Keeper Educational Exchange Programme - KEEP, Trumpington (2025)

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!

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!

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!

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

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/

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!

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!

23/10/2025

📣NEW PLACEMENT ALERT! 📣- Open to EU applicants

Chester Zoo are offering a 2 day placement with their brilliant rhino and hoof-stock team!
You will get to experience working with a wide range species and get to see a range of husbandry practices first hand.

You'll get chance to work with many exciting species on the section including Eastern black rhino, Greater one-horned rhino, Javan banteng, Philippine spotted deer, Eastern bongo, Lowland anoa and more!

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 16/11/2025
Placement dates: 1st-2nd December 2025
https://www.keeperexchange.org/vacancy/rhino-keeper-placement/

EU applicants - please email [email protected] for more information and please remember to attach your CV and a cover letter explaining why you would like to work with the team and what you are hoping to get from this experience, as well as a letter of support from a manager.

22/10/2025

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳
Kitt from Lotherton Wildlife World took part in an exchange with the primate and small mammal team at Hertfordshire Zoo where he got chance to work with a range of species from gibbons to sun bears!

Kitt said:
“Thank you so much to the whole team at Hertfordshire Zoo who were all super friendly, welcoming and happy to share. It was great to get experience both with animals that we currently have and being able to compare enclosures and husbandry, animals that we are hoping to add to our collection in the future, and also some like gibbons that are completely different from anything I've had a chance to work with before. It was really cool to see a lot of their newer enclosures and hear about the thought and decisions that have gone into them which has given me a lot to bring back to Lotherton!"

We want to say a huge thank you to the small mammals and primate team at Hertfordshire Zoo for being brilliant hosts, and to Kitt 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!

21/10/2025

📣NEW PLACEMENT ALERT! 📣 - LESS THAN 2 WEEKS TO GO!!

ZSL London Zoo is offering an exciting 3 day placement with their flying birds and penguin team!
The successful candidate will be working alongside the keepers and will get to experience working with a large colony of 79 penguins, birds of prey, parrots, vultures, emus and small mammals!
You will also get to assist with their free flight bird displays!

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. *

https://www.keeperexchange.org/vacancy/penguins-and-flying-birds-keeper/

Deadline for application is 31/10/2025
Placement dates: 24-26th November 2025
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14/10/2025

🥳 KEEP PLACEMENT SUCCESS!🥳

Guido from Bioparco di Roma took part in an exchange with the exceptional elephant team at Howletts Wild Animal Park, where he got to work with the largest breeding herd of African elephants in the UK!

Guido said:
“Thank you very much for the opportunity, it was a wonderful experience! The Howletts elephant team were kind and very helpful. I hope I can take part in similar experiences like this in the future because this was very constructive and I learnt a lot to take back with me."

We want to say a huge thank you to the elephant team at Howletts for being fantastic hosts, and to Guido 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!

12/10/2025

🥳Exciting announcement time!!🥳

We are excited to announce the launch of an official partnership between ourselves and the amazing team at UKACT - UK Animal Care Technicians

The values of KEEP and UK animal care technicians (UKACT) closely align as we both strive for animal and animal keeper welfare - and with this partnership we are working together to create and launch college based animal technician focused placement scheme in the near future!

UKACT (for those who don't know) do fantastic work already for the staff and animals in college animal centres, and we are excited to support this work moving forward!

We look forward to working closely with the UKACT team to explore meaningful ways to collaborate and advance our mutual goals and are excited about the possibilities this partnership brings and look forward to sharing more in the near future.

We are very grateful for their support as we move forward with our 5-year plan and we cannot wait to see what we can achieve together!

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https://www.keeperexchange.org/
https://www.ukact.org/

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