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Stephanie Edlund Bio
Stephanie has spent most of her life learning about animal welfare, behavior, training, and enrichment. Growing up in Sweden, she has been surrounded by animals her whole life and has always been fascinated by birds especially. Since getting her first ones, two rehoused Parakeets named Blue and sixteen when she was eight years old, she hasn’t lived a day without birds in her life.
After getting her zoo keeping degree she studied Biology at the University of Stockholm. The last 4 years she has been working as a zookeeper and made a few stand-ins as a teacher while learning all she can about, force-free animal training and welfare. Today she runs her own small business in Sweden where she offers presentations and workshops for bird clubs, veterinarians, pet shops and zoos. She also offers consultations and private training lessons, predominantly with parrots but sometimes with other animals as well. Her Swedish website provides articles and online classes on enrichment, force-free animal training and other useful topics for pet owners. She is the head trainer for Korpdalen, an educational zoo facility in Björkvik, Sweden, where she works with free-flighted parrots as well as other birds. Stephanie is a Certified Parrot Behavior Consultant (CPBC) with the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants (IAABC) and is the chairperson of the Parrot Division since November 2016. She is also a professional member of IAATE (The International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators).
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hi,
Thanks for posting such helpful information, GREAT content – I can’t wait for the day when punitive or aversive training is considered primitive & ridiculous, & *everyone* trains with pos-R, & understands ABA concepts.
Unfortunately, I’ve been waiting for 40-years, now, & a certain TV-personality revived the whole “me Alpha, you dog” schtick, so maybe that means another 20-years of quashing the nonsense & spreading the true sense!
Q re the podcast:
around 6:12, Stephanie mentions another woman whose name I can’t make out.
I know & admire Dr Friedman, she was a guest speaker at a bird-keepers’ conference that I attended years ago, & I think she’s marvelous – but the other woman’s name is garbled, & I can’t make it out.
Carolyn?… something, maybe?
any help is appreciated, & thanks so much for spreading science-based, humane training,
– Terry
Terry Pride, member Truly Dog-Friendly
“dogs R dogs, wolves R wolves, & primates R us.” — Tm, 2007
Hi Terry!
The other woman’s name is Karolina Westlund. She has been a previous guest on this podcast, if you look in the episode list you should be able to find her interview there. A really great person and teacher, highly recommend a listen!
Thank you so much for your comments, and for listening. 🙂
All the best
Stephanie
Thank you once again for a great interview clearly showing and explaining how much training has advanced with science based methods. Really enjoyed listening.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!