Wednesday Abstracts

Transforming the Florida Aquarium’s Animal Wellness Program through the Use of Positive Operant Conditioning

Michael Terrell, Margo McKnight, Dr. Kathy Heym, Angi Millwood and Thad Lacinak,
The Florida Aquarium & Precision Behavior


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When Enrichment Isn’t Helping:
The Importance of Identifying the
​Function of Stereotypic Behaviors
before Attempting to Modify

Sandy McPadden,
The Buzz on Enrichment


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Just Hold Still! Voluntary Injection Training of Asian Small-Clawed Otters

Emily Cassell,
Busch Gardens Tampa


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Enrichment:
We Never Met Hal Markowitz...
​But We Sure Wish We Had! 

Mark Kingston Jones and Chris Hales,
The Shape of Enrichment and
​Team Building, with BITE.


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Charging Ahead in Rhino Welfare:
Iron Overload Disorder Management
in Black Rhinoceros

Melissa Solomon and Malisa Hammell,
​Disney’s Animal Kingdom


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​Improving Enrichment and Education
in the Pet Shop Environment

Elizabeth Durkin,
Dobbies Garden Centre


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Working With a Worried Wallaby:
​Strategies for Training Fearful Animals

Ellen Dreyer,
​Brevard Zoo


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​​Big, Bold, and Back In Alaska;
​Wood Bison Restoration Project

Sarah Howard, Chandelle Cotter,
and Tom Seaton,
Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center,
Alaska Department of Fish and Game


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The Great Escape! Rocky Mountain Goats Climbing Beyond Barriers.

Patty Wallace and Jeremy Dillon,
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo


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