Dr. Jill Andrea Goldman is a Certified Applied Animal Behaviorist (CAAB) and a court qualified animal behavior expert. She was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. At five years old she knew she related to animals (perhaps better than people), and by age 13 she decided to become an animal behaviorist. After studying laboratory animals (rats, mice) for her Psychology degrees (B.A. and Specialization) she moved to Halifax Nova Scotia to study the behavior of wolves (M.Sc.) at Dalhousie University. For her Doctorate (Ph.D.), she moved to Toronto, Ontario to study the behavior of monkeys and birds at York University and The Toronto Zoo. Her Post Doctoral Fellowship was fulfilled at the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and Central Park Zoo (CPZ) in New York City where she studied and treated the behavior of dogs, cats, monkeys, birds, rabbits, farm animals, and some exotics. After completing her 2-year behavior clinical residency, she moved to Southern California and began working with animal shelters, private clients, and attorneys from her referral based animal behavior clinical practice based in Beverly Hills. House calls and virtual behavior sessions are provided across the country and worldwide; including Canada and Europe, as well Expert witness testimony for animal behavior legal cases. She is interviewed regularly by the media, and lectures on a variety of animal behavior topics at universities, shelters, clinics, and conferences. Publications include a chapter in Shelter Medicine for Veterinarians and Staff. Dr. Goldman's CV is available upon request. Over the course of her academic and professional experiences, and the many animals she has had the pleasure to meet, Dr. Goldman has learned that if there is one thing for sure, it is that every animal is unique and deserves to be treated as such. Each species, and each individual in that species experiences and interacts with the world through their own unique sensory system and past conditioning. To treat an individual with a cookie cutter approach is deny that individual the qualities that make them special. Dr. Goldman treats each case by working to understand the situation from the animal's perspective (Umwelt (o͝omvelt): The world as it is experienced by a particular organism.), and using science and ethics to improve the lives of animals and people.
