圈养东北虎的医疗管理训练

2005—2011年，持续对北京动物园的3只圈养东北虎进行了医疗管理训练，相继完成串笼、体尺体重测量、后肢力量增强、肌肉注射、尾部采血、尿液收集、口腔及牙齿检查、修剪前爪等训练项目。通过训练，减少了日常饲养管理中动物对环境改变和人类干扰的应激反应；以往需要麻醉动物才能进行的肌肉注射、采血、口腔及牙齿检查和修爪等操作，现在可以引导动物在放松状态下主动完成，去除了麻醉对动物造成的伤害。圈养野生动物医疗管理训练不同于驯兽表演，是提高动物福利的有效手段。

Training of Captive Siberian Tiger for Veterinary Care

Training of 3 captive Siberian tigers （ Panthera tigris altaica） at Beijing Zoo from 2005 to 2011 facilitated veterina- ry care. Training programs included moving tigers from cage to cage, body size and weight measurement, standing on hind legs, intramuscular injection, drawing blood from tail, collecting urine, oral and dental examination, and nail clipping. Training re- duced the stress caused by environment change and human disturbance in normal feeding and management. Guided by Beijing Zoo personnel, tigers voluntarily cooperated with certain activities, such as intramuscular injection, blood sampling, oral and dental examination, and nail clipping, all of which were formerly undertaken only on tranquilized tigers. The tiger training pro- grams enabled Zoo personnel to avoid the risks to tigers due to tranquilizing. This kind of behavior training is different from training for performance, and it is an ffective method to improve animal welfare.