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Rebecca O'Connor

    • Citrus Heights,CA, United States
  • Work Author, Animal trainer, Conservationist at Ducks Unlimited, Blue Sky Writing

  • Industry CleanTech / Environment

  • Website

    www.rebeccakoconnor.com

  • Recent conference talks
  • About Rebecca K. O’Connor had published essays in South Dakota Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Los Angeles Times Magazine, West, divide, and was a Pushcart Nominee for the 2008 Prize. Her novel, Falcon’s Return was a Holt Medallion Finalist for best first novel and she has published numerous reference books on the natural world. She has an MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts from the University of California, Riverside. As a professional animal trainer, O’Connor has worked with a variety of exotic animals in zoos and private facilities around the United States and abroad. She has been a falconer for fifteen years and is a nationally known parrot behaviorist.

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  • A talk on how high level relationships to wild animals bring important psychological and health benefits to human beings.
    Rebecca O'Connor commented on A Bond With the Wild
    Thank you. It's unfortunate you can't hear the presentation that goes with it. Although I was terrified giving it, it was very well received at an anthrozoology conference along with a plea to please do more research on the human bond with WILD animals.
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