Pachy Chat: Recent Episodes
Pachy Chat
a little bit of a continuation from last chat. Dr. Jen is with us again. The topics get a little off track and we just let it roll.
It's been awhile but we finally got together to discuss Pem 1&2 and continuing eduction.
This episode we had the privilege to talk to Dr. Dennis. If you have been in the business more than a week, then i am sure you know you have heard of Dennis.
This episode we took another topic from our listeners. we changed things up and talked something other than elephants. We discussed new hires, interviews, and recruiting.
The animals in our care are not getting any younger. Geriatric care has become a common discussion at conferences. We got together this month to share our experiences managing elderly elephants and steps we are taking with younger elephants to hopefully help them as they age.
Great discussion with our friend Rob from across the pond. We discuss the many similarities and challenges between elephant management in the US and in Europe.
We had a great discussion with Dr. Paul Ling from Baylor College of Medicine about what else, but Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus.
A great conversation with Conservation Biologist, Peter Leimgruber, Ph.D. and Ecologist, Shifra Goldenberg, Ph.D.
We had 7 guests representing 4 different facilities with varying experience join us this episode to discuss a wide range of topics including leadership changes, consistency, communication, and more.
This episode we address a few questions from listeners, what behaviors we think are most important and that we'd train first, thoughts on one trainer for new behaviors vs multiple trainers, and lastly, can you train too many new behaviors at one time.
We took the time this week to talk about how we became successful in our careers and our roles and expectations in developing successful programs.
For this weeks episode we discussed bull management and we were joined by our friend and colleague, Maura. She shared her experience with managing a herd of bulls.
We have a guest this week to join us to discuss the current state of the elephant population in the US.
Another week of social distancing led us to discuss herd management. The 4 of us got together via Zoom call to discuss our thoughts and philosophies on managing a herd.
what better topic to discuss during the covid 19 pandemic than introductions. There is always a lot of discussions surrounding intros so we thought we would share our experience on the issue.
discussion about the division in the elephant community. How can a group of dedicated professionals dedicated to a common goal of saving elephants be so divided. We take some time to discuss our thoughts and view on the subject.
A group of elephant care professionals have an informal discussion about herd births and managing elephant birth without restraints. pros, cons, what some have experience with and the challenges with making a switch from a managed birth to a herd birth.
A group of elephant care professionals got together to discuss training elephants, their philosophy and where they have been successful. This is an informal discussion.