Please help us welcome our most recent addition to the Red Wolf Recovery Program, Lizzy! She is the red wolf caretaker intern from April
through August 2013.
Lizzy grew up in Herndon, Virginia and attended the
University of Delaware, where she double majored in Wildlife Conservation and
Agriculture & Natural Resources. Since she was a kid, animals and nature
have always been her two biggest passions, due in part of the fact she was in Girl
Scouts for 13 years. Lizzy has always known that working with wolves would be
her end goal, and she is very happy that she’s received the opportunity to make
this dream into reality.
We are very lucky to have her part of the program, as she
brings lots of experience from a variety of different wildlife jobs, beginning
with teaching hunter education for Vermont Fish & Wildlife, teaching animal
education at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado, and husbandry for a wide
variety of animals at Plumpton Park Zoo in Maryland. Lizzy began working with
wolves at the Wolf Education
and Research Center in Idaho, where she cared for wolves and participated in
visitor education programs. Now, Lizzy is continuing this path with the Red Wolf Recovery Program.
Photo credit: USFWS/R. Nordsven
Long term, Lizzy’s goal is to continue working with wolves
and become a wolf biologist. Living out a childhood dream has already been an
incredible experience for her, and she’s sure it can only get better from here.
She is still figuring out the next role after this position, but we’re excited
to have her here now, and you can guarantee her future will have something to
do with animals and improving their world.
Welcome Lizzy!
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