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Magazine of the International Marine Animal Trainers' Association Volume 36, Number 2 ~ Second Quarter 2011 Magazine of the International Marine Animal Trainers’ Association ISSN # 1007-016X VOLUME 36, NUMBER 2 ~ SECOND QUARTER 2011 DEDICATED TO ADVANCING THE HUMANE CARE MAGAZINE OF THE INTERNATIONAL MARINE ANIMAL TRAINERS’ ASSOCIATION AND HANDLING OF MARINE ANIMALS BY FOSTERING CHIEF EDITOR PATRICK BERRY – Disney’s Animal Programs, The Seas COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PROFESSIONALS THAT SERVE MARINE ANIMAL SCIENCE THROUGH TRAINING, PUBLIC DISPLAY, EDITORIAL DIRECTOR RESEARCH, HUSBANDRY, CONSERVATION, AND EDUCATION. MICHAEL OSBORN – Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration 6 ASSOCIATE EDITOR SUZANNE SMITH – SAIC BioSolutions BACK TO BASICS – Marcia Thissell ENRICHING ENVIRONMENTS – Ben Schreiner OFF THE SHELF – Michael Belshaw PRODUCT PROFILE – Chris Scullion Front Cover Photo Credit: Kelly Castillo IMATA BOARD OF DIRECTORS TRAINER’S FORUM – Robert Roozendaal PRESIDENT PAST PRESIDENT MICHAEL OSBORN DAVE ROBERTS ASSOCIATE EDITOR Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration SeaWorld San Diego BETH AMENT – Animal Behavior Consultant REGIONAL REPORTER CONTACT INFORMATION REGIONAL REPORTS Associate Editor: Beth Ament [email protected] FIRST VICE PRESIDENT TREASURER Asia Philip Wong Asia: Philip Wong [email protected] BILL WOLDEN PATTY SCHILLING Australia Ryan Tate Australia/New Zealand: Ryan Tate [email protected] Dolphin Quest, Inc New England Aquarium Canada Brian Sheehan Caribbean Islands Adrian Penny 10 Canada: Brian Sheehan [email protected] Europe North Central Christiane Thiere 16 Caribbean Islands: Adrian Penny [email protected] SECOND VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY Europe Northeast Sunna Edberg GRANT ABEL LAURA YEATES Europe Northwest John-Rex Mitchell Europe North Central: Christiane Thiere [email protected] Ocean Park Hong Kong U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program Europe South Central Pablo Joury Europe Northeast: Sunna Edberg [email protected] Europe Southwest Monika Lechermeier Europe Northwest: John-Rex Mitchell [email protected] THIRD VICE PRESIDENT DIRECTOR-AT-LARGE Japan Haruhiko Kato Europe South Central: Pablo Joury [email protected] MICHELLE SOUSA CHRIS DAVIS Mexico Alex Mata Long Beach Aquarium A to Z Animal Management Middle East Tommy Wilken Europe Southwest: Monika Lechermeier [email protected] Pacifi c Islands Stephanie Vlachos Japan: Haruhiko Kato [email protected] Russia/Ukraine Monika Lechermeier PRESIDENT-ELECT South Africa Gabby Harris Mexico: Alex Mata [email protected] SHELLEY WOOD South America Miguel Marques Middle East: Tommy Wilken [email protected] Dolphin Discovery U.S. Midwest Stacey Lonski Pacifi c Islands: Stephanie Vlachos [email protected] U.S. North Central John-Rex Mitchell FEATURES Russia/Ukraine: Monika Lechermeier [email protected] U.S. Northeast Beth Manning U.S. Northwest Cinthia Alia-Mitchell DESENSITIZATION South Africa: Gabby Harris [email protected] COMMITTEE CHAIRS U.S. South Central Shannon Ray 10 Desensitization for Life South America: Miguel Marques [email protected] ACCREDITATION HONORS AND AWARDS U.S. Southeast Sarah Graff U.S. Southwest Brittany Harris U.S. Midwest: Stacey Lonski [email protected] BILLY HURLEY MIKE POOL REMOTE TRAINING OF A SPATIAL TASK Georgia Aquarium SeaWorld San Antonio U.S. North Central: John-Rex Mitchell [email protected] 16 ASSOCIATE EDITOR Which Way Did I Go? Remote Training U.S. Northeast: Beth Manning fi [email protected] ANIMAL TRAINING ADVISORY INTERNATIONAL SERVICES DENNIS CHRISTEN – Georgia Aquarium of a Spatial Memory Task to Assess the U.S. Northwest: Cinthia Alia-Mitchell [email protected] TODD COFFMAN SUNNA EDBERG WHAT’S UP DOC – Jen DeGroot Effects of Domoic Acid Exposure in U.S. South Central: Shannon Ray [email protected] SeaWorld Orlando Kolmarden CONSERVATION BRIEFS – Shelly Samm Stranded California Sea Lion (Zalophus EDUCATION FORUM – Jason Jones U.S. Southeast: Sarah Graff [email protected] INNERviews – Kevin Roberts californianus) DENNIS CHRISTEN LEGISLATION, INFORMATION, U.S. Southwest: Brittany Harris [email protected] NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS – Haley Merritt Georgia Aquarium AND POLICY RESEARCH BRIEFS – Beau Richter Michael Osborn Soundings is published four times a year by the International Marine Animal Trainers Association (IMATA) DEPARTMENTSDEPARTMENTS CENTRAL OFFICE Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration as a service to its members. Submissions of manuscripts, photographs, and illustrations are welcomed and ASSOCIATE EDITOR KEN RAMIREZ encouraged, but will be returned only if accompanied by a return envelope and adequate postage. Any ERIKA PUTMAN – NMMP Foundation CONSERVATION BRIEFS John G. Shedd Aquarium LIAISON CONFERENCE COUNTDOWN – Bill Wolden 5 material