Zoologists to discuss latest in animal enrichment techniques

Zoologists to discuss latest in animal enrichment techniques

Wildlife Conservation Society

July 21, 2005

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is hosting the 2005 International Conference on Environmental Enrichment from July 31 through Aug. 5th at Columbia University’s Alfred Lerner Hall. Zoologists and conservationists from 15 countries will gather to learn about the latest in animal enrichment techniques to keep animals healthy and stimulated in zoos throughout the world.

WCS saves wildlife and wild lands through careful science, international conservation, education, and the management of the world’s largest system of urban wildlife parks. These activities change attitudes toward nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in sustainable interaction on both a local and a global scale.

International Conference on Environmental Enrichment web site

Scheduled events, presentations, and more:

SYMPOSIA

Providing Animals with Choice and Control: Approaches and Issues

Joseph Barber & Christopher Kuhar: Keeping Birds In Bushes, Not In Hands: The Use Of Cognitive Tasks As Individually Paced Enrichment
Patricia Cole: The Role Of Cognitive Research In Avian Enrichment. Or, The Role Of Enrichment In Avian Cognitive Research
Elizabeth Metzger & Colleen McCann: The Effect Of Choice On Primate Well-Being
Diana Reiss: Enriching Animals While Enriching Science: Providing Choice And Control To Dolphins
Melissa Bateson: Implications Of Context-Dependent Decision-Making For The Use Of Choice Tests In Animal Welfare Research.

Examining and Addressing Abnormal Behavior

Mollie Bloomsmith & Kate Baker: Training As Environmental Enrichment: Does Training Moderate Abnormal Behavior In Nonhuman Primates?
Gail Laule: The Role Of Fear In Abnormal Behavior And Animal Welfare
Melinda Novak & Jerrold Meyer: Self-Injurious And Stereotypic Behavior In Macaques: The Search For Causes And Treatments
Margaret Whittaker: Applied Problem Solving To Diminish Abnormal Behavior

Assessing and Addressing Animal Welfare

Kathy Carlstead: Developing A Practical Aid To Evaluating Environmental Stressors In Zoo Environments
Georgia Mason: Welfare Assessment Of Captive Elephants Using Demographic Data And Animal Records – Directions For Future Research
David Shepherdson, Karen Lewis, Joan Bauman & Nancy Perrin: Multiple Measures In Multiple Zoos: A Strategy For Assessing Wellbeing And Behavioral Abnormalities In Zoo Polar Bears And Other Species.

Unifying the Science and Art of Non-visual Sensory Stimuli for Enrichment

Peter Moller: Only Five Senses? Sensing Electrical Potential, Pressure, Movement And Molarity
Dietland Muller-Schwarze: Studying Scents Makes Good Sense
Katy Payne: Give Us An Ear Why Studying Sound Reception And Production As Part Of Animal Enrichment Is Important In The 21st Century

Employing Enrichment and Training Innovations to Benefit the Health and Welfare of Felids

Jill Mellen & Marty MacPhee: Taking A Holistic Approach To Enrichment Using Felids As A Model
Gina Savastano: The Effects of Operant Conditioning on Cortisol Levels in Captive Snow Leopards
Beth Stark: The Use Of Carcass Feeding To Enhance Animal Welfare
Patrick Thomas, Guy Balme & Luke Hunter: Enriching Zoo Felids: Applying Lessons Learned To Enhance Field Conservation Techniques

Assessing Enrichment: High Tech and Low Tech Methods

Vaughn Langman, M. Rowe, D. Garell, T. Leeds, M. Maloney, R. Flynn, & S. Langman: Field Measurements Of The Thermal Neutral Zone And Seasonal Acclimatization In Mammals
Katrina Kellerhouse, Diane Chepko-Sade & Nancy Porter: A Slow-Release Cricket Tube Increases Activity And Visibility Of Iguanid Lizards In A Mixed Species Exhibit While Decreasing Aggression An Increasing Visitor Interest
Sue Margulis, Bonnie Jacobs & Michelle Rafacz: Quantifying The Effectiveness Of Environmental Enrichment: Lessons Learned And Rules Of Thumb
Beulah Sherwood, Diane Chepko-Sade & Julia Preston-Fulton: Behavioral And Physiological Assessment Of Stress In Captive Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) In Relation To Early Rearing History
Diane Chepko-Sade, Dianne Upmeyer & Lindsey Scales: Complex Foraging Enrichment Encourages Natural Foraging Behavior In Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus)
Nadja Wielebnowski: The Use Of Fecal Corticoid Monitoring To Assess Animal Stress And Well-Being: Pros And Cons And A Word Of Caution

