VMD 512: Zoo/Wild Animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT MEASURES IN ZOO SETUP

• During the meeting out of the physical requirements of various species of wild animals, one has to find ways to stimulate the concerned wild animal species for the purpose of exhibition of more activities in an environment.
• Furnishings of the enclosures in an intellectual manner helps to enhance the activities of the targeted wild animal kept in the confined status.
• Environmental enrichment enhanced the quality of captive animal care by identification and provision of environmental stimuli necessary for the optimal psychological and physiological well-being of the concerned wild animal species in a captive condition.