Miranda's Internship at the Belize Zoo

Miranda
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During my three weeks as an intern at the Belize Zoo, I had many amazing experiences. Most of my time was spent preparing food for the animals, doing dishes, and assisting the keepers with the daily feeding and cleaning of the animal enclosures. Some of the highlights of my three weeks are: hand-feeding bones to jaguars, having my hair grabbed numerous times by an especially rambunctious Spider Monkey named Pancho, learning falconry techniques and flying the Roadside Hawk, Alvin, attempting to speak Spanish as much as possible, bathing a boa constrictor, and hand-feeding the Harpy Eagle, Panama. I learned so much during my internship about animal rehabilitation, conservation issues in Belize, and what it means to glorify God through caring for His absolutely fabulous creation.

Miranda Demos
Messiah College