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Positive Reinforcement Elephant Training in The Golden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation

Apr 11, 2016 | 0 comments


In the old days when elephants were captured in the wild, they had their "spirits broken" to control them and make them responsive to commands. As most Asian elephants in today's world are born in a domesticated environment, the challenge is to train the elephant owners and mahouts the concept of positive reinforcement training. The concepts are like any other animal training exercise but elephants are considerably larger than most house pets. However, as we have said in the past, there are over 200 elephants in the small village of Moo Baan Chang, coming close to putting elephants in that...

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