Patryk Pufelski, born in 1990 in Gdynia, is a Polish zookeeper. He works in Wrocław, at the oldest zoo in Poland, where he primarily takes care of monkeys, penguins, seals, and shelducks. He is a member of the bookshop and cultural centre co-operative Ogniwo in Kraków and studies zootechnology. The Pavilion for Small Mammals, his authorial debut.