Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals

Captive animals deserve an environment which is rich in social
opportunity, mental stimulation, and physical challenges.

The Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute's official blog offers
ideas, tips, and discussion of high-standard enrichment; it exemplifies both proper
technique and the positive effects of the effort to enrich. Go take a look!

Information Resources on the Web

• Enrichment Online
  
  
• Environmental Enrichment for Primates (Database; Reinhardt & Reinhardt)
  
  
• Environmental Enrichment Scrapbook (Barnum-Scrivener)
  
  
• Laboratory Primate Newsletter - Articles on Environ. Enrich. and Psychological Well-Being
  
  
• The Shape of Enrichment (Organization & Magazine)
  
  
• Laboratory Primate Advocacy Group - Mental Health & Well-Being
  
  
• Maddie's Pet Adoption Center at the SF SPCA (model enriched units)
  
  
• Environmental Enrichment for Laboratory Animals (Database; Reinhardt & Reinhardt)
  
  
• Zoo Husbandry and Research: An Integrated Approach (James Rice)
  
  
• Environmental Enrichment Information Resources for Nonhuman Primates: 1987-1992
  
  
• Environmental Enrichment for Farm Animals (Database; Reinhardt & Reinhardt)
  
  
• Behavioral Enrichment at Animal People Online
  
  
• Environmental Enrichment for Confinement Pigs
  
  
• Great EscApe at the Oklahoma Zoo
  
  
• Think Tank at the National Zoo in DC
  
  
• Guidelines from the Canadian Council on Animal Care
  
  
• Wolf Park: Behavioral Enrichment of Captive Animals
  
  
• Primate Enrichment Forum (discussion group)
  
  
• Life is a Jungle for Some Animals Kept Behind Bars (Carrie Dolan)
  
  
• Enrichment topics at Tracks Magazine Online
  
  
• History of Enrichment (Arnold Chamove)
  
  
• Enrichment 101 (Diana Guerrero)
  
  
• Equine Enrichment - How to Enrich the Life of Your Horse (Diana Guerrero)
  
  
• Enrichment in Domestic Canids/Dogs (Arnold Chamove)
  
  
• References for Enrichment in Shelter Animals (Tufts)
  
  
• Environ. Enrich. in Captive Marmosets & Tamarins (Hannah Buchanan-Smith)
  
  
• Destructible Toys as Enrichment for Captive Chimpanzees (Linda Brent)
  
  
• 108 Things to Do With a Box (domestic feline enrichment)
  
  
• Guidelines for Environmental Enrichment @ABWAK
  
  
• ZooPharm (aromatic and botanical enrichment)
  
  
• Modern Zoos (PBS)
  
  
• Colored Light as Environ. Enrich. for Captive Chimpanzees (Fritz, Howell, & Schwandt)
  
  
• Enrichment @ the Oregon Zoo
  
  
• What is Enrichment? (San Diego Zoo)
  
  
• Enrichment for Caged Rhesus Macaques (Reinhardt; slides)
  
  
• The "Bungie Swing" for Chimpanzees (Struthers, Wilbarger, & Harvey)
  
  
• Animal Boredom - A Model of Chronic Suffering in Captive Animals and Its Consequences for Environ. Enrich. (F. Wemelsfelder)
  
  
• Wildlife Waystation's Animal Enrichment Essays
  
  
• Environ. Enrich. for NonHuman Primates: An Annotated Bibliography for Animal Care Personnel (Reinhardt, Reinhardt, & Seelig)
  
  
• Environ. Enrich.: Does It Reduce Barbering in Mice (AWIC)
  
  
• Inexpensive Feeding Equipment and Techniques for Primate Enrichment (Pastorello)
  
  
• Exercise & Enrichment for Cats Housed at Yale
  
  
• Pet Sitter Videos (cat/dog enrichment)
  
  
• Comfortable Quarters for Laboratory Dogs
  
  
• Common Enrichment Devices and Programs
  
  
• Comfortable Environmentally Enriched Housing for Domestic Cats
  
  
• Friends of Washoe - Chimpanzee Enrichment
  
  
• AWIC's Enrichment for Lab Animals (1965-1995)
  
  
• Animal Legislation and Policies Home Page (AWIC)
  
  
• Environmental Enrichment Equipment & Accessories (Lab Animals)
  
  
• Nonhuman Primates Environmental Enrichment: Products and Suppliers (AWIC)
  
  
• Disney's Animal Enrichment Program

Print Resources

• Markowitz, H., 1982. Behavioral Enrichment in the Zoo. Nostran Reinhold Co., New York.
• Markowitz, H., 1993. Power for Captive Animals: Contingencies and Nature. Paper presentation at 1st Conference on Environmental Enrichment, Portland, Oregon.
• National Research Council,1984. Nutrient Requirements of Cats. National Academy of Sciences: Washington, DC.

If you know of any articles or other resources on the Web dealing with Enrichment for Animals, please Email Me.

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