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.
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