About me: Born in 1990 to a UK mother and a Maltese father, Alice grew up for most of her life in Surrey's Woking. Her passion for comedy growing up saw her to attend acting classes at the Guildford School of Acting and Italia Conti, and writing the school plays as she got older.Alice's dream was to be a performer and write comedy, but another ambition was fulfilled when she started volunteering at a Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in 2011, while going to University.From then on, Alice was captivated by animal care and worked to take that path instead.Alice began her Zookeeping journey in 2014 at London Zoo ZSL where she worked on 3 different animal departments.In 2015, she left the Zoo life to run a Children's Farm in North London but after a few years, chose to return to exotic animals, relocating to Costa Rica for 7 months to study Toucans and assist in Sloth research.When she returned to England, she made her way back to Zookeeping, and became a Carnivore Keeper at Shepreth Wildlife Park, where she remained for nearly 5 years.During this time, she established the Keeper Educational Exchange Programme (or KEEP), a not-for-profit organisation that allows Zookeepers from across the UK and beyond to gain knowledge from each other through spending time at other collections.She has spoken about the programme at the ABWAK Symposium and the BIAZA Annual Conference and the organisation is honoured to be BIAZA Endorsed and sponsored by Birdworld, in Surrey.In 2023, searching for a creative outlet, Alice launched the animal-comedy podcast: "Asshole Animals with Alice", that examines animal behaviour in a comedic fashion, with the help of experts across the world. In the first few months of her podcast, she was accompanied by nature creatives such as Chris Packham, Megan McCubbin, Lucy Lapwing, Jungle Jordan, Bertie Gregory and hopes to continue talking to hilarious experts about animals with a bad reputation.Alice was also nominated for BIAZA's "Woman of the Year" award in 2023.
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