Environmental enrichment is a vague concept referring to improvements to captive animal
environments. Some authors have applied the term to an environmental treatment itself …

This book synthesizes existing knowledge of the process of domestication and how captive
breeding and management of wild and domestic animals have affected their behaviour and …

With the continued growth of the aquaculture industry and increasing scientific discussion
over the potential for negative events to give rise to suffering, research into the welfare of …

In recent years, zoos and aquaria have intensified efforts to develop approaches and tools
for assessing the welfare of populations and individual animals in their care. Advances …

The brief tenure of environmental enrichment has been influenced both directly and
indirectly by the field of psychology, from the work of BF Skinner to that of Hal Markowitz …

The modern zoo has been associated with two major behavioral welfare advances:(a) the
use of training to increase voluntary husbandry care, and (b) the implementation of …

Captive small felids frequently pace repetitively and/or spend large amounts of time inactive.
Presenting a fishing cat with live‐fish resulted in more activity (60% less slee**) …

Perceptions of the psychological needs of wild animals living in zoos have changed greatly
in the last few decades. The use of environmental enrichment to meet these perceived …

Husbandry training and environmental enrichment are both important advancements
associated with current behavioural welfare practices. Additionally, the use of training …

Despite the recent growth in scientific attention focusing upon human-animal relationships,
very little research has been conducted in relation to the human experience of, and …