To Carcass or Not?

Vicky Melfi: Introduction: The Situation So Far, What Are The Pros & Cons Associated With Carcass Feeding?
Emma Gilchrist, Vicky Melfi & Fay Clarke: Can Environmental Enrichment Compensate For Not Providing Carcasses Or Live Prey?
Sheila Roe: Are We Just Feeding Carnivores Or Are We Providing Enrichment As Well?
Vicky Melfi: Does The Provision Of Carcasses Compromise The Health Of Zoo Housed Carnivores?
Robert Young: A Review Of Zoo Visitor Perceptions Of Carcass Feeding Zoo Housed Carnivores

DISCUSSIONS

Chris Breder & Rachel Cantrell: Compromise: A Natural Solution To “Naturalistic” Enrichment
Vicky Melfi: How Should We Define Environmental Enrichment?

WORKSHOP

Dawn Neptune & Deana Walz: Analyzing Enrichment Data For Dummies

PAPERS

Nichole Bouwens & Jodi Kissinger: Enrichment Using Projected Lights And Images
Hannah Buchanan-Smith, Lois Bassett & Inbal Badihi: Predictability And Welfare Of Captive Animals
Tina Chang: The Relationship Between Knowledge, Attitude And The Use Of Behavioral Enrichment By Animal Care Personnel At Zoos.
Fay Clark, Vicky Melfi & Heidi Mitchell: Wake Up And Smell The Enrichment: A Critical Review Of An Olfactory Enrichment Study
Crista Coppola, Temple Grandin & Mark Enns: Dog Housing: Designing For Social Enrichment
Nicole Ethier & Cheryl Balsamo: Training Sea Turtles For Husbandry And Enrichment
Alexandra Farrand & Hannah Buchanan-Smith: The Enrichment Potential Of Zoo Visitors
Gina Fisher: Effects Of Environmental Enrichment On Behavior In Captive Southern Sea Otters
Preston Foerder: Target Training in Barramundi Fish (Lates calcarifer)
K. Becca Franks & E. Tory Higgins: How Motivational Studies In Humans Could Provide New Insights To Animal Enrichment Science
John Fraser: Bob The Builder Vs. The Big Plastic Pickle; A Tale Of Normality, Novelty And Design
Lynne Gilbert-Norton & Phil Gee: Captive Birds And Contrafreeloading; The Choice To Work
Jack Grisham: Enrichment And Training Programs At The Smithsonian National Zoo: Getting Everyone To Talk The Same Language
Erin Hale, Diane Chepko-Sade & Nancy Porter: Increasing Foraging Time In Lined Seahorses (Hippocampus erectus) By Using Feeding Enrichment With Slow Release (Frozen) Cubes Of Mysis Shrimp
Marianne Hartmann & Juerg Jenny: Non-Habituating Tiger Enrichment
Margaret Hawkins: Enrichment For Australian Mammal Species: A Review
Julia Hoy, Peter Murray & Andrew Tribe: Evaluation Of The Effectiveness Of Enrichment For A Group Of Captive Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) Using Time-Lapse Recording And Instantaneous Scan Sampling
Robynn Ingle-Moller & Duncan Shirley: Foraging Behaviour Of The African Harrier Hawk (Polyboroides typus) Before, During And After Foraging Enrichment
Joclynn July & Arianne Parton: Crate Training To Enhance Husbandry Care Of 27.0 Nile Crocodiles (Crocodillius niloticus)
Yula Kapetanakos & John Rowden: Using Scientific Methods To Maximize Enrichment Use And Polar Bear Welfare At The Central Park Zoo
Tina Koban, M. Miyamoto, G. Donmoyer & A. Hammar: Effects Of Positive Reinforcement Training On Cortisol, Hematology And Cardiovascular Parameters In Cynomolgus Macaques (Macaca fascicularis)
