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I LOOK AFTER the giraffes, zebra, bison, red lechwe, oryx and tapir at Fota Wildlife Park, where I am keeper of hooved animals, writes AIDAN RAFFERTY

I also look after the emus and ostriches, because, though they’re not hooved, obviously, they are in my paddock.