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Keeper Educational Exchange Programme - KEEP A tool for zookeepers to gain and share knowledge in the pursuit of optimal animal welfare.

🎉NEW PLACEMENT ALERT🎉West Midlands Safari Park are offering a brilliant opportunity to work with their fantastic carnivo...
05/12/2025

🎉NEW PLACEMENT ALERT🎉

West Midlands Safari Park are offering a brilliant opportunity to work with their fantastic carnivore team!
They are offering an amazing 5-day placement with chance to work with their collection of large felids and canids!
You'll get chance to partake in a range of husbandry activities from enclosure cleaning to enrichment design and implementation!

This placement is suited to someone who is passionate about carnivores and looking to gain experience with different species than they are used to and/or working in a safari park setting.

To get the chance to work with these amazing carnivores whilst working with their dedicated and experienced keepers, register with us and get your application in - please remember to attach your cv and a covering letter to explain why you want to take part!
* Minimum experience requirement is 1 year of full time animal keeping experience in the UK and Ireland.
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Deadline for application is 16/01/2026
Placement dates: 9th-13th March 2026

https://www.keeperexchange.org/vacancy/carnivore-keeper-3/

🎉NEW PLACEMENT ALERT🎉West Midlands Safari Park are offering a brilliant opportunity to work with their amazing ungulate ...
04/12/2025

🎉NEW PLACEMENT ALERT🎉

West Midlands Safari Park are offering a brilliant opportunity to work with their amazing ungulate team! They are offering an amazing 5-day placement with chance to work with an incredible 28 different species of large ungulate!!
You'll get chance to partake in a range of husbandry activities from enclosure cleaning to browse sourcing and provisioning!

This placement is suited to someone who is passionate about hoof-stock and looking to gain experience with larger species than they are used to and/or working in a safari park setting.
To get the chance to work with so many amazing ungulates whilst working with their dedicated and experienced keepers, register with us and get your application in - please remember to attach your cv and a covering letter to explain why you want to take part!
* Minimum experience requirement is 1 year of full time animal keeping experience in the UK and Ireland.
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Deadline for application is 16/01/2026
Placement dates: 9th - 13th March 2026
https://www.keeperexchange.org/vacancy/ungulate-keeper-2/

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳Isobel from the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary took part in an exchange with the penguin and flying bi...
03/12/2025

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳

Isobel from the Suffolk Owl Sanctuary took part in an exchange with the penguin and flying birds team at ZSL London Zoo where she got chance to work with their fantastic array of bird species!

Isobel said;
"I had the most amazing time on my KEEP placement at London Zoo! The Penguins and Flying Birds team were so welcoming and knowledgeable, and I learned so much from working across a wide range of taxa. I gained valuable enrichment ideas, training approaches, and transferable skills that I’m so excited to take back to my collection! I’m incredibly grateful for the team’s support and would highly recommend a KEEP placement. A huge thank you to ZSL and the KEEP team for facilitating the placement!"

We want to say a huge thank you to the penguin and flying birds team at ZSL London Zoo for being brilliant hosts, and to Isobel or taking part and getting stuck in! 🤩

Don't forget, if you're currently a Zookeeper with over a year's paid experience, you're eligible for the programme! To register now, head to www.keeperexchange.org - you never know where you may end up!

📣NEW PLACEMENT ALERT! 📣 - LESS THAN A WEEK TO DEADLINE! Colchester Zoological Society are offering a two-day placement w...
24/11/2025

📣NEW PLACEMENT ALERT! 📣 - LESS THAN A WEEK TO DEADLINE!

