Welcome to SHAPE Africa!
Keeping Enrichment in Shape
The heart of SHAPE-Africa is to promote animal well-being through Environmental Enrichment. Explore our site to learn more about it, and what services we offer.
“Environmental enrichment is an animal husbandry principle that seeks to enhance the quality of captive animal care by identifying and providing the environmental stimuli necessary for optimal psychological and physical well-being.”—D.J Shepherdson.
Our Services
SHAPE-Africa offers a unique platform where experienced people within the industry offer their skills for the advancement of enrichment.
SHAPE-Africa creates hands-on experiences for farms, laboratories, zoological gardens, sanctuaries, aquariums and homes.
SHAPE-Africa is a service provider and offers the following experiences;
- Team Building
- Workshops
- Online courses
- Field Research
Disclaimer
- The people and institutions who joined Robynn on her adventures to gather her experiences will be, where possible, acknowledged (time might erase memory of names, but not the experience).
- Videos are mostly Robynn’s personal footage, if not then attribution will be given accordingly.
- Some images might be mislabeled or have unknown attribution.
- If for any reason a mistake has been made or an aspect is not suitable, please contact the authors to amend. ( admin@shapeafrica.co.za )
- Please note: most, if not all, articles and stories are in “popular article” design, they are not scientific in any shape or form.
- SHAPE-Africa is a non-political entity and strives towards animal well-being in line with the goal of community development and skills development.