standardization of records keeping in indian zoos - Central Zoo ...

B. KEEPER’S DIARY
Most of the zoos in India maintain a Keeper‟s diary in which the keeper‟s note
down the activities of the animal like diet change, quantity of leftover feed, medical
observation (treatment), behavioral observation (estrus, mating, grooming etc),
enrichment, birth, hatching, weighing, death, shifting of animal to another enclosure
within the zoo, marking of animals, export and import of the animals.
Each animal section/ beat should maintain a ledger with a printed standard format
for keeper‟s daily report. One Beat/ Section may have several enclosures housing several
species of animals. For e.g. in Darjeeling Zoo there are 16 holdings/ enclosures in Beat 1,
including 2 aviaries and an aquarium. This Beat has 8 species of pheasants and 4 species
of lesser carnivores, 2 keepers are in charge of this Beat. One ledger of keeper‟s diary is
maintained by them.
In this way each section in a zoo can maintain one keeper‟s diary. The ledger‟s
first page should clarify the keeper about what should be recorded in the Keeper‟s Diary.
The first page along with the CZA‟s format for Keepre‟s Dairy which is reproduced
below should be used for maintaining keeper‟s diary.
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