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Sensory stimulation as environmental enrichment for captive animals: a review
ReviewWells reviewed how stimulating the senses, through olfactory, auditory, visual and tactile inputs, can enrich captive animals. She summarised evidence that scents such as spices and prey odours, sound…
Wells DL · Applied Animal Behaviour Science · 2009
The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare
ReviewSherwen and Hemsworth reviewed and reframed the visitor effect, drawing on human-animal interaction science from farm animals to argue that visitors are a salient and often underestimated feature of t…
Sherwen SL, Hemsworth PH · Animals · 2019
To hunt or not to hunt? A feeding enrichment experiment with captive large felids
PaperBashaw, Bloomsmith, Maple and Bercovitch tested whether feeding-based enrichment changes behaviour in tigers and lions, comparing a hung carcass-like 'fishing' device and bones against standard feedin…
Bashaw MJ, Bloomsmith MA, Maple TL, Bercovitch FB · Zoo Biology · 2003
Training is enrichment - and beyond
PaperWestlund argued that positive-reinforcement training should be viewed as a form of environmental enrichment in its own right, not merely a husbandry convenience. She described how training sessions pr…
Westlund K · Journal of Veterinary Behavior · 2014
Visitor reaction to pacing behavior: influence on perceptions of animal care
PaperMiller investigated how zoo visitors interpret stereotypic pacing, showing them footage of an animal pacing versus behaving normally and surveying their reactions. Visitors who saw pacing rated the an…
Miller LJ · Zoo Biology · 2012
Visitors' effects on the welfare of animals in the zoo: a review
ReviewDavey reviewed the evidence on how the presence, number and behaviour of visitors affect captive zoo animals. He found that visitors can act as a source of stress, enrichment or both depending on spec…
Davey G · Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science · 2007
Wild Animals in Captivity
ReviewHediger, often called the father of zoo biology, wrote this seminal book establishing that captive animals have psychological as well as physical needs. He introduced concepts such as flight distance,…
Hediger H · Butterworths Scientific Publications · 1950
Zoo Animal Welfare
ReviewMaple and Perdue's book provided a comprehensive treatment of welfare science as applied to zoos and aquariums, covering its history, ethical foundations, assessment methods and practical application…
Maple TL, Perdue BM · Springer (Animal Welfare series) · 2013