RECOGNITION OF THE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR SKILLS
OF DENNIS FETKO, Ph.D.
* Colorado State University Veterinary School has credentialled behaviorists on faculty. Despite substantial costs, they asked Dr. Fetko to conduct the first Applied Animal Behavior presentations to their freshman & graduating senior classes. He was paid, highly acclaimed & invited back.
* Dr. Fetko has taught Animal Behavior at the National Animal Control Association's official NACA 100 academy since its inception. Officers who successfully complete it are granted credits at the University of Missouri.
He is consistently chosen top presenter.
* Three University of California campuses requested Dr. Fetko to conduct Animal Behavior classes. He did so at San Diego & Riverside. He was paid & invited back.
* San Diego State University asked Dr. Fetko to present a "Topics in Veterinary Medicine" class. He received very complimentary responses & was asked to return.
* The California Animal Control Directors Association repeatedly had Dr. Fetko present Animal Behavior & Bite Prevention Safety at several annual conferences. He was paid & always asked to return.
* The Zoological Society of San Diego has credentialled animal behaviorists on staff but asked Dr. Fetko to testify on their behalf before a California State Senate Hearing. The Chair Senator called his input the clearest, most lucid & most valuable & said "this man should have opened our hearings."
* The Zoological Society of San Diego recommended Dr. Fetko to manage the Saudi Arabian National Wildlife Research Center when it shipped captive bred Arabian Oryx to Arabia for reintroduction.
* The California Veterinary Medical Association asked Dr. Fetko to present an Animal Behavior session at their annual conference. He received very complimentary reviews.
* Noted veterinarian, behaviorist & author Dr. Michael W. Fox wrote very complimentary comments on Dr. Fetko's 1981 doctoral thesis, "Pet Facilitated Therapy."
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