Women from the Al Ain Zoo team are a key element for national development
Female employees of the Al Ain Zoo represent an honorable hardworking team of highly qualified Emirati women who have been and continue to be an indispensable element of advancing national development in all walks of life, making up 37% of the 60% of the total UAE nationals working at the Zoo.
Women fill various highly specialized occupations that are highly commendable, which include trainers of birds of prey, animal nutritionists, gardeners, lab and autopsy technicians, employees at the administrative and supervisory fields at the Zoo, as well as women as tour and cultural guides.
The Zoo started to attract female UAE citizens to take jobs back in 1994, when the first female Emirati national was recruited to fill a position in the field of veterinary care and fish farming, thus accomplishing a significant change by empowering Emirati women in the field of nature conservation, wildlife protection and various rare environmental fields.