October 15-18, 2024
Place
Kumamoto Sanctuary
Schedule
October 15-18, 2024
December 4-6, 2022
Place
Kyoto City Zoo
Schedule
December 4-6, 2022
December 12-14, 2021
Place
UPDATED: Kyoto City Zoo
Schedule
December 12-14, 2021
How to Apply
The deadline for the application has now passed.
If you are intersted in joining the course, please contact Professor Satoshi Hirata.
The deadline for accepting applications is October 13, 2021.
March 15-17, 2017
November 14-17, 2016
November 24-27, 20152015/11/24- 2015/11/27
Aim
Students learn about animal welfare in captive animals. They will
engage in activities for environmental enrichment, feeding enrichment,
and cognitive enrichment. They will also learn basics of behavioral
observation and comparative cognitive science which are needed in
practicing and evaluating those enrichment activities.
Date
November 24-27, 2015
June 17 - 20, 2014* Conducted as Comparative Cognitive Science Course in 2014.
Outline
Observation
・Individual identification of chimpanzees/bonobos・Naturalistic observation of chimpanzees/bonobos
・Recording of behaviors on notebook and transcription
Eye-tracking experiment
・Demo experiment: each student taking turns as subject and experimenter・Observation of eye-tracking experiment with chimpanzees
Touch panel task
・Observation of touch panel task with bonobos and chimpanzees・Set up of touch panel equipment
・Operation of touch panels
Enrichment activities in the enclosure
・Placement of banboo trees in a chimpanzee enclosure・Cleaning of a stream in a chimpanzee enclosure
・Planting banana trees
Date
June 17 - 20, 2014
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