Environmental Enrichment

Environmental enrichment in Japanese monkeys: Aging of feeding behavior in Finger-maze box [Japanese abstract]

Old animals spent more time foraging for food that was placed in a finger-maze box than young animals.

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Yanagihara, Y., Matsubayashi, K., Matsuzawa, T. 1995. Environmental enrichment in Japanese monkeys: Aging of feeding behavior in Finger-maze box [Japanese abstract]. Reichorui Kenkyu/Primate Research 11, 33 (Abstract).

A hammock in the rain forest for chimpanzees

Getting the [group-housed] chimps off harsh concrete surfaces and providing them with softer substrates has long been a goal. The hammock has been up for three months now. It gets constant abuse and absorbs it well. Some chimps use the...

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Wolper, C. 1995. A hammock in the rain forest for chimpanzees. The Shape of Enrichment 4(3), 1-2.

Chimp platforms in outdoor enclosure

A project was initiated to take advantage of the vertical space by building a wooden platform with two decks in each of the eight corrals. The platforms have been used by chimpanzees of all ages, and have been the center...

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Suarez, S. A., Forter, L. 1995. Chimp platforms in outdoor enclosure. The Shape of Enrichment 4(4), 5-6.

Space as environmental enrichment

Ultimately, animals do not have spatial needs. Instead, they have physiological and behavioral needs that can only be met through certain spatial relationships [emphasis added]. .. The long-term risk in legislation and providing specific floor area dimensions on a per...

Year Published: 1995Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Stricklin, W. R. 1995. Space as environmental enrichment. Lab Animal 24(4), 24-29.

Fear and adaptability in poultry: insights, implications and imperatives

Environmental enrichment can reduce fear responses and feather pecking.

Year Published: 1996Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Emotion, Pain, & Sentience, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Bird, Chicken

Citation: Jones, R. B. 1996. Fear and adaptability in poultry: insights, implications and imperatives. World's Poultry Science Journal 52, 131-174.

Functional outcome in rats transferred to an enriched environment 15 days after focal brain ischemia

Delayed postoperative environmental enrichment impoves outcome in experimental stroke.

Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Johansson, B. B. 1996. Functional outcome in rats transferred to an enriched environment 15 days after focal brain ischemia. Stroke 27, 324-326.

Evaluation of long-term environmental enrichment in the mouse

It appears that mice who were enriched with both objects [nest box and plastic tube] and nesting material were more active, and spent less time on feeding and drinking, and they weight less compared to the other groups. .. It...

Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Dahlborn, K., van Gils, B. A. A., van de Weerd, H. A. et al. 1996. Evaluation of long-term environmental enrichment in the mouse. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 23(Supplement 1), 97-106. (Conference Paper)

Limitations on the effectiveness of environmental improvement in reducing stereotypic behaviour in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus)

Young voles performed stereotypic behaviour in the enriched cage, so stereotypies were harder to disrupt through environmental enrichment in older voles.

Year Published: 1996Topics: Abnormal/Problematic Behavior, Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Other Rodent, Rodent

Citation: Cooper, J. J., ?dberg, F., Nicol, C. J. 1996. Limitations on the effectiveness of environmental improvement in reducing stereotypic behaviour in bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus). Applied Animal Behaviour Science 48, 237-248.

Unpredictable ropes and fire

Chimpanzees had a preference for ropes that responded in unpredictable ways.

Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S. 1996. Unpredictable ropes and fire. The Shape of Enrichment 5(2), 1-3.

Cage-cleaning: Interest or intrusion?

After the woodchip litter was removed and replaced the animals' behavior was similar to that occurring during enrichment. It is likely that for arboreal monkeys, changes to their floor has no negative effect because the floor is a rarely-used part...

Year Published: 1996Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Husbandry & ManagementAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Chamove, A. S. 1996. Cage-cleaning: Interest or intrusion? Australian Primatology 11(1), 2-5.