Podcasts and Other Wonders
The Animal Talk Podcast by Ryne Ferguson
Enrichment Products
Robustaball is a South African company who makes zoo related enrichment.
It’s a Big Internet out There
Here are a few known and respected websites on enrichment.
- The Shape of Enrichment Inc.
https://theshapeofenrichmentinc.wildapricot.org/ - Disney Animal Kingdom Enrichment
http://www.animalenrichment.org/ - Wild Think—creative data base of ideas
https://www.wildthink.org/ - Wild Welfare
https://wildwelfare.org/ - MHERA—South African Based Welfare Assessment Tool
https://mhera.org/ - African Association for Wildlife in Human Care
They provide a platform for professional collaboration, regional support, and strategic leadership in the care of wildlife. Through our robust accreditation framework, knowledge-sharing initiatives, and commitment to best practice, we enable our members to achieve excellence in all aspects of their operations — from animal welfare to community engagement.
https://www.aawhc.co.za/
Scientific Articles (PDF) From Animal 2016
- 6,21 Updating Animal Welfare Thinking: Moving beyond the “Five Freedoms” towards “A Life Worth Living” David J. Mellor
- 6,35 Animal Welfare: Freedoms, Dominions and “A Life Worth Living” John Webster
- 6,58 Changes in the Welfare of an Injured Working Farm Dog Assessed Using the Five Domains Model Katherine E. Littlewood and David J. Mellor
- 6,59 Moving beyond the “Five Freedoms” by Updating the “Five Provisions” and Introducing Aligned “Animal Welfare Aims” David J. Mellor
Article on the New Five Domains Model
https://wildwelfare.org/human-animal-interactions-detailed-in-new-five-domains-model/
A few Books on Enrichment
- Robert J Young, Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals. (2004)
- Second Nature, Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals.
- Don’t shoot the dog, by Susan Pryor
- Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management, and Welfare 2nd Edition
- Touching Animal Souls, by Gabrielle Harris