Jacinthe Bouchard

{{short description|Canadian animal behaviorist and trainer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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Jacinthe Bouchard is a Canadian animal behaviorist and trainer. Bouchard is from Montreal and has lived in Mauricie for almost thirty years.{{Cite news|url = http://www.lapresse.ca/le-nouvelliste/la-vie/201410/28/01-4813442-le-zoo-academie-de-jacinthe-bouchard.php|title = Jacinthe Bouchard est un drôle de moineau.|last = Legare|first = Isabelle|date = 28 October 2014|work = Le Nouvelliste|access-date = 30 November 2015|language = fr}} She is widely recognized as a trainer of zoo animals,{{cite web|url=http://www.humanima.com/decouverte/en/article/jacinthe-bouchard|title=Jacinthe Bouchard|work=Humanima|access-date=16 November 2015}}{{failed verification|date=December 2017}} as well as a dog trainer{{cite web|url=http://www.centrecanindemontreal.com/qui-sommes-nous.php|title=Qui sommes nou|trans-title=Who we are|language=fr|work=Canine Center of Montreal|access-date=16 November 2015}} and is the director of the only government-licensed animal training school in Canada.{{Cite web|url = http://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/animo/2015/episodes/352043/jacinthe-bouchard-zoo-formation-animaux|title = Jacinth Bouchard|date = 14 June 2015|access-date = 30 November 2015|website = Animo|publisher = Ici Radio-Canada|language = fr}} Bouchard and other trainers at Zoo Academy, have trained several crows to locate lost hikers in the forest.{{Cite news|url = http://www.journaldequebec.com/2014/12/09/des-corbeaux-dresses-pour-retrouver-des-gens-en-foret|title = Des corbeaux dressés pour retrouver des gens en forêt|last = St-Yves|first = Amelie|date = 9 December 2014|work = Le Journal de Québec|access-date = 30 November 2015 |language = fr}} She is the author of Devenez le meilleur ami de votre chien [Become your dog's best friend].{{cite book|title=Devenez le meilleur ami de votre chien|trans-title=Become your dog's best friend|first=Jacinthe|last=Bouchard|publisher=Editions du Club Quebec loisirs|year=2009|isbn=9782894309452}} Bouchard also appears on the Salut Boujour Week End television show.{{Cite news|url = http://www.quebechebdo.com/Communaute/2009-09-25/article-1583426/Jacinthe-Bouchard-raconte-sa-passion-animale/1|title = Jacinthe Bouchard raconte sa passion animale|last = Cattapan|first = Francois|date = 25 September 2009|work = Quebec Hebdo|access-date = 30 November 2015|language = fr|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208143016/http://www.quebechebdo.com/Communaute/2009-09-25/article-1583426/Jacinthe-Bouchard-raconte-sa-passion-animale/1|archive-date = 8 December 2015|url-status = dead}}