[IATCB] News and updates for November 2022

Hello Visitor,

Board Happenings:

Meet Christina Lavallee, CIG, CPAT your newest Board Member.

For around 20 years, Christina Lavallee has been working with animals. For just as long she has been a member of the Animal Behavior Management Alliance (ABMA) which has been a great resource to further growth and knowledge. She has presented and attended several conferences with ABMA and the International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators (IAATE), including internationally. She has spent the past decade at Zoo Atlanta working in the ambassador animal department. She not only works with the various birds in the show, but also the smaller education animals and the contact yard critters. She aims to educate guests on conservation measures near and far utilizing the animal's trained behaviors. She is also active on Zoo Atlanta's Green Team implementing changes on zoo grounds and in the community. She is involved in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Ambassador Animals Scientific Advisory Group. In 2023, she will graduate with a masters degree in Biology from Miami University's Global Field Program.

Did you attend any conferences, workshop or symposiums this month? Don’t forget to apply for your CEU’s to maintain your certification.

Crow brainpower study saved from Brexit cuts after appeal

Nicola Clayton’s cognitive research work is set to soar again. The Cambridge scientist’s centre for studying the minds of crows, rooks and jays has been saved after the Observer revealed funding cuts were threatening it with closure.
A public appeal has since raised more than £500,000, while Cambridge University has also stepped in to boost support for the Comparative Cognition Laboratory, based in the village of Madingley.

The laboratory is currently home to seven rooks and 25 jays, members of the crow – or corvidae – family, birds noted for their keen intelligence, researchers have discovered. They have sophisticated social lives and can make tools, a skill that was previously thought to be possessed only by humans and a few other mammals.

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This applies to all animals, not just dogs:

2023 Testing Dates

*Applications will not be accepted after 11:59pm Eastern on this date

Mark your calendars, the next application deadline is March 15, 2023 and September 13, 2023.

*************** There are no additional International Testing fees!!**************

The International Avian Trainers Certification Board and the International Animal Trainers Certification Board, IATCB, offers you a way to gain professional credibility, increase your earnings potential, and advance your career. We live in a competitive world, and animal trainers are no different than anyone else looking for advanced knowledge and skill in their profession. IATCB endorses voluntary certification by examination for all professionals involved with animals, including trainers, educators, handlers, veterinarians, and all others involved in the care and handling of animals.