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Good Care to Great Welfare:
A Workshop
Designed for Animal Care Professionals
Presented
by the Center for Zoo Animal Welfare
The
Detroit Zoological Society’s Center for Zoo Animal Welfare is offering a unique
four-day workshop for animal care staff working with captive exotic animals. The
workshop is designed to help participants better understand animals’
perspectives and experiences, address the challenges captivity imposes on
animal welfare, and develop the skills necessary to assess and improve overall
well-being.
Participants
will gain essential knowledge related to current research on captive animal
behavior and ecology, techniques for assessing environmental and husbandry
factors affecting welfare, methods of compensating for captivity (e.g. training
and enrichment), management and exhibit design, as well as identification and
resolution of welfare issues.
Workshop
format includes lectures, discussions, small group projects, demonstrations,
and multiple hands-on opportunities with animal environments at the Detroit
Zoo. Exercises and experiences are immersive
and designed to help us understand captivity from the animal’s point of view.
Get ready to experience the zoo the way the animals do!
Limited
scholarship opportunities available.
For information contact:
Elizabeth Arbaugh, Curator
of Animal Welfare