Colchester Zoological Society are offering a two-day placement working alongside their fantastic Reptile team. This section includes a wide range of species, including Komodo dragon, slender snouted crocodile, tree monitor, iguana, anaconda, tortoise, frogs and a variety of fish species.
The candidate will have the opportunity to help with the daily husbandry of the species, including cleaning and maintaining enclosures, preparation and distribution of diets and assisting in the provision of enrichment. There will also be the chance to observe some of the positive reinforcement training carried out with the species on section.
This is an amazing opportunity to discuss modern reptile husbandry with our passionate and knowledgeable team, such as UV requirements, diet changes, enrichment and training ideas.
Please apply with your CV and covering letter and advise if you have any special interests.
To get the chance to work with these fantastic animals whilst working with their dedicated and experienced keepers, register with us and get your application in!
Please remember to attach your CV and cover letter explaining why you would like to work with the team and what you are hoping to get from this experience!
* Minimum experience requirement is 1 year of full time animal keeping experience in the UK and Ireland. *
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Deadline for application is 30/11/2025
Placement dates: 11th-12th December 2025
https://www.keeperexchange.org/vacancy/reptile-keeper/

Alice and James are safely back in the UK following a fantastic experience attending the 2nd ALPZA LATAM congress of zoo...
23/11/2025

Alice and James are safely back in the UK following a fantastic experience attending the 2nd ALPZA LATAM congress of zookeepers at the fantastic Bioparque Ukumari in Colombia! 🇨🇴

They were able to share the work of KEEP with attendees from across Latin America with the view to gauging interest in keeper exchanges in the region! Which they say was very positively received!

They have come back with lots of exciting news, developments, ideas etc. which the KEEP team can't wait to share soon...!

They were also later hosted by the wonderful animal keeping team at Piscilago Colsubsidio where they got chance to discuss all sorts of zookeeping things like enrichment, training, enclosure design and more!

Many thanks to the fantastic Global Elephant Care for their generous support to help get them there as well as personal sponsors; David Field, Kit Coates​, Sioned Mai Davies and Toby Reeve! Your generosity is greatly appreciated and helped us share our work with fantastic zoo staff from across the continent! ​

Keep your eyes peeled on https://www.keeperexchange.org/ for more updates coming soon!

Alice and James were invited to give a presentation about KEEP at the 2nd International Latin American Keepers conferenc...
13/11/2025

Alice and James were invited to give a presentation about KEEP at the 2nd International Latin American Keepers conference at Bioparque Ukumari in Colombia this year, which they were absolutely delighted to accept.

The conference was an excellent insight into the passion, work, and dedication of Latin American zookeepers for the KEEP Team, and KEEP are absolutely itching to work together with these zoos in a closer capacity.

A huge thank you to ALPZA for inviting us, Bioparque Ukumari for being excellent hosts, and the wonderful Yvette Kemp for translating and guiding the team through this Latin American experience with grace and humour.

We can't wait to share more exciting updates with you all, KEEP your eyes on our channels for more updates!

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳Will from Chester Zoo took part in an exchange with the primate team at Colchester Zoo where h...
11/11/2025

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳
Will from Chester Zoo took part in an exchange with the primate team at Colchester Zoo where he got chance to work with their fantastic array of primates big and small!

Will said;
"I had a great time at Colchester, it was really interesting to see all of their enrichment and training that they do with the animals. The team were really welcoming and it was great to learn a lot from them. I'd recommend doing a KEEP placement to any keepers!"

We want to say a huge thank you to the primate team at Colchester Zoo for being brilliant hosts, and to Will for taking part and getting stuck in! 🤩

Don't forget, if you're currently a Zookeeper with over a year's paid experience, you're eligible for the programme! To register now, head to www.keeperexchange.org - you never know where you may end up!

KEEP team Alice and James are in Pereira, Colombia for the International conference of Latin American Zookeepers! They'v...
11/11/2025

KEEP team Alice and James are in Pereira, Colombia for the International conference of Latin American Zookeepers!
They've been invited to talk all things keeper exchanges, zookeeping and exploring the feasibility and interest of establishing zookeeper exchanges of zoos far and wide!

📣NEW PLACEMENT ALERT! 📣Colchester Zoological Society are offering a two-day placement working alongside their fantastic ...
09/11/2025

📣NEW PLACEMENT ALERT! 📣

Colchester Zoological Society are offering a two-day placement working alongside their fantastic Reptile team. This section includes a wide range of species, including Komodo dragon, slender snouted crocodile, tree monitor, iguana, anaconda, tortoise, frogs and a variety of fish species.

