Kyle Banton-Jones: A Wild Approach to Bear Enrichment

This presentation will cover what I believe to be the fundamentals of a goal based

enrichment program for any bear species. We will also discuss why natural behaviors are so

important to an enrichment program and how to actually find, target and exploit these

behaviors to make enrichment programs successful both in the short and long term.

About Kyle Banton-Jones:

Kyle is currently a zookeeper at the Toronto Zoo in Ontario, Canada, and has

worked in the zoo field for almost 10 years. During this time he became very passionate

about behavioral husbandry of the animals in his care, and through this passion he founded

Wild Enrichment, a company dedicated to help improve the welfare of captive animals

through the advancement of behavioral husbandry practices. Wild Enrichment provides

enrichment build guides, articles and resources about training and enrichment concepts as

well as consulting services for facilities looking to start a world class enrichment program or

improve an existing one.