Enrichment for zoo animals

Life can be boring with animals in captivity without some spice. Therefore, enrichment for primates is an important daily task which EPRC staff have to complete to keep the animals healthy and sane. Enrichment for primates is created to help the animals keep their wild instinct of looking for food. If their food is laid Read More

Dartmoor Zoo: Enrichment items wanted

For this article, I have decided to go in-depth into what I think a great enrichment program for zoos and aquariums should look like.

Bamboo poles hung up with whole fruits skewered onto the ends

Empty egg shell with small holes in either end with feathers through the middle

Tapir enrichment idea

Detailed building guides for all of our animal colleagues.

Hide small food items inside tubes

Fort Worth Zoo's animal enrichment and training programs are designed to provide our animals with opportunities to express natural, species-appropriate behaviors.

A lion rips open a paper bag stuffed with hay and meat. Giraffes chew up old Christmas trees. Asian black bears claw on empty beer kegs.

Giraffe enrichment. Video: Como Park Zoo & Conservatory

giant otter enrichment images | Adelaide Zoo and Monarto Zoo. Australian Panda home.

This week is National Zookeeper Week, and the Rosamond Gifford Zoo Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) is celebrating with Animal Enrichment Day on Friday. The zoo's keepers designated Friday to celebrate all the ways that enrichment...

We deal with A LOT of poo.