Short description
Environmental enrichment is key to improving the welfare of any type of animal - companion, farm, laboratory or zoo.
Long description
For many years, those that work with animals have been studying the effect of environment on animal behavior in captivity. More importantly, questions have been asked about environment as it relates to quality of life and animal welfare. Environmental enrichment is key to improving the welfare of any type of animal - companion, farm, laboratory or zoo. This is the first truly comprehensive book on environmental enrichment, covering both the scientific principles and the implementation of environmental enrichment. By bringing the theory and practice together the book will further advance understanding of environmental enrichment and thus improve animal welfare.
Review
"Young's precis of the 'animal rights' viewpoint is one of the best I have read in some time." "This book deserves to be bought and read by a wide audience. It should be required reading for all undergraduate students intending to carry out research projects involving environmental enrichment." Animal Welfare "Scientific and passionate in the promotion of environmental enrichment." Lab Animal News (US) "Professor Young effortlessly leads the reader through the important scientific concepts and recognises the human dimension to what happens in practice. He writes with the passion of someone dedicated to improving animals in captivity." "In short, if you want to learn more about environmental enrichment I do not know of a better place to turn, whatever your background." Veterinary Times, 2004
Table of contents
- Preface. Acknowledgements. 1. Environmental Enrichment: An Historical Perspective. 2. Why Bother with Environmental Enrichment? 3. Does Environmental Enrichment Work? 4. Proactive v. Reactive Use of Environmental Enrichment. 5. Designing an Enrichment Device. 6. The Enrichment Programme. 7. Enrichment for Different Categories of Animals. 8. Food and Foraging Enrichment. 9. Social Environmental Enrichment. 10. Housing. 11. Furniture, Toys and Other Objects. 12. Designing and Analysing Enrichment Studies. 13. Information Sources About Environmental Enrichment. References. Glossary. Index.