Doug Feist is the Conservation Education Animal Manager at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and has been involved with the Cincinnati Zoo in various capacities since 1981. Doug's love of Africa began with a trip he took as a Junior Zoologist at the Zoo in 1974. It was this trip that fostered a love of the wildlife from the "dark continent" and inspired a greater appreciation of the rich culture. A published author, Doug enjoys traveling and has toured Costa Rica and Belize in the Americas, as well as Kenya, Tanzania and Botswana in Africa. He can be seen frequently on local television news segments delivering stories about the animals at the Cincinnati Zoo.