Community Service to Zoo Negara

Hi LEOs, here we go again. This is another community service organised by LEO Club of INTI International University.This time round, we went to Zoo Negara to serve to environment by being one-day volunteers on 5^th November 2011. A total of 43 volunteers from INTI IU were involved in this volunteering event. After almost one and half hour journey to Zoo Negara, we arrived at 7.45AM which is just 15 minutes before our volunteering session begins. We were greeted by the friendly zookeepers for a short briefing. The zookeepers divided the volunteers to different exhibits so that we can help them in the exhibits. The volunteers were divided into exhibits like elephants, giraffes, birds, reptiles, bears, savannah park, apes, research and development centre and many more.

The volunteers assisted the zookeepers to do the daily routines at the exhibits. The first task for many volunteers was to clean the cages of the animals. Some were asked to sweep the surroundings, and some washed the cages of animals. The types of work vary with different exhibits. After the cleaning process, the volunteers were asked to feed the animals. That was the last part of the daily routine. The volunteering session which started at 8AM with two an hour breaks finally ended at 4PM. All of us were so exhausted by the time it ended. But somehow, we still had some energy to walk around the whole zoo before we gathered to depart. The zoo was huge. We literally had to look at signboards every single time we want to make a turn. That huge, it was. We departed Zoo Negara and reached INTI around 5.30PM. 

The main reason behind this community service is to instill love and increase compassion for animals. It’s part of our duty as humans to care for animals, and this is a perfect opportunity for LEOs to work closely with animals and to know exactly how animals are treated.  LEOs were given a chance to gain new experiences because not often, we volunteer at zoo. Although it was a sweaty and tiring experience and for some, a gross one, we still had a great time being real close with the animals and experience a day knowing what’s a zookeeper’s life like. With this, LEO Club would like to thank all the volunteers for their contributions and involvement in this event. We’re glad that we had a group of energetic and lively volunteers.

Written by,

Leo Panii Malar