What are some of the strong points of the EATM program?
The main focus of the EATM program is Animal Training. This program teaches students the principles and techniques of animal training, using a “hands-on” approach with the animals at America’s Teaching Zoo, located on the campus of Moorpark College. Just about every animal in the collection (of almost 200 animals) on the 5 acre zoo is “assigned” to one or several students. The students are responsible for the care of their assigned animals, and for training their animals to do new behaviors. There are specific “Animal Training” classes we offer, where the students receive individual instruction from our “animal training” faculty members. The students receive a grade, based on how well their animal performs. The knowledge the student gains from our training classes can be applied to most every species of animal. So, if you want to be a marine mammal trainer, we can teach you how to reach your goal, using many other types of animals (we currently have one marine mammal – a California Sea
A. The main focus of the EATM program is Animal Training. This program teaches students the principles and techniques of animal training, using a “hands-on” approach with the animals at America’s Teaching Zoo, located on the campus of Moorpark College. Just about every animal in the collection (of almost 200 animals) on the 5 acre zoo is “assigned” to one or several students. The students are responsible for training their animals to do new behaviors. There are specific “Animal Training” classes we offer, where the students receive individual instruction from our “animal training” faculty members. The students receive a grade, based on how well their animal performs. The knowledge the student gains from our training classes can be applied to most every species of animal. So, if you want to be a marine mammal trainer, we teach you how to do that, using other types of animals (we currently have one marine mammal – a California Sea Lion). The secondary focus of the EATM program is on Wild
