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Summary

Born in France on March 25th 1973, I quickly chose a path leading to the animal care world and left home at the age of 15 to follow my dreams. In 1998, after having fulfilled my degrees and the army draft in France, I moved to Thailand, a land I fell in love with the previous year. There, I worked with a variety of animals but mostly with gibbons. I then moved to Denmark where I've been for the last 21 years. Besides getting an animal caretaker degree, I've worked in a petting zoo, as a falconer, and as a zookeeper. I've been employed in Legoland's theme park in Billund (DK) in the staff kitchen then as penguin keeper for Sea Life Billund and now as full time aquarist.

Work experience

Sea Life Billund (DK)

Aug 2022Now

Keeper for the Gentoo penguins/Aquarist

  • Cleaning and feeding
  • Log keeping
  • OERCA
  • Life Support System

Legoland (DK)

Mar 28th 2022Dec 31st 2022

Kitchen Aid

  • Family Buffet
  • Staff kitchen

Givskud Zoo-Zootopia (DK)

Jan 1st 2007Jan 2nd 2022

Zookeeper

  • Animal care, treatments and animal enrichment
  • Preparation of diets and food ordering.
  • Developing diet programs for individual species
  • Keeper talks/speaks in danish, english and french
  • Maintenance
  • Supervision of volunteers and interns
  • Research assistance

Villa Rose Marie (F)

June 1st 2019Sept 5th 2019

Kitchen aid

  • Appetizers
  • Desserts

North Sea Oceanarium (DK)

July 2005Jan 2006

Internship keeper

  • Aquarium Section

Eagleworld (DK)

jan 2004Sept 2004

Internship keeper

  • Animal training as falconer
  • Keeper talks/speaks

Aalborg Zoo (DK)

Sept 2003Dec 2003

Internship keeper

  • Carnivorous
  • Tropical house
  • Chimpanzees

Farm Fun (DK)

Mar 2002Sept 2002

Internship keeper

  • Petting zoo

Lopburi Zoo (Thailand)

Mar 1999Jul 1999

Volunteer

  • Consultant

Gibbon Rehabilitation Project (Thailand)

Dec 1998Mar 1999

Volunteer

  • Animal care
  • Maintenance
  • Tours

Krabok Koo Project (Thailand)

jun 1997Aug 1997

Volunteer

  • Shelters gibbons, macaques, Asiatic black bears and Malayan sun bears

Education

Hansenberg Organia (DK)

Aug 2002Mar 2006

Trained animal caretaker

  • Specializing in zoological animals

Rennes-Beaulieu University (F)

19941997

Bachelor's degree in Biology

  • Specializing in ethology and population biology

Le Mans University (F)

19911994

Associate's degree in Biology

  • Specializing in evolution

Lycée Henri Queuille (F)

19881991

High School diploma

  • Specializing in biology

Skills

Languages

Fluent in written and spoken English, French and Danish

Driver license

Valid international and danish licenses

Danish AZA animal training course

Same as the EAZA and with the same trainers but in Danish.

First aid

Renewed every 2nd or 3rd year (Last 2020)

Technology skills

Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) , computers, radio, walkie talkie, tablets, etc...

References

          Richard Østerballe                                                                     Kim Skalborg Simonsen

  CEO, Givskud Zoo-Zootopia                                                      Biologist, Givskud Zoo-Zootopia

        ro@givskudzoo.dk                                                                            kss@givskudzoo.dk    

          Ditte-Mari Sandgreen                                                                 Lars Nørholm Jensen

Vetinarian, Givskud Zoo-Zootopia                                       Curator, Sea Life, Legoland Billund

             vet@givskudzoo.dk                                                      Lars.NorholmJensen@legoland.dk