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RALPH HELFER

Hi, I’m Ralph


I am the founder of Affection Training and have decades of experience having worked with over 1800 animals throughout my life. My company did over 4000 productions with our animals.

My wife, Toni, and I were the first to create and have the first accredited Affection Training School back in the 1960s at our ranch which was called Africa U.S.A. in So. California.

I would like to share with you my journey with my wildlife family and human family. Stories of Hollywood, and most importantly The Theory of Affection Training.

Come join me and take away information on Affectioned Trained Exotic animals.

How the animals taught me how to be a better human and how they opened the eyes of millions of people around the world that animals can be loving creatures.

I will be sharing how and why I created Affection training so I could better protect all animals who would be handled by humans and worked in the motion picture industry.

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