International Polar Bear Husbandry Conference Proceedings
Hosted by Polar Bears International, February 4-7, 2004, San Diego, California
Behavior Management: Submitted Presentations
Panel Organizers
Don MooreDirector, Prospect Park Zoo, Brooklyn, NY and Co-chair of Wildlife Conservation Society's Animal Enrichment Program and Chair AZA Bear TAG; Wildlife Conservation Society, New York, NY
Dr. David Shepherdson
Research Scientist, Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR
Speakers
Karen Bucciarelli, John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, ILDr. Alison Ames Cronin, Scientific Director, Monkey World - Ape Rescue Center, United Kingdom
Dr. Lydia Kolter, Co-Chair EAZA Bear TAG, Zooloischer Garten Koeln, Koeln, Germany
Tim Mengel, Animal Management Supervisor, North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, NC
JoAnne Simerson, Senior Animal Trainer, San Diego Zoo, San Diego, CA
Dr. Sophie Vickery, Animal Behavior Research Group, University of Oxford Department of Zoology, Oxford, United Kingdom
We wish to express our extreme gratitude to those speakers who have agreed to provide their papers and/or presentation materials for publication here.
Return to the list of panels
- “Understanding and Treating Stereotypies in Bears” Sophie Vickery, Ph.D.
- “Environmental Choice: A Strategy for Reducing Stereotypic Behavior in Polar Bears” Jeff Owen, Tim Mengel, Randy Fulk, all of the North Carolina Zoological Park
Return to the list of panels