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The True Life Of Kansas City Zookeepers

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So, you like animals? You enjoy watching them, taking care of them, and talking about them? Would you make a good zookeeper? Guest HostBrian Ellison takes a look at the true life of Kansas City Zoo zookeepers on Tuesday's Up to Date. Find out what it's really like to chase a fugitive chimpanzee and keep the penguins healthy and happy in their habitat. Speaking of penguins, you can watch the penguins at the Kansas City Zoo live right here.

Guests:

Kayla Campbell is the Assistant Supervisor of Water's Edge: Polar Bears, Penguins, and Trumpeter Swans.

Brandi Mitchell is the Assistant Supervisor of Tropical Ecosystems: Tamarins, Gibbons, New World and Old World monkeys, Capybara, African porcupines etc.

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As a host and contributor at KCUR, I seek to create a more informed citizenry and richer community. I want to enlighten and inspire our audience by delivering the information they need with accuracy and urgency, clarifying what’s complicated and teasing out the complexities of what seems simple. I work to craft conversations that reveal realities in our midst and model civil discourse in a divided world. Follow me on Twitter @ptsbrian or email me at brian@kcur.org.