Zoo Chef

[Catherine]

I would love the job.   It must be so interesting to figure out what to feed the animals an how to present it.  They do some serious work on animal nutrition.  I wish more people had such well thought out diets.

They know now not to let any of the animals get too fat (gorillas/komodo dragons etc.) and they keep the sugar levels down. The gorillas get less fruit and more branches with leaves.  I think we have a healthy set of animals. I also think they are learning a lot about nutrition.

I would love that job. I really like cooking/food prep and I love working with animals. It sounds like the people doing the work now, really love the job.

I have never asked where the horse meat comes from, but the carnivores do need to eat meat. I might ask if I can find someone who would know. 
I understand they go through huge amounts of crickets and meal worms too.