Valerie J. Chalcraft
Valerie J. Chalcraft is an experimental psychologist with an MA and a PhD from the University of Nevada, Reno where she studied chimpanzees who communicate with American Sign Language. Chalcraft is an independent researcher who is interested in applying the principles of behavior to improve the welfare and rights of humans and non-humans. For over twenty years she has actively fought the exploitation of nonhuman animals in factory-farms, circuses, laboratories, and fur-farms and promotes Trap-Neuter-Return/Rescue of feral and abandoned cats. Currently, she is a companion animal behaviorist with a clinical practice ,Applied Animal Behavior, in Chicago, Illinois.
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BA Psychology, University of California, Berkeley; MA & PhD Experimental Psychology, University of Nevada, RenoInterests
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Why Elephants in Circuses RampageThe training and living conditions of elephants in circuses lead to trauma, abnormal behavior, and aggression. Rehabilitation can take place within elephant sanctuaries. Moral and safety concerns have led to bans or restrictions of wild-animal acts.
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Chimpanzees Really Can Communicate Through Sign LanguageProject Nim and Rise of the Planet of the Apes spark interest in signing chimpanzees but what are the origins? In nature vs. nurture studies, the type of nurture makes a difference.