Sarah Ksiazek: The Effect Of Environmental Enrichment On The Behavioral Repertoire Of Captive Blue Duikers
Susan Lambeth, Jann Hau, Jaine Perlman, Michele Martino & Steven Schapiro: Does Positive Reinforcement Training Reduce Stress?
Heidi Lyn, Lauren Klein, Rebecca Franks & Diana Reiss: The many and potential factors in effective enrichment
Eileen Maher: Enrichment Object Use By Raggiana Birds Of Paradise, Paradisaea raggiana, At The San Diego Zoo
Steve Martin & Marty MacPhee: Training: An Enriching Journey?
Georgia Mason & Ros Clubb: (Not) Home On The Range: Welfare Risk Factors Across The Carnivora
Amanda McCallum, Susan Lambeth & Steven Schapiro: Assessing The Value Of Foraging Enrichment Devices: A Critical Step In The Optimization Of Enrichment Programs
Brenda McCowan: Utility Of Social Power In Primate Management And Well-Being
Michelle Medina, Kenneth Jones, Cathy Vitale & Phil Reiser: The Bronx Zoo’s Tiger Mountain: An Exhibit As Enrichment
Heidi Mitchell & Tim Woodfine: Assessing behaviour repertoires: a tool for evaluations of environmental enrichment?
Kelly Murphy & JoAnne Simerson: The New Train of Thought-a Polar Bears Perspective
Arianne Parton & Angela Yang: Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) Enrichment At Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Emily Patterson-Kane: Music Hath Powers? Reviewing The Roles Of Auditory Enrichment
Noel Perriello, S. Squillari, K. D’andrea, G. Heim, M. Hertneck, V. Jones, K. Nugent, J.Perez & J. Rowe: Better Living Through Operant Conditioning: Managing The Multiple Obstacles And Limitless Opportunities Of A Large Gorilla Collection
Cristiane Pizzutto, M. Geronymo, P. Prist, S. Corrêa, A. Beresca, C. Oliveira, M. Guimarães, C. Pessutti & A. Nunes: Environmental And Behavioural Enrichment For Captive Apes
David Powell: Giant Panda Temperament: Insights From Interaction With Enrichment And Keeper Evaluations
Pamela Reid & Katherine Miller: A Shelter Enrichment Program: Are Enriched Animals Better Behaved?
Katherine Roberts: A Review Of The Evaluation Of Environmental Enrichment In Zoos
Melissa Shyan-Norwalt: An Assessment Tool To Evaluate Dogs’ Social Adaptations (Comfort To Work, Play, And Socialize With People) In The Kennel Environment.
Patricia Simonet & Donna Versteeg: Dog Laughter: Recorded Playback Reduces Stress Related Aggression In Shelter Dogs
Lisa Ann Tekancic: Animal Ethics Committee
Els Van Poucke, A. Van Nuffel, L. Maertens, S. Debeuckelaere, J. Creve, L. Lens & F.Tuyttens: Evaluating Environmental Enrichment For Group Housed Fattening Rabbits
Angélica Vasconcellos, César Ades & Cristiane Pizzutto: The Effectiveness Of Environmental Enrichment For The Maned Wolf: A Challenge To Be Faced
Vint Virga: Clinical Management Of Self-Directed Behaviors In Zoo Animals
Thomas Wall: Creating A Simple And Concise Enrichment Documentation System To Build A Bird Enrichment Database
Deana Walz & Dawn Neptune: Thinking Outside Of The Cardboard Box-Taking Enrichment To The Next Level
Greg Whittaker, Margaret Whittaker & Jon Coe: Naturalistic Enrichment Design: A Little Testing Goes A Long Way
Robert Young, Cynthia Cipreste & Cristiano de Azevedo: A GAP Analysis of Environmental Enrichment

