Allyson Dredla News Today

Chief Wetlands Keeper at the zoo, Allyson Dredla. Her job entails taking care of animals that inhabit wetlands and includes the new waterfowl refuge that the Zoo is currently building.

Allyson Dredla is living her childhood dream as she trains otters commands at ZooMontana, focusing on simple tricks with food as rewards.

BILLINGS - Zoo keepers at ZooMontana have more on their hands lately with trying to protect animals from extreme heat temperatures. “It is so hot out here and our animals are actually handling it pretty well, and I would say thats a big part due to our hard zoo keeping work, of course,” Allyson Dredla, lead wetlands keeper at ZooMontana, said. “We spend most of our days trying to keep these animals cool. We have a lot of tricks under our sleeve, so to say.” Some of those tri...