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VetBooks.ir there for some of the animals. she was lucky Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums)
Animal Behaviour and Training Working
enough to be able to spend a month volun-
teering at the Monterey Bay Aquarium where
she got to see how important training was in Group as an aquarium liaison officer.
encouraging feeding in an ocean sunfish Robert John Young is a British professor of
(Mola mola) with only one eye in a large wildlife conservation who divides his
exhibit. Moving back to the NMA in 2010 research time between working with animals
meant she had the experience and knowledge in captivity (principally the welfare of zoo
to push forwards with a training programme animals) and conservation fieldwork in coun-
and now the aquarium has a large number of tries such as Brazil. He is the author of the
animals trained for various purposes. She book, Environmental enrichment for captive
was also lucky enough to be a founding com- animals.
mittee member of the BIAZA (British and