Elevating Care Through the Science of Behavio
Training the trainers to build cooperative animals, empowered staff, and a unified facility culture.
A well-rounded animal training program doesn’t just teach behaviors; it sends a positive ripple effect throughout your entire organization. When staff truly understand the science of behavior change, daily husbandry becomes seamless, medical procedures become stress-free, and animal welfare skyrockets. Led by over 30 years of international experience, The KUZO Group trains your trainers, providing the hands-on coaching and long-term support needed to create lasting autonomy.
ANIMAL BEHAVIOR & TRAINING
Consulting SERVICES
Zoo-Wide Training Overhauls & Program Development
Transform your facility's training culture from the ground up.
Intensive Animal Training Workshops
Invigorate your team and fine-tune their skills with the science of behavior.
Individual Behavior Troubleshooting
Targeted interventions for your most complex behavioral challenges.
Zoo-Wide Training Overhauls & Program Development
Transform your facility's training culture from the ground up.
Inconsistent training methods across departments can stall your facility’s progress and frustrate your care team. We embed directly with your staff for months at a time, working shoulder-to-shoulder to establish a cohesive, facility-wide behavioral philosophy. By building a solid structural framework, we empower your keepers to operate with complete autonomy and confidence.
The Challenge
Your facility has inconsistent training methods across different departments, you are building a training program from scratch, or your current program has stalled and needs a complete structural overhaul.
Our Solution
We embed with your team for 1 to 4 months. We provide daily, on-site coaching, working shoulder-to-shoulder with your keepers as they train. We establish a cohesive, facility-wide behavioral philosophy and build the framework for a sustainable program.
The Result
A unified, highly skilled staff that operates with complete autonomy, leading to dramatically improved animal welfare and smoother daily operations.
Intensive Animal Training Workshops
Invigorate your team and fine-tune their skills with the science of behavior.
Passion alone is not always enough to master complex medical behaviors or cooperative care. We bridge the gap between theory and practice with targeted workshops that combine classroom-style lectures with active, boots-on-the-ground coaching. Your team will walk away with a deep understanding of behavioral science and the practical skills to apply positive reinforcement immediately.
The Challenge
Your staff is passionate but lacks formal education in behavioral science, or they are struggling to train specific complex behaviors (like voluntary blood draws or cooperative care).
Our Solution
We lead targeted, 4-5 day on-site workshops. We split this time evenly: 50% classroom-style lecture to teach the "why" behind the science, and 50% boots-on-the-ground coaching to guide the "how."
The Result
Keepers who understand how to apply positive reinforcement contingencies effectively, resulting in faster learning curves for the animals and a renewed excitement among the staff.
Individual Behavior Troubleshooting
Targeted interventions for your most complex behavioral challenges.
Complex problem behaviors—like stereotypic pacing, aggression, or exhibit avoidance—require more than just guesswork to resolve safely. Utilizing applied behavior analysis, we deeply evaluate the environmental factors driving the issue to design a targeted, step-by-step modification plan. We provide your team with the exact roadmap needed to successfully eliminate unwanted behaviors and restore the animal’s quality of life.
The Challenge
You are dealing with specific problem behaviors such as stereotypic pacing, aggression, or animals inappropriately utilizing their exhibits.
Our Solution
Utilizing applied behavior analysis, we conduct a deep evaluation of both the animal’s behavior and the environmental factors influencing it. We then design an individualized, step-by-step behavior modification plan.
The Result
The safe reduction or elimination of problem behaviors, restoring quality of life for the animal and peace of mind for the care team.