Zookeeper setting out to save New Zealand's native speciesALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Orana Wildlife Park native fauna and domestic animal manager Alyssa Salton on what it takes to be a zookeeper. That's partly because Salton, native fauna and domestic animal manager at Christchurch's Orana Wildlife Park, was there when he hatched. ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Alyssa Salton throws a few feed worms to a pair of South Island whio, a rare native breed. ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Tiki, a 3-year-old kea at Orana Wildlife Park, shortly after waking from an afternoon siesta. ALDEN WILLIAMS/STUFF Salton, Orana Wildlife Park's native fauna and domestic animal manager, said she wanted people "get as enthused as I am, and want to save [native animals] as much as I do."

Source: Stuff January 07, 2018 15:56 UTC