Enrichment for captive animals comes in many forms, from scent based enrichment, social enrichment and environmental enrichment. In many animal care institutions across the world enrichment is still considered to be an “extra” and not part of the normal day to day husbandry routine. Im writing this article to give a definitive argument as to …
In this podcast I sit down with Ben Martin and we talk about how browse can be used as a tool in an enrichment program and how it can help bridge the gap between environmental enrichment and nutrition. We also talk about the many ways browse can be enriching for a variety of animals as …
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This post first appeared as an email to our mailing list subscribers. To sign up for our mailing list, click HERE. Playing with your food is good for the brain When designing an enrichment program for a carnivore, one of the most important things you can do Is work to make their feedings as enriching …
There are many challenges animal care professionals face in the day to day implementation of a high quality enrichment program. Time and money constraints are often some of the biggest hurdles to jump through to deliver the animal effective enrichment. One of the largest roadblocks animal care staff can run into is coming up with …
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In this episode we will be exploring how training can be used effectively in an enrichment program. Read the full article HERE. Podcast is available on: Spotify iTunes Google Play
Although there are many things that go into an enrichment program in order to make it successful over the long term we believe that these things can be boiled down into 5 key elements. Natural History– A thorough understanding of an animals natural history will allow you to create species specific enrichment opportunities resulting in …
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Its been a little while since I’ve put out a build design, and I have a great one that I’m sure many of you will find very useful. Today we are going to be talking about a very versatile and relatively easy to build enrichment item, that also happens to look very cool since its …
In todays episode we talk about what I view as a guide to what a modern enrichment program should look like and how some of these topics can be built into a new enrichment program or integrated into an existing one. Podcast is available on: Itunes Spotify Google Play
Today we sit down and interview the founder of the popular Facebook group Zookreepers Caitlin Gordon-Hall. Check out Zookreepers HERE. Podcast is available on: Itunes Spotify Google Play
For this article I will be discussing what I view as a “behavioural husbandry overview” for felids. This article will include the various forms of felid enrichment and training that can be used effectively on felids, both large and small, within a zoo setting. Felids are some of my favourite animals to work with due …
