Imagine caring for 600 newborns in a lifetime. This was reality for Dawn Strasser, cincinnatizoo's former head keeper of neonates, or baby animals. She retired in June, after a career spanning 45 years, 600 babies and 80 species. If you ask her how she stumbled into baby animal care, the answer is simple. "I just fell into it naturally," Strasser said. "It's just – I don't know – just a love." Strasser's career began when she was 12 and took junior zoologist classes. Since no license was needed at the time, Strasser said she would take home orphaned rabbits, raccoons and foxes. Then, at 16, she went with the team to Tsavo, Kenya, to collect insects for a new insectarium. Strasser was hired as a zoo seasonal worker right out of high school. Soon she was balancing work with college classes at Mount St. Joseph and service in the Air National Guard. When the opportunity to transfer to the nursery full time came around, she took it. And stayed there for the rest of her career. Read S...