POSTERS

Inbal Badihi & Hannah Buchanan-Smith: Letting The Animals Decide’- Does Positive Control Over Cage Illumination Affect The Welfare Of Captive Common Marmosets?
Chris Beer: Fundraising For Enrichment: Enrichment Is Essential – But Can We Afford It?
Paloma Bosso, Cynthia Cipreste & Rodrigo Teixeira: Enhancing Small Felid Welfare: Environmental Enrichment Strategies At The Belo Horizonte Zoo (FZB-BH), Brazil
Kelly Boyer: An Evolution Of Enrichment: 30 Years Of Change For A Singly Housed Agile Gibbon
Jennifer Brostek, Sara Hallager & David Powell: The Effect Of Visitors On Space Usage In Captive Kori Bustards (Ardeotis kori)
Arnold Chamove: Pecking Targets Reduces Chicken Aggression
Cynthia Cipreste, Robert Young & Cristiano de Azevedo: Enhancing The Welfare Of Captive Animals: Creating The Environmental Enrichment And Animal Conditioning Sector At The Belo Horizonte Zoo, Brazil
Andrea Clay, Mollie Bloomsmith &Terry Maple: Assessing Individual Preferences In Captive Orangutans
Guillermo Cubillos & Andrea Caiozzi: Enrichment In A Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) At The Zoológico Nacional Of Chile: Challenges Of A “Lost Case”
Petra Cunningham-Smith, Charles Manire, David Smith & Connie Murk: Fit For Life In The Wild: Environmental Enrichment For Marine Animals Undergoing Medical Rehabilitation
Humberto de Mello, Robert Young & Cynthia Cipreste: Enrichment Projects For Reptiles At The Belo Horizonte Zoo
Laura Dias: Behavioral Patterns And Responses From Miopithecus talapoin To Environmental Enrichment Stimulation
Lisa Doran, T. Dobbs, A. Fry, L. Manning, N. Jeggo, J. Chapman & V. Melfi: A Synergistic Enrichment Programme For Sulawesi Macaques, Macaca nigra, At Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
Michelle Farmerie & Pilar Fish: Coordinating Behavioral Husbandry And Management Programs And Veterinary Care to Enhance Animal Welfare
Leigh Fernandez, Stephanie Forbes & Megan Matheson: The Effect Of Scheduled Versus Opportunistic Enrichment On Zoo Animals
Amber Franze: Utilizing Enrichment To Manage Destructive Behavior In Reticulated Giraffe
Onwuka Friday: Enrichment Through Enclosure Design. Pangolin manis triscuspis: A Case Study
Anni Fuchs: Behavioural Enrichment in the Sri Lanka Rusty-Spotted Cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi) At Frankfurt Zoo, Germany
Nicole Furina, Hope Pinckney, Joan McCabe-Parodi & Michelle Blatz: Acclimating Sensitive Hoofstock And Carnivore Species To Enhance Husbandry
Susan Gardner & Lynda Sugasa: Eye Of The Beholder: Identifying And Accommodating Individual Preference
Jenny Glickman: Environmental Enrichment For Captive Jaguars (Panthera onca) In An Argentinean Zoo
Emily Hall, Kathleen N. Morgan & Cara Marchese: Effect Of Feeding Enrichment On Abnormal Behavior In Grey-Cheeked Mangabeys
Beth Hammond, Robynn Ingle & Matthew Rich: Getting Everyone On Board!
Danielle Hessel & Amy Golden: Sea Lion Enrichment: What Elicits The Most Play?
Sharon Holden, Jill Robinson & Gail Cochrane: Environmental Enrichment – Playing A Vital Role In Rehabilitation Of Asiatic Black Bears In China
Peggy Hoppe, Dan Self, Marcia Riedmiller, Gilbert Perez & Beth Severson: Boomer Ball, $35; Enrichment For Life, Priceless. Creating A Lifelong Enrichment Program For Animals And Keepers
