A very important part of a zookeeper’s job is training animal husbandry behaviors. These actions may look entertaining, but they’re actually necessary behaviors that allow our animals to participate in their own medical care. Through daily positive reinforcement, our keepers and vet team can perform medical procedures like ultrasounds, blood draws, and even elephant x-rays quickly, safely and without stress.
Check out our animal care staff taking routine foot x-rays of our African elephants. Through verbal commands and body cues each elephant actively participates in her own radio graph screening.
This relationship is built on love, trust and over years of consistent training. We are so thankful to our passionate keepers. Happy #NationalZooKeeperWeek! ❤️
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