Environmental Enrichment

On the care of captive chimpanzees: Methods of enrichment

Television can be a great source of environmental enrichment if the chimpanzee can perceive the relevance of what it sees on the screen to the world it knows.

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Chimpanzee, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Rumbaugh, D. M., Washburn, D. A., Savage-Rumbaugh, E. S. 1989. On the care of captive chimpanzees: Methods of enrichment. In: Housing, Care and Psychological Wellbeing of Captive and Laboratory Primates. Segal, E. F. (ed), 357-375. Noyes Publications, Park Ridge, NJ.

Evaluation of the long-term effectiveness of two environmental enrichment objects for singly caged rhesus macaques

Subjects were exposed to a PVC pipe and to a gnawing stick uninterruptedly for one year. The singly caged monkeys spent on average 28% of the total observation time [120 min] with the PVC pipes but only 3% with the...

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1989. Evaluation of the long-term effectiveness of two environmental enrichment objects for singly caged rhesus macaques. Lab Animal 18(6), 31-33.

Short-term and long-term benefits of environmental enrichment on laboratory rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

The animals were transferred from their barren group cage to a more spacious playroom equipped with climbing /perching structures and swings for one hour per day, five days a week: The animals showed a decline in the frequency of three...

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Neill, P. L. 1989. Short-term and long-term benefits of environmental enrichment on laboratory rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Regional Conference Proceedings, 616-625.

Choices for captive primates

General considerations for appropriate cage space arrangement for small monkeys.

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental Enrichment, HousingAnimal Type: Marmoset, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Shumaker, R. W. 1989. Choices for captive primates. Humane Innovations and Alternatives in Animal Experimentation 3, 117.

Environmental enrichment: Measuring the behaviour of animals

Clear and simple guidelines to monitor the effectiveness of enrichment options.

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Shepherdson, D. 1989. Environmental enrichment: Measuring the behaviour of animals. RATEL (Journal of the Association of British Wild Animal Keepers) 16, 134-139.

Review of environmental enrichment in zoos

The purpose of this article is to draw attention to some of the work that has been done in zoos in order to stimulate new ideas and approaches to environmental enrichment.

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: All/General

Citation: Shepherdson, D. 1989. Review of environmental enrichment in zoos. RATEL (Journal of the Association of British Wild Animal Keepers) 16, 35-40.

Towards better conditions for captive nonhuman primates: Routines, requirements, and research

A review of selected enrichment studies.

Year Published: 1990Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Anderson, J. R. , Visalberghi, E. 1990. Towards better conditions for captive nonhuman primates: Routines, requirements, and research. In: Biomedical Experimentation and Laboratory Animals: Hot Behavioural Issues. Alleva, E. , Laviola, G. (eds), 1-11. Istisan Reports, Rome, Italy.

Environmental Enrichment Devices and Procedures for Captive Non-Human Primates (Videotape Without Commentary)

Commercial and custom-made enrichment devices are demonstrated and animals interacting with them shown.

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Watson, L. M. 1989. Environmental Enrichment Devices and Procedures for Captive Non-Human Primates (Videotape Without Commentary). New England Regional Primate Research Center.Available on loan from Animal Care Audio-Visual Materials, WRPRC, 1220 Capitol Court, Madison, WI 53715, USA.

The use of toys for primate environmental enrichment

We have investigated a variety of objects and toys, and have discovered that all [single-housed] monkeys do not like all toys, and that what interests one monkey today may hold no interest for him next week. ... Hard nylon balls...

Year Published: 1989Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Watson, D. S. B., Houston, B. J., Macallum, G. E. 1989. The use of toys for primate environmental enrichment. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 28(2), 20.

Interspecies communication for gorilla enrichment and research

Communication between different species may provide a useful mode of environmental enrichment.

Year Published: 1990Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Cohn, R. H. 1990. Interspecies communication for gorilla enrichment and research. Proceedings: Columbus Zoo Gorilla Workshop, 8-15.