So the interviewer asked, so what do you do to change this. I responded, Find out what is normal to them. Form a model of what is normal and what I should expect as normal. Then chance captive conditions until some of what is normal is expressed. It turns out, its not hard. It turns out we only have to open little doorways to allow the animals to go thru. The Key is, we need a model. The truth is, finding a model of what is normal was and is extremely difficult.
Most models keepers use now, are sadly based on INSANE conditions. Passed on from keeper to keeper, insane upon insane(to the animals) And are excepted based on results. 1. the animal is alive and possibly 2. they reproduced to some degree. While these reasons are valid. It brings up a paradigm that's prevalent. One where reproduction is the top level of success. The reality is, reproduction is the minimum level of success and anything less is death an extinction. Reproduction is minimum, not the maximum level of success. This drives different levels of husbandry that express different levels of success. pt 2

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