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This September, MELC Acting Instructor Dr. Shai Ben Ami, assisted by Grace Elizabeth C. Dy, lead a zoo tour for 33 new and returning students as part of Dawg Days. Dr. Ben Ami drew on his extensive experience from working at the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens in Jerusalem, also known as the Biblical Zoo, and past visits to Woodland Park Zoo—where he previously had the opportunity to work behind the scenes with the keepers in 2006.