:00 2026-06-23 15:30:00 America/New_York Zookeeping 101 Zookeepers from the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo and their animal ambassadors will be visiting to teach kids what it takes to work at a zoo. Newberry Branch - Meeting Room

Tuesday, June 23
3:00pm - 3:30pm

Add to Calendar 2026-06-23 15:00:00 2026-06-23 15:30:00 America/New_York Zookeeping 101 Zookeepers from the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo and their animal ambassadors will be visiting to teach kids what it takes to work at a zoo. Newberry Branch - Meeting Room

Newberry Branch

Meeting Room

Zookeepers from the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo and their animal ambassadors will be visiting to teach kids what it takes to work at a zoo.

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a zookeeper? Join us to learn about the incredible care zookeepers give to animals big and small.

 

Zookeepers from the Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo will be visiting to tell us all about their amazing jobs, and they'll be bringing along a few animal ambassadors to introduce to everyone.

 

AGE GROUP: | Elementary (6-11 years) |

EVENT TYPE: | Summer Reading Program | Animals & Nature |

TAGS: | Zookeeping | Zookeeper | Zoo | Summer at the Library | Summer | SF Zoo | Santa Fe Zoo | Santa Fe College | Santa Fe | Nature | Animals | Animal ambassadors | Animal | #SummerAtTheLibrary |

Newberry Branch
Phone: 352-472-1135
Branch manager
Marlin Day
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