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The Wild Enrichment Podcast is a show about animal welfare, training, enrichment and everything in between. Each episode will be exploring concepts surrounding behavioural husbandry and the ever-advancing field of animal welfare. From interviews with real animal care professionals to educational episodes about new concepts in animal care, The Wild enrichment Podcast has it all.
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Kelly Jaakkola, Director of Research at the Dolphin Research Centre in Florida. In this wide-ranging discussion, we discuss animal cognition as well as why cognitive enrichment is so important and how it can be evaluated and implemented with a variety of animals.
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Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
In this episode I am joined by Daisy Barrett & Tess McKelliget who are the cohosts of the podcast "Trainer talks and tails", a podcast focusing on training, animal welfare and conservation science. We have a wide ranging conversation around how Tess and Daisy started their podcast, the future of training in the industry and much much more!
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Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
Tuesday Apr 23, 2024
In this episode, I am joined by DR. Eszter Matrai, who is a senior research fellow at Ocean Park, Hong Kong. Dr. Matrai runs a lab at Ocean Park currently working with multiple marine and terrestrial species, focusing on activity monitoring, behavioural pattern analysis and the use of cognitive enrichments. In this episode, we talked about assessing, creating and implementing cognitive and cooperative enrichment and much more! Enjoy!
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Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
Tuesday Apr 02, 2024
In this episode, I am joined by Kelsey Worth, an experienced zookeeper, leader and a great person to chat with! The main topic of discussion is emotional longevity in the animal care industry, with a focus on how to be happy long-term and become resilient for a long and successful career. I hope you enjoy!
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
Tuesday Mar 12, 2024
In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Kylen Gartland who is the Manager of Applied Animal Welfare Science at the Centre for Zoo and Aquarium Animal Welfare and Ethics located at the Detroit Zoological Society. In this wide ranging conversation, we touched on creating effective systems to assess animal welfare, demystifying statistics and much more!
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Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
In this episode, I am joined by Shane Gorbett, who sits on the board of directors of The ABMA and runs their podcast, Animal Behaviour Conversations: The Podcast of The ABMA. In this wide-ranging conversation, we talk about the importance of building relationships with the animals you work with and the power of positive reinforcement to change an animals life.
Check out Animal Behaviour Conversations: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cARqU5pklJUooKVlOHyNq?si=fd2e71ffc7704ef0
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Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
In this episode I am joined by Elliot Carr, Sanctuaries and Rescue Centres Coalition Lead Coordinator at Asia For Animals Coalition. We talk about animal welfare issues across Asia and the World as well as some of the great companies on the front line of these issues. Enjoy!
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Jake Veasey, Director of Care for the Rare. In this wide-ranging conversation we talk about his company, Care for the Rare, the future of habitats for animals in human care, the interface between animal welfare and conservation as well as some insight into the future of welfare assessments. Enjoy!
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- Website www.carefortherare.com
- Personal LinkedIn page https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakeveasey/
- Company LinkedIn page www.linkedin.com/company/carefortherare
- Welfare audit paper https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zoo.21677
- Peak welfare paper https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/zoo.21390
- Tiger AWPIS findings https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/9/1536
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
In this episode, I am joined by Christine Dorchak and Carey Theil, co-authors of Brooklyn Goes Home: The Rise and Fall of American Greyhound Racing and the Dog that Inspired a Movement, are the founders of the small non-profit organization GREY2K USA, where they led a coalition of ordinary dog lovers in fighting a multi-billion dollar gambling industry — and won. We talk about their new book, The Greyhound Racing Industry and how their formula for success can be used to create legislation to improve animal welfare across the globe.
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Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
In this episode, I sit down with Sarah Van Herpt, Senior Bear Team Manager at Animals Asia. Animals Asia is a company dedicated to ending bear bile farming and improving the welfare of animals across Asia. To accomplish this goal, Animals Asia has several bear sanctuaries for moon bears and sun bears they rehabilitate them from the horrors of the bear bile industry. In this conversation, Sarah and I talk about how they go about rehabilitating these bears, the unique challenges they face as well as how you can contribute to Animals Asia and their fight against this industry.
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