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Second Nature Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals

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ISBN-10: 1560983973

ISBN-13: 9781560983972

Edition: 1998

Authors: David J. Shepherdson, Jill D. Mellen, Michael Hutchins, Terry Maple

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Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Publication date: 5/14/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 376
Size: 6.01" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Shepherdson is program scientist at Metro Washington Park Zoo.

Mellen is a behavioral scientist at the Walt Disney Animal Program in Orlando.

Hutchinsis director of conservation and science for the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.

List of Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Tracing the Path of Environmental Enrichment in Zoos
Theoretical Bases of Environmental Enrichment
Evolution, Ecology, and Enrichment: Basic Considerations for Wild Animals in Zoos
Environmental Enrichment and the Importance of Exploratory Behavior
Power for Captive Animals: Contingencies and Nature
Context, Ethics, and Environmental Enrichment in Zoos and Aquariums
Meeting a Mammal's Psychological Needs: Basic Principles
Environmental Enrichment in Animal Conservation and Welfare
The Captive Environment and Reintroduction: The Black-Footed Ferret as a Case Study with Comments on Other Taxa
Environmental Enrichment in a Reintroduction Program for Golden Lion Tamarins (Leontopithecus rosalia)
Psychological Well-Being of Captive Nonhuman Primates: Lessons from Laboratory Studies
Zoos, Enrichment, and the Skeptical Observer: The Practical Value of Assessment
Determining the Causes of Stereotypic Behaviors in Zoo Carnivores: Toward Appropriate Enrichment Strategies
Captive Environments for Small Felids
Environmental Enrichment in Captive Management, Husbandry, and Training
Beyond Mammals: Environmental Enrichment for Amphibians and Reptiles
Toward Optimal Care for Confined Ungulates
Enrichment of Captive Mammals through Provisioning
A Veterinary Perspective of Potential Risk Factors in Environmental Enrichment
Positive Reinforcement Training as an Enrichment Strategy
Environmental Enrichment for Marine Mammals at Sea World
Epilogue: The Future of Environmental Enrichment
Index