'Interview with a zoo keeper' is a series of anecdotes and short stories taken from a long career of keeping exotic animals in zoological collections across the UK and Vietnam. It's an insight in to the ups and downs, highs and lows and the funny and interesting events that have occurred to the author throughout a long career within the industry spanning over three decades, and counting. It also demonstrates the changes made within the industry to improve the welfare of animals. A keen amateur naturalist who has cheated death and saved the lives of many creatures in the pursuance of a hobby into a professional vocation.