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Meet our Educators
 Dan Cowell has been working with exotic birds and animals since 1986. His favorite avicultural subjects are Galliformes & Anseriformes and he currently maintains an extensive avicultural and conservation website on the two orders, www.gbwf.org. Dan spent several years as a zookeeper at the Kansas City Zoo, working with a variety of animal species such as serval, mongoose, cheetah, reptiles, and of course, many species of birds. In addition to Animal Wonders, Dan also helps out as an instructor with Mad Science of Greater Kansas City, providing educational programs on a variety of science topics.
 Joy Durington began her adult career with an internship with the World Bird Sanctuary, in Valley Park Missouri. During her internship she studied propagation in many bird species, including endangered birds of prey. She also got to participate in and study release programs, rehabilitation, animal husbandry, and training. Joy became a full time employee with the World Bird Sanctuary after less than a year and added animal management and educational programs to her growing list of expertise. After nearly five years Joy decided to broaden her animal knowledge and took a job with the Kansas City Zoo as a keeper. She now works with many bird species, tigers, kangaroos, red pandas, hoofstock, and reptiles. Joy has been with Animal Wonders since January 2009.
 Jaclyn McDonald received her degree in Zoology from Oklahoma State University. She started her animal career as an intern and volunteer at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington where she spend fours years working with their marine mammals. During her time Washington, she also began working with dog training. She and her family moved to Missouri in 2004 when she accepted a keeper position at the Kansas City Zoo. During her four years at the zoo, she worked with a variety of species including chimpanzees, hippos, baboons, and African Wild Dogs. She is now is a full-time mom to her two wonderful children and her own collection of animals. In addition to working with Animal Wonders, Jaclyn continues training dogs. Jaclyn has been a part of the Animal Wonders team since August 2009.
Animal Wonders was started in 2008 after seeing the interest for conservation and animal education from students they have worked with. Having many years experience with such species, the educators of Animal Wonders do not condone ownership, approve use of or will ever expose children to large cats, great apes, or any other potentially dangerous animal. Our animals are for educational purposes, they are not circus acts or performers. We strive for as natural behavior as possible for a captive wild species. We do not rent or lend use of animals for entertainment purposes.
For more information, e-mail Dan at dan@animalwonders.net.
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Animal Wonders
434 NW 1821, Kingsville, MO 64061
816-807-4748
info@animalwonders.net
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