Hundreds of Christmas trees on display for Brookfield Zoo’s Holiday Magic winter wonderland have a new purpose. Some are now being used as animal enrichment for bears, bison, and lions.
This partnership takes the form of a new course called “Animal Enrichment,” which will be taught by Dr. Mary Jones, associate professor of biology, and Dr. Britt Florkiewicz, assistant profess ...
After the first of the year, the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo director was able to buy some enrichment items for the animals ...
Come to the Cambridge Library on Tuesday, February 11 at 6pm to explore the world of pet enrichment! Jordyn, from Ruff Start Rescue will share how pet enrichment provides a ...
The purpose of the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum (LAREF) is the exchange of experiences about ways to improve the conditions under which animals in laboratories are housed and ...
During the last decade there have been vast improvements in the husbandry of large animals in our local zoos. Instead of living in the solitary cages that were formerly the norm, animals now more ...
The City-County Council is reconsidering a proposal that would approve the mayor's appointment of a new director for the city's animal shelter.
On TuesdayMisha, Blank Park Zoo’s 13-year-old Amur tiger predicted that the Kansas City Chiefs will come out on top in the Big Game this Sunday in New Orleans.
The purpose of enrichment is to encourage behaviors that are appropriate for a particular species and that satisfy an animal's physical and psychological needs. The Animal Welfare Act 1 currently ...
The following email discussion took place on the Laboratory Animal Refinement & Enrichment Forum in February 2016. Submissions by Carey Allen, Evelyn Skoumbourdis, Jacqueline Schwartz, Jennie Lofgren, ...
A research project called "New innovations for environmental enrichment on pig farms" was carried out in Finland on three commercial pig farms during the years 2012 and 2013. The number of animals in ...