Training as enrichment (1996)

Martin, S.

Abstract

Training may be the best management tool an animal care giver can use. In 1989 the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago started training their orangutans to accept insulin injections using operant conditioning and target training techniques. They have also taught these animals to present various body parts to inspection, including their ears for temperature reading by tympanic membrane thermometers, and giving urine samples on cue. [No training protocols are described.]