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Born in 1990 to a British mother and a Maltese father, Alice was raised for most of her life in Surrey's
Woking. Her passion for comedy during her youth led her to participate in acting classes at the Guildford
School of Acting and Italia Conti, and authoring the school plays as she got older.
Alice's dream was to be a performer and write comedy, but another dream was realised 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 strived to take that path instead.
Alice started her Zookeeping journey in 2014 at London Zoo
ZSL where she was involved with 3 different animal departments.
In 2015, she departed from the Zoo life to manage a Children's Farm in North London but after a few years, decide to go
back to exotic animals, moving to Costa Rica for 7 months to research Toucans and help with Sloth research.
When she came back to England, she returned to Zookeeping, and
took on the role of a Carnivore Keeper at Shepreth
Wildlife Park, where she stayed 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 supported by Birdworld, in Surrey.
In 2023, searching for a creative outlet, Alice created the animal-comedy
podcast: "[b][Censored][/b] Animals with Alice", that explores
animal behaviour in a comedic fashion, with the help
of experts across the world. In the initial months of her podcast,
she was joined by nature creatives such as Chris Packham, Megan McCubbin, Lucy Lapwing,
Jungle Jordan, Bertie Gregory and aims to continue talking to hilarious experts
about animals with a bad reputation.
Alice was also shortlisted for BIAZA's "Woman of the Year" award in 2023. |
