Tag: Zoo
Relationship Status: In a Relationship or It’s Complicated?
As animal care professionals we talk a lot about the relationships we have with the animals we care for. All of us...
How Kolmården Zoo’s Training System Gave Hours Back to Their Keepers
Kolmårdens Wildlife Park is a zoo located south of Stockholm on the rocks of Sweden. Covering 370 acres they can call themselves the biggest...
The Importance of Proper Nutrition – Louise Guevara, Veterinarian
Positive reinforcement is not just applying an object or food source what helps increase the behaviour you want. It actually goes a lot further...
Making Decisions Can Make Or Break The Training Session
Cover Photo: Female chimp, Medina, is photographed at the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Lake Victoria, Uganda. She is fond of clapping and swinging her hands...
Training Medical Procedures; Urine Sampling
All of us who have animals in their life are connected to veterinarian technicians. Animals do get medical challenges running through their lives. As...
The Zoo Scientist; Zoos as Science Boosters
The need to discover new things and the curiosity to explain the unknown has led us to where we are now. It was the...
Training With A Laser Pointer
The Human Specie is an interesting specie to work with. They have strong social bonds and detailed complex thinking. Some are extraordinary smart and...
Top 6 myths about zoos
We all meet these myths almost every day. Lets just bust them once and for all, ok? Feel free to share and use, as...
Training a Group for Individual Reach, How?
Over the years in my career I had the privilege to learn many new ways of training. My killer whale path took me to...
5 Animals That Wouldn’t Exist Without Zoos
Conservation plays a big role in zoos today. Some of the work we do is long term and it can be hard be hard...
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The Zoo Scientist; Zoos as Science Boosters
The need to discover new things and the curiosity to explain the unknown has led us to where we are now. It was the...
Selecting the Right One
Cover Photo Credit: Kelli Ingles
The ability to select individual animals out of a group is a useful behaviour...
The Intermediate Bridge VS Keep Going Signal
Animal training is evolving all the time and we have to keep ourselves open to any and all options that will help...
