Emma Riley

Qualifications & experience

• ✓Cert IV Veterinary Nursing
• ✓8 years covering Australian pet media
• ✓Former shelter volunteer coordinator

What Emma does at Zookie

Emma is Zookie's senior editor and a former vet nurse who traded scrubs for a keyboard. After five years in small-animal practice, she spent eight years writing about Australian pet life — from winter skin care to apartment-friendly breeds. She now sets the editorial standard every Zookie article is held to: accurate, practical, genuinely Australian, and written for real owners rather than algorithms.

Her vet-nursing background shows in the details — she knows which questions owners actually ask at the clinic, which advice is hard to follow at home, and when "see your vet" is the only honest answer. Emma edits or writes much of Zookie's core care content and works directly with our veterinary reviewers on everything medical.

Latest articles

• Winter-proof your dog's skin ✔ Vet-reviewed
• Apartment living with a dog or cat: what you must know ✔ Vet-reviewed
• Meet the vet who makes house calls

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