Social Housing & Companionship

Getting serious about monkey business

The benefits of socialization outweigh the potential risks associated with most group housing situations.

Year Published: 1997Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Watson, C. 1997. Getting serious about monkey business. The benefits of environmental enrichment for non-human primates. WARDS (Working for Animals Used in Research, Drugs and Surgery) Newsletter 8(2), 1-3.

The formation of a bachelor group of gorillas at Loro Parque

Successful bachelor group formation protocol is described.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate, Other Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Downman, M. 1998. The formation of a bachelor group of gorillas at Loro Parque. International Zoo News 45, 208-211.

Grooming-contact cages promote affiliative social interaction in individually housed adult baboons

Pair compatibility was 7/11 for female/female pairs, 3/3 for female/male pairs.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Baboon, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Crockett, C. M., Heffernan, K. S. 1998. Grooming-contact cages promote affiliative social interaction in individually housed adult baboons. American Journal of Primatology 45, 176 (Abstract).

Psychological well-being of captive nonhuman primates

Merely increasing cage size has not been associated with meaningful improvements in psychological well-being among singly housed macaques. Environmental change, such as being moved into a new room, disturbs monkeys, as demonstrated by appetite suppression, disruption of the normal activity...

Year Published: 1998Topics: Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Crockett, C. M. 1998. Psychological well-being of captive nonhuman primates. In: Second Nature - Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals. Shepherdson, D. H., Mellen, J. D., Hutchins, M. (eds), 129-152. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC.

The Törneby Primate Facility optimisation of housing conditions for rhesus macaques in Sweden

Group-housing arrangements for rhesus macaques and husbandry implications are described.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Husbandry & Management, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Guhad, F., Augustsson, H., Hau, J. 1998. The Törneby Primate Facility optimisation of housing conditions for rhesus macaques in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science 25(4), 173-176.

Enriching the social experience of young motherless monkeys with companion animals

Positive social contact, companionship, and long-term relationships developed with both dogs and horses. Yearling sheep were tolerant of the [young, group-housed] monkeys, but cats were not.

Year Published: 1998Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Nonhuman Primate

Citation: O'Neill-Wagner, P. L. 1998. Enriching the social experience of young motherless monkeys with companion animals. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Enrichment. Hare, V. J. , Worley, K. E. (eds), 365-373. The Shape of Enrichment , San Diego, CA.

The 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.

Social enrichment in captive lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) by means of group encounters

During 20 repeated encounters, the macaques were able to see, smell and hear members of a second group. ... During encounters the macaques were able to display a larger proportion of their natural behavioural repertoire. The original German paper of...

Year Published: 1998Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Kaumanns, W., Zinner, D., Hindahl, J. 1998. Social enrichment in captive lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) by means of group encounters. Folia Primatologica 69(4), 194-195. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

Pairing Macaca mulatta and Macaca arctoides of both sexes

One hundred and sixty-two female and 48 male rhesus macaques, and 10 female and 8 male stump-tailed macaques who had lived in single cages for several years were transferred to isosexual pair-housing conditions. ... Fighting was witnessed in three (2.6%;...

Year Published: 1998Topics: Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Reinhardt, V. 1998. Pairing Macaca mulatta and Macaca arctoides of both sexes. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 37(4), 2.

The Laboratory Rabbit

Description of rabbit-adequate floor pen housing and cage housing systems and species-adequate handling. Behavioural work that the author has carried out has shown a significant improvement in the quality of life for group housed animals, even those regarded as subordinate,...

Year Published: 1999Topics: Handling, Housing, Social Housing & CompanionshipAnimal Type: Rabbit

Citation: Batchelor, G. R. 1999. The Laboratory Rabbit. In: The UFAW Handbook on the Care and Management of Laboratory Animals Seventh Edition. Poole, T. , English, P. (eds), 395-408. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.