Zoo Insider - Training

In this Zoo Insider learn about animal training and its importance. John Ball Zoo's largest resident, Booboo the brown bear, has mastered a number of behaviors with Keeper Julia's help! These behaviors allow Booboo to be an active participant in her own care. By opening her mouth, she can show our vet team her teeth for a dentist check-up. She can even give herself injections when it's time for a routine vaccine (with the help of her keepers, of course)! Watch as Keeper Julia and Booboo practice these behaviors in one of their training sessions.

On your visit this summer to the Zoo, you can learn more about our training tools and techniques at the daily Tools of the Trade Animal Encounters program. This program highlights the tools that John Ball Zoo uses during training and why it's important, along with adaptations that animals use to survive in the wild.

Programs like Tools of the Trade are one of the many educational programs offered by the Zoo. They occur during your visit and also are available in our communities, including libraries and classrooms. Be on the lookout and we encourage you to participate. The Zoo’s educational programs are engaging and fun, while actively learning about wildlife and how you can help in their conservation in the wild.

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