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

GOALS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT

• Followings may be said as the goals of environmental enrichment:
  • Enhancement of positive utilization of the environment.
  • Finding an increase in range or number of normal behavioral patterns.
  • Encountering reduction in the frequencies of abnormal behavior.
  • Finding an increase in the behavioural diversity.
  • Experiencing an increase in an animal’s ability to cope with the challenges in a more natural manner.