Recently a private primate owner decided to post on one of the lists I belong to. The request was for someone to write on the positive aspects of primate ownership. Is there such a thing? Most of us involved in professional work with animals don’t think so. So although there might be exceptions to the [...]
Crufts Dog Show Still Raising Hackles
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Last year there was a lot of discussion about the 2009 Crufts Dog Show after the airing of the special Pedigree Dogs Exposed which I posted here back in December of 2008 (a few months after it had aired). Today The Independent published a pretty comprehensive summary of the issues surrounding Crufts. From The Independent: [...]
Training Talk: When Things Go Wrong
Above: Cheeta of Tarzan Fame. People have a hard time managing pets–never mind managing exotic animal pets. There are a lot of problems pet owners and exotic animal handlers encounter with their animals. In many cases these issues can be traced back to a human (or humans) who has (have) failed to take action–which inadvertently [...]