Kolmården has had elephants for over three decades but it wasn’t until November 2016 when Kolmården Wildlife Park decided to move from free contact to protective contact. Previous to this decision, the zoo had made some changes elsewhere. In 2014 some new trainers were hired at the dolphinarium with the Read more…
I always find it very interesting to see what it is that make people behave the way they do. By which I mean, there has to be a reason, something that reinforces them to do what they do. Some people are amazing at keeping themselves busy. Some people are less so and need Read more…
Positive reinforcement is not just applying an object or food source what helps increase the behaviour you want. It actually goes a lot further than this. Working in a zoo setting gives a whole different perspective to reinforcement for the animals. A go to at first is 9 out of Read more…
Throughout my career I discovered that the phsycology of animals interest me most. Questions like why animals do their thing and why they have certain responses etc is an interesting part of why I enjoy what I do. Animal Training in general is a passionate part where I try to Read more…
