Improving Welfare Through Enrichment

Question 1

What is enrichment ?

Answer 1

-improve quality of animal care
-provides environmental stimuli to optimise well being
-5 welfare needs

Question 2

What are the different types of enrichment ?

Answer 2

-food
-sensory
-training
-enclosure design
-socialisation/ group structure
-adaptation to natural habitat

Question 3

What does having the correct grouping do ?

Answer 3

It can be to reduce the stress and improve improves cognitive abilities.

Question 4

What are enrichment plans?

Answer 4

They help the keeper to keep track of what enrichment other keepers are doing and able to continue it when they are not there.