Do you become very attached to the animals you work with?

Do you become very attached to the animals you work with?

Daniel Simmonds (Zookeeper) gives expert video advice on: What did you have to do to become a zookeeper?; Is it a well paid job?; Do you become very attached to the animals you work with? and more...

It's very difficult not to become attached to the animals you work with as a zookeeper. From a professional point of view, it's important that you try and avoid it as much as possible. Animals will die, or move to other collections, and it's sometimes important to not become too much in touch. But the reality is, when you work with an animal every single day as a zookeeper, especially when you have a charismatic animal like a gorilla, it can be quite hard not to become so very, very, attached to those animals.