Mary Iorizzo: Stress Is In The Eye Of The Beholder: Using Training To Alleviate Environmental Stress
Garth Irvine: Sharing Spaces: New Enrichment Methods For Western Lowland Gorillas At The Calgary Zoo
Eri Iwata & Takefumi Kikusui: Environmental Stimuli Have An Impact On Anxietic Behavior Of Adult Mice
Yvette Kemp: Naturalistic Enrichment Made Easy
Linda King & Elana Kopel: Designing For The Future: An Asian Small Clawed Otter Exhibit At The Dallas Zoo
Jodi Kissinger: Effective Environmental Enrichment For Nonhuman Primates
Emily Ladwig & Susan Leiter: Training To Increase Choice And Control In Veterinary Treatment
Chris Lasher, Leanne Trapp & Randy Fulk: Effect Of Environmental Enrichment On Stereotypical Pacing In Black Bears (Ursus americanus)
Sarah Mahan & Diane Chepko-Sade: Are Leaf-Eating Primates Less Dexterous Than Fruit-Eating Primates?
Eileen Maher: Use Of Food Items For Environmental Enrichment In A Large Aviary At The San Diego Zoo (Benefits Of The Bug Toss)
Georgia Mason, Ros Clubb, Sophie Vickery & Maria Diez: Are Stereotypies Accompanied By Reduced Reactivity To External Stimuli?
Carolyn Mathews-Borak: A Day To ENRICH (Encouraging Natural Responses In Captive Habitats)
Ragen McGowan, Ruth Newberry, Charles Robbins & Richard Alldredge: Contrafreeloading In Grizzly Bears: Implications For Environmental Enrichment
Jennie McKee: Using Environmental Enrichment To Teach Science In The Zoo Camps
Elizabeth Metzger & Brian Putman: The Bronx Zoo Enrichment Program
Angela Miller: Assessing And Presenting Novel Foods
Elizabeth Mills: New York Loves WCS
David Morales: Spectacled Bear And Cougar In Situ / Ex Situ Collaborations
Christian Ndubuisi: Renaturalisation Of Gorilla Enclosure In University of Ibadan Zoo
Cristiane Pizzutto, M. Geronymo, S. Corrêa, A. Beresca, C. Oliveira & M. Guimarães: The Use Of Operant Conditioning As A Form Of Behavioral Enrichment For A Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Vitor Prado, C. Pizzutto & C. Hashimoto: The Effect Of The Ambient Enrichment In The Increase Of The Foraging And The Reduction Of Abnormal Behaviors Of Capuchin Monkey (Cebus apella)
Paula Prist, C. Pizzutto & M. Geronymo: Feeding And Environmental Enrichment For Howler Monkeys (Alouatta guariba)
Brian Putman, Adele Barone, Andrea Spence & Katie Boyce: Training As Enrichment: The Unexpected Benefits Of Husbandry Training On Animal Enrichment
Bryan Raynes, Louise Hector, Helen Wade, Lisa Kiely & Andrew Priest: Ungulates Need Enrichment Too
Phil Reiser, Cathy Vitale, Michelle Medina & Kenneth Jones: Tiger Mountain: Customizing And Fine-Tuning An Exhibit For Its Individual Residents
Olaokale Rotimi: Zoo Enclosure Design: Recreating’ The Natural Habitat Of The Animal
Jason Rowe, Vanessa Jones & Noel Perriello: Barrels And Barrels Of Fun: Big Toys For Large Primates
Alicia Shelley & Troy Paisley: Get The Ball Rolling! How To Create The Framework For A Successful Enrichment Program
Pam Thomas, Sarah Tillman, Dana LeBlanc & Allyson Walsh: Flight: An Essential Form Of Enrichment With Old World Fruit Bats
Yoshikazu Ueno & Yoko Totsuka: Enrichment Of 3-D Space For Japanese Macaques: Utility Of The Frame-Kit Tower
Elizabeth Wallace: Forming An Enrichment Committee With The Help Of Volunteers
William Winhall: Review Of Polar Bear Enrichment At “Wild Arctic”