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VetBooks.ir might use our knowledge of learning and wholeheartedly share the desires expressed
by the authors and editors throughout this
training to actively compromise short‐term
welfare for a long‐term welfare gain when
denced based research and publications to
returning animals to the wild. As the threats book that it will act to encourage more evi-
to wildlife continue to increase we will need help our expanding knowledge. I encourage
to be more and more sure of our ability to anyone interested in the field of animal learn-
understand and balance ethical and welfare ing, training, and welfare, from student, to
decisions relating to aiding increased sur- zoo professional, to academic, to read this
vival post‐release. book. There is so much to learn from, and be
We have come an awfully long way since my inspired by, here.
early days managing that course on behaviour
and training. This book provides a great over- Myfanwy Griffith, Executive Director,
view of how far we have come, yet there is still European Association of Zoos and Aquaria
much to learn, especially when it comes to (EAZA)
some taxa and situations. Consequently, I March 2019