Free-contact

Definition of Free-contact

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The Free contact (FC) is based on the 5 000 years tradition of alpha animal training technique. The trainer is not only trainer, but is part of the herd, and the trainer is the leader of the herd, the alpha animal. NO alternative here, if the trainer fails with this, the elephant will challenge the trainer, either by attacking the trainer, or someone else. It is when the elephant doesnt accept the trainer as alpha-animal, that "accidents" occur.

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Free-contact: [see also: protected-contact] Doyle 1993) Working with captive elephants, in which there is no border between the human and the elephant.
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Free-contact mentioned in The Elephant Database

No country match the word Free-contact in the database.

3 locations holdings in the elephant database match the word Free-contact.

Almaty Zoo (Alma-Ata Zoo), zoo in Almaty
Hannover Zoo, zoo in Hannover
Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, zoo in Dubbo

1 elephants in the elephant database match the word Free-contact

EM-M Siporex born 1966-06-21 arrived 1973-10-03 at Hannover Zoo in Germany, from Aalborg Zoo (Aalborg Zoologiske Have), in Denmark.

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2023). Free-contact. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=90. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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