Trailblazing Trainers:

Animal Training Workshop for Zoo Professionals

Łódź Zoo, Poland

9th September 2025

This workshop is aimed at everyone interested in gaining an understanding of force free animal training and how to apply it to improve animal welfare.

Learn how animal training can help you improve welfare, simplify husbandry procedures, understand and promote behaviours, provide enriching opportunities, enhance guest experiences, facilitate ground-breaking research and contribute to conservation success. This introductory workshop features hands on training opportunities, exciting training demos, user-friendly explanations of learning principles, tools to excel at practical application and lots of videos examples to inspire and motivate you.

Join us to learn how to use this important science-based technology to impact animal care for the better.

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EAZA Academy tutors for the course:

Annette Pedersen

Animal Training Coordinator, Copenhagen Zoo; Chair, EAZA Animal Training Working Group

Barbara Heidenreich

Barbara's Force Free Animal Training; Advisor, EAZA Animal Training Working Group

Jim Mackie

Animal Behaviour Management Officer, Zoological Society of London; Vice-Chair, EAZA Animal Training Working Group

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Registration:

Registration includes all materials and resources, lunch and refreshments and a certificate of completion. A small group size will ensure ample opportunity for discussion, interactions and engagement, to maximise benefit from your participation in this workshop!

EAZA Members and Candidates for Membership - 165 EUROS

Non-EAZA Members - 210 EUROS

You can find the registration tab alongside this page.

We look forward to welcoming you!