The Shape of Enrichment Reviews

As the organiser of this course, I am very happy to recommend it - this was the first time we went there and the students enjoyed the experience very much! Thanks for everything!

great day, great experience

Great course, fun, educational and really worthwhile! Highly recommend :-)

Great course, fun, educational and really worthwhile! Highly recommend :-)

Great course structure, really enjoyed the practical element and would definitely recommend to others (or even do the course again myself to improve my rope splicing and firehose skills).

I really enjoyed this course and would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to expand their practical skill set and knowledge. Both Chris and Mark are highly knowledgeable, friendly, patient and helpful - especially good for novices that aren't sure what they're doing with a drill/fire hose/rope/saw & more! Learned a lot and feel much more confident at wielding a drill on the job!

On behalf of the 100 plus delegates and us all here at ZSL and the BIAZA Animal Behaviour and Training Working group I would like to say what you did at the BIAZA certified enrichment building practical activity last week was nothing short of phenomenal. I am still buzzing from the session it was a real highlight of the two day workshop and I still cant believe we pulled it off! During the planning process it was difficult to visualise exactly how it would look as there were so many variables, including weather and number of delegates, so I am very grateful that you were able to steer the session so successfully. I felt the three organisations (ZSL,BIAZA ABTWG and yourselves) worked together well and I put that down to no-one having an ego and everyone putting the delegates (and animals) first. From the perspective of future events I suppose it would have been better if we knew further in advance what devices and species we were going to work with but that is down to the host institution not you, and it was difficult to plan to far ahead as we only knew the exact amount of delegates two weeks before the event .For future reference I would maybe advise another host to invite you in a couple more times before the actual day to sort out logistics and maybe meet the team leaders, other staff and organisers? We asked all delegates to complete feedback forms before the end of the workshop and the enrichment building session and the learning aims associated with this received 100% positive feedback with every delegate agreeing, or strongly agreeing, that the learning aims were met. thanks for everything Mark, it was a brilliant day! Jim Mackie Chair - BIAZA Animal Behaviour and Training Working Group

This course is teaches essential knowledge that even several experienced zookepers could benefit from, which helps give us a head start when searching for a zoo job. The lectures were all very interesting, interactive, and full of videos. We also had the chance to work in teams and be creative, making our own enrichment, which was very rewarding.

An amazing, fun course. Learnt a lot that will help me in my future career and more. The trainers mark and Chris were greatand made the course very fun and relaxed. Have recommended to friends and family

Such an amazing few days. Absolutely loved it! The last day in particular was incredibly rewarding, being able to put all your new skills into practice and see the animals response. Thank you guys.