http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/02/06/2484714.htm
When he describes the difficulty in teaching somebody the exact moment to release pressure, and how much pressure is necessary, it is not a Nepal issue. That is the hardest thing for anybody to comprehend. Those babies crawling out of the pen, and chasing tourists for treats is going to be their biggest behavioral problem in the future.
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I find this kind of thing dangerous.A person not equipped with the skills to train elephants attempting to train both people and animals and walking away smelling of roses because they are from the the west and they must know.God forbid an organisation like WSPA did some research as to who can train elephants instead of using an Aussie horse trainer that wouldn't know elephants from trunk to arse.Not that I'm biased to Aussie as I am one and there are others in Australia if that was there pool of employees.Cheers ay.
Glenn Sullivan
When we were developing Standards in this country, pressure and release was a concept that the legislators could not and would not comprehend.
Because it involved a negative component ,and because the AR people had successfully brainwashed them that ALL negatives are bad, our Standards still don't acknowledge the concept.
Yep Wade - little elephants jumping fences and little elephants chasing people for treats will one day be BIG elephants doing the same thing.
And then, maybe, the Nepalese will go back to their thousands of years old methods of training again.
Glenn,
I agree partially. An elephant being a larger animal, might need "larger" forms of control, but the concept of pressure on/pressure release, is the foundation and basis of all animal training(from giving a reward to a falcon to withholding said reward). Anybody can preach it, experience makes it work. I think if there was some kind of standard as to what is "elephant training" we might be better able to define, "who" can practice it once the have a standard.
Wade
Steve,
I think if there hadn't been a "historic" record of some folks practicing the craft not knowing what is "too much" pressure, and "when" to release pressure, it may have been easier to convince them of the concept.
I wouldn't want the Nepalese to go back a thousand years in their training methods. Maybe 50-100 years would be a good place to start.
Wade
Addendum to Glenn,
You are right though. I would think they could have found someone who knew a little something about elephants. I haven't yet heard of any elephant trainers at the Spanish Riding School offering clinics and seminars. LOL
Be safe mate, and give greetings to my mate's Donovan and Rebis.
Wade
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