Born in 1990 to a
British mother and a Maltese father, Alice grew up for most of her life in Wokin...View MoreBorn in 1990 to a
British mother and a Maltese father, Alice grew up for most of her life in Woking, Surrey.
Her passion for comedy during her youth led her to attend acting
classes at the Guildford School of Acting and Italia Conti,
and zoo authoring the school plays as she got
older.
Alice's dream was to be a performer and write comedy, Zoo but another ambition was fulfilled when she began volunteering at a
Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre in 2011, while attending University.
From then on, Alice was captivated by animal care and
strived to take that path instead.
Alice started her career in Zookeeping in 2014
at ZSL London Zoo where she
worked on 3 different animal departments. In 2015, she left
the Zoo life to run a Children's Farm in North London but after a few years,
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chose to go back to exotic animals, relocating to Costa Rica for 7
months to research Toucans and help with Sloth research.
When she came back to England, she made her way back 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 founded the Keeper Educational Exchange Programme (or KEEP), a non-profit organisation that allows Zookeepers from across the UK and beyond to gain knowledge from each other through visiting 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 zoo supported
by Birdworld, in Surrey.
In 2023,
seeking a creative outlet, Alice launched the animal-comedy
podcast: "Asshole Animals with Alice", that examines animal behaviour in a humorous fashion, with
the help of experts across the world.
In the first few 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 interviewing hilarious
experts about animals with a bad reputation.
Alice was
also shortlisted for BIAZA's "Woman of the Year" award in 2023.
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