Rearing, Training and Enrichment

Rearing

Handraising Exotic Animals
Janet Gamble (1997).
Includes;
Cape Hunting Dog, Maned Wolf & Dingo,
Bison, Domestic (Scottish Highland), Banteng,
Water Buffalo, Eland, Sitatunga, Scimitar-Horned Oryx, Nilgai, Indian Antelope, Barbary Sheep, Giraffe,
Chital, Sambar, Red, Fallow & White-Tail Deer,
Wapiti, Dromedary Camel, Guanaco & Alpaca,
Hippopotamus, Zebra, Persian Onager & Przewalski Horse.
White & Black Rhinoceros, Tapir, African Elephant,
Cheetah, Tiger, Asiatic Lion, Capybara & Patagonian Cavy
Collared Peccary, White-Handed Gibbon & Siamang,
Spider & Patas Monkey, Ring Tail & Black And White Ruffed Lemur, Meerkat, Ostrich, Rhea & Emu
Click here to download a PDF copy of this guideline.

 
Husbandry and Veterinary Care of Orphaned Marsupial Pouch Young
Dr. Helen McCracken (undated).
Available at a cost of AUD $10.00
Contact: Margaret Webb,
or send a cheque for AUD $10.00 made out to 'Melbourne Zoo' to;
Margaret Webb,
Veterinary Department, Melbourne Zoo,
P.O. Box 74, Parkville, Vic, 3052.
Phone : + 61 3 9285 9300
Fax: + 61 3 9285 9330
E-mail:
mwebb@zoo.org.au
 
Hand-Rearing of Small Felids
Penny Andrews (2003).
Hexagon Farm Wild Feline Breeding Facility.
Available at web site (HTML):
http://www.felidtag.org/pages/Reports/Husbandry%20Manual%20for%20Small%201998/husbandry_manual_ch13.htm

Ramphastids - Artificial Incubation and Hand Rearing
Bruce Bolbock & Barbara Bolbock (2001).
Ramphastid Conservancy, Dripping Springs, Texas
Available at web site (PDF):
http://www.riverbanks.org/subsite/aig/chattanooga.htm

Hand Rearing Echidnas by Lynda Staker

 
Milk replacement formulas - USA
 
Hand rearing supplies mammals and birds etc - Australia
 
 


Training

Behavioral Management Protocol
Contact: Hilda Tresz,

Behavioral Management Coordinator, The Phoenix Zoo

455 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 85008, USA

Phone: + 1 602 286 3820

Fax: + 1 602 914 4380
E-mail: htresz@thephxzoo.com
 
Disney Animal Kingdom training websitewww.animaltraining.org

Enrichment

Enrichment Online
Fort Worth Zoo
Hundreds of tested enrichment methods available online at web site:
http://www.enrichmentonline.org/browse/index.asp

 

Environmental Enrichment Protocol
Contact: Hilda Tresz,

Behavioral Management Coordinator, The Phoenix Zoo

455 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 85008, USA

Phone: + 1 602 286 3820

Fax: + 1 602 914 4380
E-mail: htresz@thephxzoo.com

 

Primate Enrichment Protocol
Contact: Hilda Tresz,

Behavioral Management Coordinator, The Phoenix Zoo

455 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, AZ 85008, USA

Phone: + 1 602 286 3820

Fax: + 1 602 914 4380
E-mail: htresz@thephxzoo.com

 

AAZK Bat Enrichment Guidelines
Dana LeBlanc, Lubee Foundation, Inc.
Laurie McGivern, Bird Supervisor, Dallas Zoo.
Available at web site (HTML):
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/bat_enrichment.htm

or

http://www.aazk.org/committees/enrichment/comm_enrichment_bats.php
 

AAZK Bear Enrichment Guidelines
Laurie McGivern, Dallas Zoo.
Available at web site (HTML):
http://www.aazk.org/committees/enrichment/comm_enrichment_bears.php

 

