TRIP NOTES WITH ATTACHED ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET DATED 30 JUNE 1965 RE RAPID TRAINING IN ANIMALS

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• Document Release Date: January 15, 1983
• Publication Date: June 18, 1965

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� Trip Notes
1June 18, 1965
Purpose
� Names of trainees and reference material
Source
Major Item of Interest
Drug with trade-name of "Fame Train" developed originally for
retarded children is now being used for rapid training of animals, espe-
cially animals which are difficult to handle. For example, take a
Macaw. Generally, they are extremely difficult to handle without their
biting the handler. Mix this drug with birdseed and in fifteen minutes
they can be trained for handling. Drug has retention factor of about one
year.
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Drug made by
imentioned under trainers are extremely
unique in that they work and train wild adult birds. .
Trainers
- Seals, Sea Lions
- Birds unusual in that they frequently work with mist-netted
wild adults. (Best bet next to .
^ Most all animals
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^ Bears, Lions, Tigers
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^ Not trainer himself but good reference for people working
with marine life.
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^ Birds
� No names but train Lions, Chimpanzees, and Seals
Books and Other References
Cats, Tricks and Training Fun, Merris L. Groder, 4902.75
All-Pets Books Inc., P. 0. Box 151, Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin
Wild Animals in Captivity, Dr. H. Hedigir, Director, Zoological
Gardens, London, 1950, Butterworths Scientific Publication,
Psychology of Animals in Zoos and Circuses.
Animal Behavior, John Paul Scott, The Natural History Library,'
$1.45, N29, N21, A Doubleday Anchor Book, American Museum
of Natural History, Senior Staff Scientist, Roscoe B. Jackson
Memorial Laboratory at Bar Harbor, Maine.
Inter Zoo Year Book, Vol. n, 1960, Jarvis Morris, published
by the Zoological Society of London.
Wild Tigers and Tame Fleas, Bill Ballantine, Rinehart & Co�
1958.
Zoos and Aquariums in the American Association of Zoological
Parks and Aquariums, Ogleboy Park, West Virginia, $5.00,
1963.
Observations and Experiments in Natural History, Alan Dale, N21
1962.
How to Tame a Tiger, Panther Book, James Walton, published
by Hamilton & Co. (Stafford), Ltd., 30/32 Lancelot Place,
Knightsbridge, London.
No Bars Between, Alex Kerr, Appleton-Century Crafts, Inc.,
New York, 1957.