Explorative study
Hopefully this study is just the beginning.
The results we see are encouraging but far from sufficient to conclude anything.
Baseline on how to do these kind of observations and training have been made.
From how to work with a big enclosure, or a small one, on how to handel very scared animals issues and appease them we have made it a long way.
New results
As said in the result section of Ranua Wildlife Park,
Huge improvements have been seen with their scared wolves but this does not end here. The caretakers have been enjoying the devellopement as well (their words not mine ^^).
It is way more rewarding and easy for them to do their job when the animals are happy to see them and view them as allies and not as potential threats.
I would argue that even if I cannot include these informations in my own results it would be damageable not to take them into account at all.
My goal with this study was to make the life of animals and humans better.
These news are showing me that I was right to choose this path and that my goal is partly reached. (We can always improve)
What about the future?
It is time for others to follow the open path we created this year and bring the possibility of a better life for the animals in captivity as well as for the humans who are taking care of them.
This study has the potential to be followed by countless others on the same subject (or even on slightly different ones). They will be followed closely by people in places that can see for these results to be applied in the zoos and, maybe, if we are lucky and determined, it could lead to a change in the zoos legislation in the long term.
Because of these facts and if any futur student reads this wepage until the end:
I would encourage them, if they are motivated, to follow our foot steps and make the small path, we opened this year, a bigger one.
Good luck!
Enjoy life!
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Last updated:
06/18/20