Environmental Enrichment
Enrichment for animals
Some examples of simple and inexpensive [and basic] methods of effective environmental enrichment are outlined.
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: Markowitz, H. 1998. Enrichment for animals. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal Welfare. Bekoff, M. , Meaney, C. A. (eds), 156-157. Greenwood Press, Westport, Conneticut.
Read MoreStump enrichment for Japanese snow monkeys
A commercial foraging device [artificial dead tree stump loaded with food material] is described.
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Goodwin, J. 1998. Stump enrichment for Japanese snow monkeys. The Shape of Enrichment 7(2), 7.
Read MoreAn island feeder box for primates
We have found that large food items (whole lettuce heads, half melons, etc.) create a little more of a challenge for them [group-housed gibbons, siamangs, and spider monkeys] to access through the 3 gaps and is an easy method of...
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Gibbon, Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Fridman, T., Rambino, P. 1998. An island feeder box for primates. Animal Keepers' Forum 26, 308-311.
Read MoreGuidelines for Environmental Enrichment
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: Field, D. A. 1998. Guidelines for Environmental Enrichment. The Association of British Wild Animal Keepers, Chester, UK.
Read MoreEnvironmental enrichment for Old World primates with reference to the primate collection at Edinburgh Zoo
Enrichment in primates was shown overall to have a strong bias towards the great apes and terrestrial/semi-terrestrial species in general. .... The lives of captive primates everywhere could be enhanced by developing programs by which keepers could gain greater access...
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Dickie, L. A. 1998. Environmental enrichment for Old World primates with reference to the primate collection at Edinburgh Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 36, 131-139.
Read MoreThe Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates
Concise guidelines for the adequate housing and handling of captive nonhuman primates. We can expect institutions to monitor and assess the conditions of animals in their charge and to make appropriate efforts to improve conditions that do not meet the...
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental Enrichment, Housing, Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate
Citation: National Research Council 1998. The Psychological Well-Being of Nonhuman Primates . National Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Read MoreZoos, enrichment, and the skeptical observer
Increasing cage size as a means by which to enrich and enhance an animal habitat may not be worth the cost, at least under conditions in which the size of the cage is the only aspect that is altered. ......
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: All/General, Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Morgan, K. N., Line, S. W., Markowitz, H. 1998. Zoos, enrichment, and the skeptical observer. In: Second Nature - Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals. Shepherdson, D. H., Mellen, J. D., Hutchins, M. (eds), 153-171. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
Read MoreEnvironmental enrichment and the importance of exploratory behavior
As we reconsider our housing and care systems for animals in captivity, satisfying the high-priority behavioral needs of animals should be the central consideration.
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General
Citation: Mench, J. A. 1998. Environmental enrichment and the importance of exploratory behavior. In: Second Nature - Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals. Shepherdson, D. H., Mellen, J. D., Hutchins, M. (eds), 30-46. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.
Read MoreProviding orangutans with opportunities for arboreal behavior
Cloth-covered fire hose donated by local fire departments was used to construct and woven hammock high above the cage floor. Locomotion in the upper half of the holding area was increased. Adult and juvenile animals have been observed playing in...
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate
Citation: Malone, N. 1998. Providing orangutans with opportunities for arboreal behavior. The Shape of Enrichment 7(4), 1-2.
Read MoreSlow loris enrichment at the Burnet Park Zoo
A suspended feeding device is described. With the pyramid, the lorises hang upside down, their natural feeding position, enabling them to see and smell what it contains. ... This new device requires the lorises to forage more naturally by using...
Year Published: 1998Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate
Citation: MacGregor, N., Chepko-Sade, B. D. 1998. Slow loris enrichment at the Burnet Park Zoo. The Shape of Enrichment 7(3), 9-11.
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