Four zookeepers decided to self-isolate in order to continue feeding and caring for the animals at a wildlife sanctuary in the United Kingdom.
According to Metro UK, the employees from Paradise Park decided to stay at a house on-site so they could continue to feed and clean over 1,200 birds and other animals at the sanctuary. Although Paradise Park closed its gates on March 21, the employees have kept attendees updated via social media about the animals and their daily activities along with providing a live webcam so they could watch the penguins during feeding time.
Keeper Izzy Wheatley told Metro how she and her fellow employees have been living at the sanctuary since Saturday and worked in shifts to care for the animals:
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‘We have just under 1,200 individual birds and mammals to look after, feeding, cleaning, giving medications, supplying enrichment activities, and any vital maintenance. We are keeping up the daily routines with our Humboldt’s Penguins.
‘We might get to a point where we don’t have any of our keepers in if we get it at the same time so we have to consider what happens then. We’ve made guidelines so some of our maintenance workers can help feed.’
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Wheatley added there are other keepers who keep an eye on their penguins to make sure they are on the right schedule:
‘We will be having one of our keepers down there at those times to keep penguin feeding going as normal and we are looking into other things we could do with that so keep an eye on the Facebook page in case we decide we have some more things to do.’