Resources

Clicker Training Techniques: by Amy Kerwin

Clicker training in a nutshell: Simple clicker training techniques

 

 

Training and Enrichment Talks: compiled by Nicole Begley

The training and enrichment talks were originally printed in Wellspring, a journal printed by the Animal Behavior Management Alliance (ABMA). These enrichment talks are an important resource as they provide novel enrichment and training ideas from experts working with animals in captivity.
Fall 2003: Training Animals in a Group Setting
Winter 2004: Reducing Aggression
Summer 2004: Recognizing, Preventing, and Controlling Aggression
Fall 2004: Novel Enrichment Ideas
Winter 2004_2005: Training Terminology

Spring2006_enrichmenttalks.doc

 

 

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Success Stories

Laboratory Capuchins Retired to Jungle Friends Primate Sanctuary

Rhesus Monkeys Retired to Mindy's Memory Primate Sanctuary

 

 

Surveys

Monkey Retirement: Results

 

 

Educational Links
Animal Welfare Institute
Animal Behavior Management Alliance
Animals and Society Institute
John Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing
American Sanctuary Association
The Association of Sanctuaries
Allied Effort to Save Other Primates
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More Important Links
Animals in entertainment:
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/cruelcamera/video.html
Chimpanzee conservation
http://www.helpachimp.com/
Destruction of Orangutans' Habitat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxioapZ1nww
Please don't participate in the exotic pet trade and buy a pet monkey!
http://petmonkeyinfo.org/
bush meat - endangering habitats!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/cooking_in_the_danger_zone/7282187.stm
Isthmus article - Oct 2007
http://www.thedailypage.com/isthmus/article.php?article=10191

Kerwin, 2006. Overcoming the Barriers to the Retirement of Old and New World Monkeys From Research Facilities. Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 9(4), p. 337-347
http://www.leaonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15327604jaws0904_9?cookieSet=1& journalCode=jaws

Full article courtesy of Animals and Society Institute and can be downloaded here:
http://www.animalsandsociety.org/assets/library/140_jaws09049.pdf
PodCasts
Interview with All God's Creatures, September, 2007
http://allgodscreaturespets.podomatic.com