Hear Me Roar
A memoir about zookeeping, and what animals taught me about feminism
$31.99
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
29 April 2025
Summary
In the early 1980s, when Erna Walraven decided to follow her dreams and become one of the first female zookeepers in Australia, she thought her biggest challenges would be feeding big cats and subduing irate gorillas. In fact, it was her male colleagues who made work miserable, harassing and humiliating her for doing a ‘man’s job’. So, she looked to the animals under her care to prove them wrong.
Despite what Erna’s colleagues seemed to think, the females of the animal world were far …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923135871 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1923135872 |
| Author: | Erna Walraven |
| Publisher: | Affirm Press |
| Imprint: | Affirm Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 29 April 2025 |
| Weight: | 420g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 154mm x 234mm |
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Erna Walraven
Erna Walraven was born in the Netherlands and moved to Spain as a young adult, developing a robust appreciation of Spanish wine and tapas. She moved to Australia in her late twenties, where she picked up Australian slang to add to her language portfolio. She’s worked as a translator and interpreter of Dutch, German, French, Spanish, and English, and as a kennel-maid, zookeeper, petrol-pump attendant, waitress, aged-care worker, farmhand, conveyancing clerk, debt collector, and dog washer. After trying many different jobs, she settled for zoology to eventually spend two decades as the Senior Curator at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia. As the Senior Curator, she was responsible for the care of some 400 wild animal species and was also a consultant to other zoos on animal husbandry, welfare, and other matters.
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