Small animals

Tender description

To investigate the potential of birds as working animals and to identify any limitations. The aim of this contract is to investigate the potential of birds as working animals and to identify limitations. In the first instance the contractor will be required to showcase the birds capabilities. The authority requires one or more companies to train either one or two corvids (same or different species) for each task outlined. All behaviours must ultimately be displayed outside whilst free flying, unenclosed, in the presence of people unknown to the birds. All training and testing of the behaviours will be conducted at the contractor's premises, or at a venue that the contractor has permission to use and is safe to do so.