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The Future of Training: Emerging New Directions for our Profession

2021 Preface I was asked if I would allow IMATA to publish a transcript of an invited speech that I gave at the annual IMATA Conference in 2006. That was fifteen years ago. I wondered if it would it still be relevant? I was surprised to find that it was ... More »

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IMATA's 2022 conference in Chicago will kick off our 50th anniversary celebration and feature insightful material on animal training, care, research, public display, connections, enrichment and conservation!

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Book Review: Nature's Compass - The Mystery of Animal Navigation

Animal Facts

Atlantic Puffin

Scientific name: Fratercula arctica

Green Conservation

Deforestation

Deforestation leads to soil degradation and destroys habitat, causing the extinction of plants, animals, birds and insects. It also destroys resources on which many indigenous people depend, and contributes to global climate change.