Jan 1, 2024 · The development of evidence-based zoo animal welfare science and the use of the 'five domains' have inspired zoos to increase animal welfare, particul…

This guide focuses on evaluating enrichment by comparing the animals’ behaviour with and without enrichment, since it is assumed that most keepers will not have the opportunity to use …

This document provides the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) Animal Care and Use Programs with a generic environmental enrichment framework for developing their own plans.

The two most widely utilized approaches to behavioral assessments of animal welfare are measures of animals’ overall behavioral repertoires and measuring the presence, absence, or …

Mar 11, 2025 · Testing and reporting trends for captive primate enrichment are presented and discussed, highlighting important gaps in the literature and avenues of future research while …

Learn how animal welfare specialists use data analytics to evaluate enrichment effectiveness in zoos and botanical gardens.

Advanced module to evaluate enrichment program effectiveness. Before/after behavioral analyses, welfare indicators and detailed reports to optimize your enrichment strategies.

Monitoring the impact that the enrichment program has on individual animals is a critically important component of your enrichment program. Monitoring ensures that the efforts you are …

Nov 27, 2025 · An analysis reveals that enrichment activities and younger age, not biological factors, predict higher rates of activity, play, and environmental engagement in zoo-housed …

For this reason, animal welfare can only be properly assessed using a combination of several indicators. Additionally, all the indicators described in this paper have methodological …