Environmental enrichment is a simple and effective means of improving animal welfare in any species -- companion, farm, laboratory and zoo. For many years, it has been a popular area of research, and has attracted the attention and concerns of animal keepers and carers, animal industry professionals, academics, students and pet owners all over the world. This book is the first to integrate scientific knowledge and principles to show how environmental enrichment can be used on different types of animal. Filling a major gap, it considers the history of animal keeping, legal issues and ethics, right through to a detailed exploration of whether environmental enrichment actually works, the methods involved, and how to design and manage programmes. * The first book in a major new animal welfare series * Draws together a large amount of research on different animals * Provides detailed examples and case studies * An invaluable reference tool for all those who work with or study animals in captivity This book is part of the UFAW/Wiley-Blackwell Animal Welfare Book Series.
This major series of books produced in collaboration between UFAW (The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare), and Wiley-Blackwell provides an authoritative source of information on worldwide developments, current thinking and best practice in the field of animal welfare science and technology. For details of all of the titles in the series see www.wiley.com/go/ufaw.
- ISBN10 0470751045
- ISBN13 9780470751046
- Publish Date 30 November 2007 (first published 22 October 2003)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
- Pages 240
- Language English