accepted is subject to such revision as is necessary in our sole discretion to meet the requirements Features conservation tidbits DAVE ROBERTS CONFERENCE SITE SELECTION – Staci Lonski from around the world of publication. Soundings is produced using Microsoft Word; the style manual followed is the fi fth edition CONFERENCE SeaWorld San Diego LIP SYNC – Mark Xitco (2002) Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Electronic submissions are preferred ERIN CLARK MEMBERSHIP UPDATES – Laura Yeates and can be sent to IMATA Soundings Chief Editor, Patrick Berry, at: [email protected]. (Typed submissions MERCHANDISE – Erin Clark ENRICHING ENVIRONMENTS New England Aquarium NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS 14 How enriching is your environment? will also be accepted and should be double spaced on 8.5” x 11” paper.) Include the name, address, FAX DAVE ROBERTS NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS – Dave Roberts number, and phone number of the author on the title page. Slides and hard copy or photographs can be color PRESIDENT’S CORNER – Michael Osborn CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH SeaWorld San Diego REGIONAL WORKSHOP REPORTS – Staci Lonski REGIONAL REPORTS or black and white; photographs should be at least 3” x 5”. Digital photographs are welcomed and should IMATA BUSINESS DEBI COLBERT 20 Keep up on news from IMATA members have adequate resolution when viewed on a computer screen. For all images, include captions, identify all Association of Zoos and Aquariums MERCHANDISE ASSOCIATE EDITOR PRESIDENT’S CORNER recognizable persons, and include a photo credit. The act of submitting an article, photograph, or illustration ERIN CLARK around the world NEDRA HECKER 4 You have a voice and what you say constitutes an agreement that (1) the materials are free of copyright restrictions, (2) photo releases have EDUCATION/MEMBERSHIP SERVICES New England Aquarium FEATURE ARTICLES NOTICES & ANNOUNCEMENTS been obtained, and (3) the material may be published by IMATA in Soundings or other IMATA publications. MADELYNN HETTIGER Jennifer Alexander, Georgia Aquarium matters to us! 25 John G. Shedd Aquarium PUBLICATIONS Michael Belshaw, Marineland Antibes Information on conference dates and more Deadlines for submission are 15 November, 15 February, 15 May, and 15 August. Submissions should be CONFERENCE COUNTDOWN addressed to Patrick Berry, Soundings Chief Editor, email [email protected] or mailed to IMATA, 1200 South PATRICK BERRY Traci Belting, Seattle Aquarium Linda Beverly, Indianapolis Zoo 6 It’s time to make plans for the 39th Annual TRAINER’S FORUM Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois, USA, or faxed to (312) 939-2216. Address changes should be sent to FINANCE Disney’s Animal Programs, The Seas 28 TRACI BELTING Margaret Black, Mystic Aquarium IMATA Conference being held in Miami, What is your stance on correcting IMATA’s Secretary, Laura Yeates, at the same address. Address changes can also be made online at IMATA’s Sarah Brignac, Dolphin Research Center Seattle Aquarium superstitious behaviors? web site, www.imata.org. REGIONAL WORKSHOPS Carmen Colitz DVM, Animal Eye Specialty Clinic Florida,18-23 September 2011 STACI LONSKI Matt Fripp, SeaWorld San Diego Indianapolis Zoo CANDIDATES FOR IMATA’S 2012 WHAT’S UP DOC? ©Copyright 2011. All of the articles contained within Soundings are the personal views of the respective HISTORIAN Andy Johnson, Monterey Bay Aquarium 30 CHERYL MESSINGER 26 What should trainers look for when authors and do not necessarily represent the views of IMATA or its Board of Directors. Nina Lambert, Theater of the Sea BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Dolphin Connection SPONSORSHIP Brett Long, Alaska SeaLife Center Preview the nominees and cast your examining dolphins’ eyes for abnormalities CHRIS SCULLION Catherine ‘CJ’ Johnson, Knoxville Zoo vote online CONTACT US U.S. Navy Marine Mammal Program Patrick W. B. Moore, SAIC BioSolutionsons OFF THE SHELF 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605 USA Ken Ramirez, John G. Shedd Aquariumum 31 Terry Samansky, DolphinTrainer.comm John Widick reviews Hope for Animals and PHONE (312) 692-3193 FAX (312) 939-2216 Patty Schilling, New England Aquariumium Their Future by Jane Goodall [email protected] or visit our website at www.imata.org CHIEF EDITORS Grey Stafford, Wildlife World Zooo PROCEEDINGS WEBSITE PHOTO ARCHIVIST DESIGN & PRODUCTION HEATHER KEENAN BEAU RICHTER MARK TODD - SAIC BioSolutionsns Lunar Cow Miami Seaquarium Long Marine Laboratory and Aquarium 137 S. Main Street, STE 202 • Akron, OH 44308 FILLERS AND FACTOIDSS (330) 253-9000 • www.lunarcow.com SOUNDINGS FACEBOOK DENNIS CHRISTEN - Georgia Aquariumarium PATRICK BERRY MICHAEL HUNT Disney’s Animal Programs, The Seas Georgia Aquarium PUBLICATIONS CHAIRR PATRICK BERRY – Disney’s Animal Programs,ms,
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