Animal Training - List of Notable Animal Trainers

List of Notable Animal Trainers

Known for their influence on the circus:

• Nadezhda Durova (1783–1866) founded the Durov family of performers in the Russian circus.
• Anatoly Durov (1887–1928) Russian circus animal trainer and founder of the Durov Animal Theater in Moscow.
• Carl Hagenbeck (1844–1913) a merchant of wild animals who introduced "natural" animal enclosures.
• Gunther Gebel-Williams (1934–2001) trained animals for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
• Mike Baray, (born 1938) animal trainer, performed with Sarrasani, Jean Richard, Bouglione, occasional performer with E. Raluy's Circus Williams.
• Martin Lacey, (born 1947), animal trainer, owner of the Great British Circus, trained most of the tigers used in the ESSO TV advertisements in the 1970s.
• Martin Lacey, Jr., (born 1977), son of Martin, an animal trainer and performer with Circus Krone in Munich.
• Alex Lacey, also son of Martin, animal trainer and performer.

Known for scientific research:

• Ivan Pavlov (1849–1946) studied the psychology of animal training and described the phenomenon of classical conditioning.
• Karen Pryor (1932–), used applied operant conditioning with marine mammals and dog clicker training

Known for work in television and film:

• Nell Shipman (1892–1970) a Canadian film maker in early Hollywood.
• Frank Inn (1916–2002) trained dogs used in the Benji series.
• Brothers Frank Weatherwax and Rudd Weatherwax trained the collie Pal who portrayed the first Lassie.
• Ralph Helfer
• Dr. Bhagavan Antle, trained exotic animals for movies including Jungle Book, Dr. Dolittle and Mighty Joe Young
• Mathilde DeCagny trained Moose, best known as Eddie Crane on the television sitcom Frasier.
• Richard (Ric) O'Barry trained dolphins for the original 1960s Flipper television series, now opposes dolphin captivity
• Boone Narr, one of the most celebrated Hollywood animal trainers.

Other:

• James French, animal communicator and trainer, devised the Trust Technique.
• Felix Ho, professional dog behaviorist, international dog sport championship competitor and judge
• Warren Eckstein, animal trainer, author and radio personality.
• Victoria Stilwell, dog trainer, author and television presenter.
• Steve Austin dog trainer (particularly detection dogs), and television personality.
• Dave Salmoni, animal trainer, entertainer, and producer.
• Cesar Millan, animal behaviorist and a developer of rehabilitation techniques for owners of dogs with behavioral problems, as featured in his Dog Whisperer television series.