AAZK Bird Enrichment Guidelines
Kristi A. Martin, Oakland Zoo.
Available at web site (HTML):
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/bird_enrichment.htm

or
http://www.aazk.org/committees/enrichment/comm_enrichment_birds.php
 

AAZK Carnivore Enrichment Guidelines
Kayla Grams, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum
Available at web site (HTML):
http://www.aazk.org/committees/enrichment/comm_enrichment_carnivore.php

 

AAZK Fish Enrichment Guidelines
Jill Forsbacka and Sue Hunter, National Aquarium in Baltimore.
Available at web site (HTML):
http://www.aazk.org/committees/enrichment/comm_enrichment_fishes.php

 

AAZK Primate Enrichment Guidelines

Amy Burgess, Oakland Zoo.
Available at web sites (HTML):
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/primate_enrichment.htm

or
http://www.aazk.org/committees/enrichment/comm_enrichment_primates.php
 

AAZK Reptile Enrichment Guidelines
Cheryl Frederick, Woodland Park Zoological Gardens.

Available at web sites (HTML):
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/reptile_enrichment.htm

or
http://www.aazk.org/committees/enrichment/comm_enrichment_reptiles.php

 

AAZK Ungulate Enrichment Guidelines

Amy E. Burgess, Oakland Zoo.

Available at web site (HTML):

http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/ungulate_enrichment.htm

or
http://www.aazk.org/committees/enrichment/comm_enrichment_ungulates.php

 

Columbus Zoo's Approved Enrichment List
(2005).
Available at web site (DOC):
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/Files/Master%20Enrichment%20list.doc

 

Environmental Enrichment for all Species of Tapir in Captivity (English Version)

Compiled by Maria Elisa Hobbelink (undated).

Available at web site (PDF):
http://www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/committees/zoo-committee.html
 

Environmental Enrichment for all Species of Tapir in Captivity (Indonesian Version)

Compiled by Maria Elisa Hobbelink (undated).

Available at web site (PDF):
http://www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/committees/zoo-committee.html
 

Environmental Enrichment for all Species of Tapir in Captivity (Portugese Version)

Compiled by Maria Elisa Hobbelink (undated).

Available at web site (PDF):
http://www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/committees/zoo-committee.html
 

Environmental Enrichment for all Species of Tapir in Captivity (Spanish Version)

Compiled by Maria Elisa Hobbelink (undated).

Available at web site (PDF):
http://www.tapirspecialistgroup.org/committees/zoo-committee.html
 

Giant Panda Personalities: Enrichment for the Individual
Kim Bacon, Dallas Ripsky, Kathy Hawk, Rhonda Battershill (2000).
San Diego Zoo, California.
Available at web site (PDF):
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/Files/Giant%20Panda%20Enrichment.pdf

 

Chimpanzee Enrichment
Peter Dickinson (2002).
Click here to download a PDF copy of this guideline.

 

White-Handed Gibbon Enrichment

Available at web site (HTML):
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/gibbon_enrichment.htm#Feeding%20Enrichment-Frozen%20Fruit%20Block

 

Environmental Enrichment in Captive Marmosets & Tamarins

Available at web site (HTML):
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/marmoset_&_tamarin_enrichment.htm

 

Enriching the Devil: The Tasmanian Devil

David Schaap, Taronga Zoo, Sydney, Australia (2002).

Available at web site (PDF):
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment
/Files/Tasmanian%20Devil%20Enrichment.pdf

 

Other Enrichment guidelines & articles can be found at;
http://www.torontozoo.com/meet_animals/enrichment/resources.htm

 

Shape of Enrichment www.enrichment.org This website contains general information about enrichment, about the international conference, video library, purchase of subscription to Shape of Enrichment journal, conference proceedings and other references, links to other enrichment websites  etc. Contact: Val Hare - hare@enrichment.org

 

Regional Environmental Enrichment Conferences: www.reec.info This website originated in UK and is designed to promote the holding of regional conferences around the world.  Contact: Julian Chapman: jchapman@paigntonzoo.org.uk

 

Disney Animal Kingdom Enrichment website: www.animalenrichment.org This website gives a comprehensive guide to planning, implementation and evaluation of enrichment.

 

 

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