Donna Zirkle
As Kennel Manager at Bayleaf, Donna leads a team of animal attendants who work hard to ensure that every pet has a healthy, stress-free stay at the hospital. In addition to looking after the many boarders at Bayleaf, Donna looks after quite a menagerie of her own Donna’s pets include six dogs, five cats and twelve birds! Donna enjoys hiking and gardening. She also breeds parrots and reptiles and is very involved in animal rehabilitation work.
Chris Ervay
Chris is Bayleaf’s groomer. Chris grew up in western NC and moved to Raleigh in 1988. He has two Brussels Griffon named Jack and Ruby and Herbelta, a blue and gold macaw aged 55. Chris loves meeting clients from all walks of life and earning the confidence of them and their pets. He loves when pets and clients are happy with their groom. Outside of Bayleaf Chris enjoys travelling, good food and breeding and exhibiting his poultry.
