After landing her first job as a keeper, Ms Chan’s days began the same way for years: checking on the health and well-being of the animals in her care and handling husbandry.
“We do everything from cleaning the animal’s enclosure to refurbishing their dens, carrying logs, sourcing big trunks and leaves to decorate their dens and make (the habitats) interesting for them,” she said.
Back then, Ms Chan did not know if working with animals would be her calling.
“The first week was the most terrible week, because the shoes were horrible, the gum boots. My feet were just aching so badly,” she recalled. “But you kind of overcame it, because the animals were just fun to be with.”