The candidate will have the opportunity to help with the daily husbandry of the species, including cleaning and maintaining enclosures, preparation and distribution of diets and assisting in the provision of enrichment. There will also be the chance to observe some of the positive reinforcement training carried out with the species on section.

This is an amazing opportunity to discuss modern reptile husbandry with our passionate and knowledgeable team, such as UV requirements, diet changes, enrichment and training ideas.

Please apply with your CV and covering letter and advise if you have any special interests.

To get the chance to work with these fantastic animals whilst working with their dedicated and experienced keepers, register with us and get your application in!
Please remember to attach your CV and cover letter explaining why you would like to work with the team and what you are hoping to get from this experience!
* Minimum experience requirement is 1 year of full time animal keeping experience in the UK and Ireland. *
🐍🦎🐢

Deadline for application is 30/11/2025
Placement dates: 11th-12th December 2025
https://www.keeperexchange.org/vacancy/reptile-keeper/

📣NEW PLACEMENT ALERT! 📣Team Building with Bite are offering an amazing opportunity to get involved with an exciting encl...
06/11/2025

📣NEW PLACEMENT ALERT! 📣

Team Building with Bite are offering an amazing opportunity to get involved with an exciting enclosure/enrichment project at Bristol Skills Academy!

The team are going to be furnishing the enclosures for meerkats, armadillos and ferrets with an exciting array of enrichment features, climbing structures, dens and more!
You will get some fantastic hands on practical experience in enrichment design, construction and implementation whilst developing practical skills such as tool use and construction.

The project will be run in three blocks.
Block 1: 9th Feb – 13th Feb
Block 2: 18th Feb – 22nd Feb
Block 3: 28th Feb – 4th March

TBWB are able to accommodate someone for each block, working a minimum of two days. This could be someone who wants to do all three blocks, or a different person on each.

To get the chance to work with Team Building with Bite as they do their amazing work to help these fantastic animals whilst working with their dedicated and experienced keepers, register with us and get your application in!

Please remember to attach your CV and cover letter explaining why you would like to work with the team and what you are hoping to get from this experience!
* Minimum experience requirement is 1 year of full time animal keeping experience in the UK and Ireland. *

Deadline for application is 08/01/2026

https://www.keeperexchange.org/vacancy/meerkat-armadillo-ferret-enrichment-build-at-bristol-skills-academy-two-days-required-between-9th-feb-and-4th-march/

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳Henry from Exmoor Zoo took part in an exchange with the big cat team at Hertfordshire Zoo wher...
01/11/2025

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳

Henry from Exmoor Zoo took part in an exchange with the big cat team at Hertfordshire Zoo where he got chance to work with their fantastic array of large felids!
Henry said;
"I had a brilliant time, everyone was so welcoming and informative. I learned a lot that I will take away with me and apply to my current position. It was great to experience working with other big cat species beyond the ones I usually work with. I was also really impressed by the enclosures the cats had too!"

We want to say a huge thank you to the big cat team at Hertfordshire Zoo for being brilliant hosts, and to Henry for taking part and getting stuck in! 🤩
Don't forget, if you're currently a Zookeeper with over a year's paid experience, you're eligible for the programme! To register now, head to www.keeperexchange.org - you never know where you may end up!

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳Hayley from Valley Wildlife took part in an exchange with the bird team at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm...
29/10/2025

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳

Hayley from Valley Wildlife took part in an exchange with the bird team at Noah's Ark Zoo Farm where she got chance to work with a range of species and got involved with their flying display!

“I would like say a huge thank you to the Noah's Ark team, I gained a wealth of knowledge from them and I was made to feel part of the team. Getting involved in all tasks was so much fun and very informative!"

We want to say a huge thank you to the bird team at Noah's Ark for being brilliant hosts, and to Hayley for taking part and getting stuck in! 🤩

Don't forget, if you're currently a Zookeeper with over a year's paid experience, you're eligible for the programme! To register now, head to www.keeperexchange.org - you never know where you may end up!

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