¡Hi! we are WeZooit
Wezooit was born from the hands of three colleagues who want to share and expand their knowledge of training and animal welfare, creating content and ideas that are available to everyone.
And remember, if it's possible WeZooit!
And remember, if it's possible WeZooit!
Recent Blog Articles
CHECK THE LATEST AUTHORS 'CONTRIBUTIONS
Interview with Vicki Putman-Weber
We had the opportunity to interview Vicki Putman-Weber, senior killer whale trainer at SeaWorld.
She was born in Albany (USA), and she studied biology at Linn–Benton Community College and Zoology at ...
Extinction of regurgitation in a sea lion
Some of you already know the story of Xana, the sea lion with regurgitation problems as one of the WeZooit members, Enzo Rodriguez, carried out this training and presented it at the IMATA 2018 confere...
The use of operant conditioning in Australian pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
In the summer of 2012 Zoomarine Italy decided to host a young, small group of Australian Pelicans (Pelecanus conspicillatus) in the vision of implementing them into the bird collection.
With the arri...
Giving up what you want, gives you what you want
In past articles we have talked about reinforcement and the properties they have to create behavior.
As you know, behaviors can be reinforced with primary reinforcement, which are those that have an ...
Voluntary collar training with Darcy the Moluccan Cockatoo
Holly Garson is head exotic animal trainer at Flamingoland Zoo. The company she works for is called APAB Ltd who provides the bird and sealion displays at Flamingoland, and animals for film and televis...
Short-term memory and awareness of your own pinniped behaviors
Simeon Smeele & Sara Torres Ortiz
The project on short-term memory in pinnipeds began when Dolphin Adventure, to increase the motivation and concentration of animals, trained each and every one o...
