Bridgette Collis

Marine Mammal Keeper, Taronga Zoo

What animals do you work with?

Seals, Penguins, Pelicans

How long have you been working as a zookeeper?

2.5 years

How did you get into zoo keeping as a profession?

Started volunteering with rescue animals and couldn’t take anymore home so decided

The Little Penguin, also known as the Blue or Fairy Penguin, is the only penguin native to Australia.

Although once fairly common in the Sydney area, numbers have diminished through a combination of reasons including coastal development, pollution, the presence of more people and attacks by domestic pets.

The hardy little birds were once very common in Sydney an

Little penguins are breeding at Taronga Zoo in Sydney while an Orang-utan undergoes eye surgery at Perth Zoo. Keepers at Healesville Sanctuary have been called out to a house where there is a venomous snake on the loose and female elephant Dokkoon awaits the birth of her calf at Melbourne Zoo.