PFSMETE Program: Behavioral Husbandry and Research Program, Brookfield Zoo

布鲁克菲尔德动物园的行为畜牧和研究计划（BHRP）目前正在重新开发。BHRP的目的是将行为观察，行为丰富和操作性条件训练纳入圈养管理的各个方面。 这将需要对工作人员进行广泛的培训，以及比动物园最近所要求的更严格、更系统的行为观察方法。 我的职责主要围绕着发展和维护一个动物园范围内的观察研究计划，有几个目标：（1）建立一个动物园范围内的所有动物的常规行为监测计划;（2）为志愿者，工作人员和学生制定培训和教育计划，使他们能够参与或发起研究;（3）开展长期研究，研究圈养动物的生殖和亲职行为的发展，以及物理和社会环境对这些生活史特征的可能影响。 该提案要求提供资金，以启动BHRP的主要组成部分，包括工作人员，学生和志愿者培训，建立数据收集和分析协议，以及开发必要的技术基础设施，使该计划取得成功。

The Behavioral Husbandry and Research Program (BHRP) at Brookfield Zoo is currently being redeveloping.The purpose of the BHRP is to incorporate behavioral observation, behavioral enrichment, and operant conditioning training into all aspects of captive management. This will require extensive training of staff and a more rigorous, systematic appproach to behavioral observation than has recently been required at the zoo. My responsibilities revolve primarliy around developing and maintaining a zoo-wide observational research program, with several goals: (1) Institute a zoo-wide program of routine behavioral monitoring of all animals in the zoo's collection; (2) Develop training and education programs for volunteers, staff and students to enable them to participate in, or initiate, research studies; (3) Initiate long-term research on the development of reproductive and parental behavior in captive animals, and the possible effects of physical and social environments on these life history traits. This proposal requests funding to initiate the primary components of the BHRP, including staff, student, and volunteer training, establishment of data collection and analysis protocols, and development of the technological infrastructure necessary to make the program a success.