Animal trainers

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(01-29-2016, 12:52 AM)Pckts Wrote: My only goal is to learn from people who have first hand account with these animals. Of course trainers have different preferences and outcomes but that doesn't mean that there isn't good knowledge to gain from them.

I can agree to specific generalizations towards an individual animal (Caesar the lion, Bobby the tiger), but I can't agree with the generalizations towards the whole species, each animal trainer has only acquired a few big cats/bears out of the whole wild population. There is good knowledge to learn about an individual animal from a trainer, but there is plenty of generalized knowledge about a whole species to learn from a wildlife enthusiast. One can rarely replace the other. Reply