Is it a well paid job?

Is it a well paid job?

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...

I definitely wouldn't say this is a well paid job. So if you're a money motivated person, don't work as a zookeeper. Being a zookeeper is in fact very, very poorly paid, and traditionally it always has been, and I think it always will be. In some ways it's not a bad thing, because it attracts people who want to work here as a zookeeper with a true passion for the animals, and that's what it's about. It's never going to be about the money if you want to be a zookeeper.