Apprentice is living her dream working with animals
Jessica, 27, secured her dream position with St Helens College as an Apprentice Animal Care Technician, fulfilling her childhood goal of working with animals.
Welcome to our new Giant Train Millipedes
There are some tiny new arrivals in our Animal Management Unit... welcome to the world, giant train millipedes!
Animal Management Department Welcomes Naked Rats to Department
Our Animal Management unit recently welcomed four naked rats to their department.
Tailless Whip Scorpions join our Animal Management Unit
Our Animal Management Unit welcomed two new arrivals recently; a pair of African Giant Tailless Whip Scorpions!
Animal Management welcomes new African bullfrog
Our Animal Management Unit welcomed a new resident last week!
Students work behind the scenes at Liverpool aquarium
Our level 3 Animal Management students recently went behind the scenes at the newly refurbished aquarium at Liverpool's World Museum.
Resident goats enjoy old Christmas tree
Our resident goats Peter, Victor, Al, Ernie and Lucas enjoyed a special treat at our Animal Management Outdoor Unit.
Fundraising Halloween party a spook-tacular success
This week our Animal Management unit hosted their annual Halloween party, collecting donations for Carla Lane Animals in Need, who have issued an urgent appeal for donations as they were just days away from running out of food to feed their animals!
College welcomes more than 20 new animals
Our Animal Management team has welcomed lots of new residents to the unit over the break!
Animal Management's New Arrival
Earlier this week, Animal Management welcomed a new arrival, Roy, the Green Iguana.
Native millipedes settle into new home
Animal Management staff and students have recently welcomed Giant African Train Millipedes to the animal unit.
Rescue chickens live happily ever after at St Helens College
Animal sanctuary, Lucky Hen Rescue recently rescued 11 chickens from a local farm, who are unfortunately unable to lay eggs.
Welcome to our new animal management residents
Our Animal Management team welcomed some new members to their family, and they’re super cute!
Leafcutter Ants Love their New Home
Our Leafcutter Ants have moved into their full-time home in our Animal Management department.
Animal Management receive a fANTastic delivery
Our Animal Management department are very excited to have received a delivery of Leafcutter Ants.
Animal Management Head to the Monkey Forest
Our second-year level 3 Extended Diploma in Animal Management students visited Trentham Monkey Forest.
Animal Management's New Addition
We’d like to introduce you to Peter Pan, Lucas and Victor, our three new additions to our Animal Management Department.
Building a Career in Animal Care!
Animal lover Will was feeling unfulfilled in his career as a Personal Assistant at a healthcare company and knew he had to make a change!
Excited staff and students await new arrivals
Our animal management department have their hands full incubating and monitoring four, week-old red-footed tortoise eggs, a species of tortoises native to northern South America!
Billy the Goat enjoys a bit of TLC
Our Level 3 Animal Management students, Chloe and Hannah have been working towards their Animal Health module.
Winston the Red Tegu Lizard
Meet Winston! Winston is a Red Tegu Lizard who joined our Animal Management family recently.
Sharon the Scorpion
Our level 3 Animal Management students have been busy this week learning how to identify the sex of the variety of animals in our care.
College helps endangered goats
Please welcome Billy and Elliott. They are Bagot Goats, which are one of the UK’s most endangered breeds.
Rescued Iguana joins our family
We are excited to welcome a beautiful, rescued Iguana to our animal management family.
Wilson the Tanuki joins College
Wilson is only 10 weeks old and is the second Tanuki to join us. They are currently living next to each other so that they can see and smell one another.
Predator Experience for our Students
Our animal management students had a fantastic time at popular Lake District attraction, Predator Experience
New baby chicks on Campus
Our Animal Management students undertook a hatching project and recently welcomed new Pekin chicken hatchlings - Pippin, Merry and Frodo.
Wings flutter for new bird aviary
Over the last few weeks, our students have been working hard to adapt our current aviary to create a brand new indoor/outdoor aviary.
Meet Shaun the Red Foot Tortoise
Shaun is a Red Foot Tortoise and he was rescued by the team at Rutland House Vets in St Helens before finding a new home with us.
A hoppy hello to our new dart frogs
We feel very lucky to have these beautiful Dart Frogs joining our Animal Management family.
Donald and Ivana join St Helens College
Warm welcome to the latest members of our Animal Management family, Donald and Ivana.
Students put their skills into action
The students have been learning about dog behaviour and temperament testing with dogs currently in re-homing centres at Merseyside Dogs Home.
Lupin the Tanuki joins College
Meet our newest addition, Lupin the Tanuki. He has already started with his clicker training and seems to be enjoying himself.
Safari Zoo classroom for the day
Our level 1 and 2 Animal Management students had an amazing time visiting South Lakes Safari Zoo recently.
Natalya dreams of becoming a Wildlife Ranger
"I am now studying Level 2 Animal Care and dream of becoming a Wildlife Ranger!"
Welcome to our new Domino Cockroaches
Our Animal Management tutor, Mike, is very excited by the arrival of one of his favourite species!
Chester Zoo is classroom for the day
Our lucky Animal Management students got to meet the latest addition to Chester Zoo.
African Dormice join our animal family
Our new African Dormice joined us on New Years Day. We have named them Janus and Nova.
Walking with Wolves
Level 2 Diploma in Animal Management students had a fantastic opportunity to explore The Predator Experience.
Students brave the cold to look after our animals
Our level 2 animal care students braved the rain, hail and snow today to feed and care for our animals on the farm.
