A Career in Zookeeping and Sustainability

For the past decade, Chris Waldron has served as the Director of Sustainability for Camden County, NJ – the first position of its kind in the state. 

Chris completed the B.S in Wildlife and Fisheries Science at Penn State in 1995. After graduation, he worked at the Philadelphia Zoo for 18 years as a zookeeper, primate and carnivore curator, and Director of Sustainability. He also was able to spend time in Kenya and Botswana working with African lion and wild dog researchers, and in Churchill, Manitoba, with Polar Bears International on a polar bear research project.

Chris continues to teach several online courses in Conservation Education and Exotic Animal Management at the Animal Behavior Institute.