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Course: |
ZOO 212
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Title: | Elephant Management |
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Long Title: | Elephant Management |
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Course Description: | Expand on knowledge of applicable husbandry skills, equipment types, and handling techniques. Experience the physical and mental demands and building structures required to manage elephants in captive environments. Learn about daily routines that are preformed, such as, cleaning, feeding, training, enrichment, and health maintenance through hands on experience at two elephant facilities. |
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Min Credit: | 2 |
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Origin Notes: | PPCC |
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General Notes: | revised crdts, dscrptn, cmptncs, outln 3/15/12 LK |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
1. Apply skills acquired in nutrition and exhibitry directly to the care of elephants
2. Conduct foot care, skin care and other veterinary requirements of elephants
3. Apply training techniques and training vocabulary
4. Demonstrate the ability to apply proper use of elephant specific implements for handling and daily husbandry needs including enrichment
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Elephant Husbandry
a. Nutrition
b. Exhibitry
c. Foot care
d. Skin care
II. Training Theory as applied to Elephants
a. The training game
b. Training vocabulary
c. Elephant specific training techniques
III. Tools of the Trade
a. Crush
b. Ankus
c. Husbandry tools
IV. The Future of elephant Management in the Wild and Captivity
a. Breeding programs
b. AZA guidelines
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Pikes Peak State College |
PPCC |
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