Jordan Schaul

Jordan Carlton Schaul is an American zoologist, conservationist, journalist and animal trainer.^[1]

Career

Schaul graduated with a PhD in conservation medicine/wildlife disease ecology from The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. He worked as the Conservation Biologist and Curator at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center near Anchorage.^[2] In 2012, he became curator of zoological operations at the Orange County Zoo in Orange, California.

Schaul has worked as a captive wildlife trainer with large mammals and birds, including marine mammals, bears and wild cats in both protected/restricted contact settings and free contact settings.^[1]

Journalist/nature writer

Schaul has served as a regular contributor to the National Geographic Society's editorial news publication News Watch since 2010.^[3]

TV/film/radio

Schaul appeared in the BBC documentary TV series World's Most Dangerous Roads In 1998, he hosted episodes of Kazoo (Kids at the Zoo) with the weather team from the local ABC news affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. Schaul worked on the 2013 film Frozen Ground as an animal trainer.

He created, produced, and hosted web-based Zoo Talkin' Radio, which ran from 2009 to 2012, with co-hosts that included Conrad Schmitt of Utah's Hogle Zoo; actress and media trainer Sandra Dee Robinson; and animal trainer and author Dr. Grey Stafford of the Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium in Phoenix, Arizona.^[4]

Animal training

In 2014, Schaul launched The Dog Trainer Dude, a business offering dog training services.^[5]

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