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  1. Acquire and make easily accessible to zoo and aquarium professionals the current body of knowledge on animal welfare and ethics.
  2. Conduct and facilitate welfare assessments and applied welfare research on captive exotic animals.
  3. Convene important discussions and presentations on captive exotic animal welfare and ethics.
  4. Train professionals on captive exotic animal welfare best practices and policies.
  5. Recognize advances in improving captive exotic animal welfare and ethics through awards.
URL: https://detroitzoo.org/resources/?fwp_search=environmental%20enrichment

Effects of environmental enrichment on activity and lameness in commercial broiler production

Authors: Guro Vasdal, Judit Vas, Ruth C. Newberry, Randi Oppermann Moe

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavioral activity, broiler chickens, environmental enrichment, lameness, poultry welfare

2019

Effects of environmental enrichment techniques on stereotypical behaviours of captive Sumatran tigers: A preliminary case study

Authors: D. Gomes, L. McSweeney, M. Santos

Publication/Journal: Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology

Keywords: animal welfare, atress, Panthera tigris sumatrae, zoo

2019

Gum feeder as environmental enrichment for zoo marmosets and tamarins

Authors: B. Regaiolli, C. Angelosante, G. Marliani, P. A. Accorsi, S. Vaglio, C. Spiezio

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: callitrichines, gum arabic, zoo primate welfare

2019

Improving Leg Health in Broiler Chickens: A Systematic Review of the Effect of Environmental Enrichment

Authors: I. J. Pedersen, B. Forkman

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, broiler chicken, environmental enrichment, leg health, light, stocking density

2019

Motion Illusions as Environmental Enrichment for Zoo Animals: A Preliminary Investigation on Lions (Panthera leo)

Authors: Barbara Regaiolli, Angelo Rizzo, Giorgio Ottolini, Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini, Caterina Spiezio, Christian Agrillo

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, environmental enrichment, Rotating Snake illusion, visual illusions, zoo animals

2019

Preference for and behavioural response to environmental enrichment in a small population of sexually mature, commercial boars

Authors: L. V. Sirovica, M. Creamer, K. M. Horback

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: animal welfare, boar, commercial swine, environmental enrichment, single housing, stereotypic behaviour

2019

Selecting and Testing Environmental Enrichment in Lemurs

Authors: E. J. Fernandez, W. Timberlake

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Psychology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, lemur, paired-choice, preference assessment, zoo

2019

Assessment of environmental enrichment for different primate species under low budget: A case study

Authors: R. Costa, C. Sousa, M. Llorente

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: behavior opportunity, case study, environmental enrichment, low budget, primate welfare

2018

How environmental enrichment affects behavioral and glucocorticoid responses in captive blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)

Authors: Ana Claudia de Almeida, Rupert Palme, Nei Moreira

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: abnormal behavior, animal welfare, corticosterone, quality of life, stress

2018

Access to litter during rearing and environmental enrichment during production reduce fearfulness in adult laying hens

Authors: Margrethe Brantsæter, Fernanda M. Tahamtani, Janicke Nordgreen, Ellen Sandberg, Tone Beate Hansen, T. Bas Rodenburg, Randi Oppermann Moe, Andrew Michael Janczak

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: environmental enrichment, fearfulness, laying hen, litter, rearing, welfare

2017

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