More fun with a barrel full of monkeys: A nonhuman primate swing made by recycling plastic barrels (2006)

Davis, E.

Abstract

The NIH Shared Animal Facilities' enrichment program has developed a primate swing created from recycling our discarded plastic 30- and 55-gallon detergent barrels. These swings are easy to construct and are effective in increasing our animals' behavioral repertoires. Additionally, these swings are safe, portable, non-toxic, easy to sanitize, and almost indestructible. We have used these barrels in our socially-housed monkey runs for over three years, and they are still going strong!