Captive Raptor Husbandry & Handling

Catalog description

This course will provide students with an introduction to captive raptor management. The course structure will include a weekly classroom lecture and a complementary hands-on laboratory training session utilizing resident birds of prey and facilities of the Cornell Raptor Program. Topics of instruction will include natural history and adaptations of various birds of prey species, safe handling of captive raptors, and husbandry topics including nutritional requirements, health care, behavior and training, and the ethics of maintaining captive raptors. Course will include animal handling and chores related to raptor care.