Product Description

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

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #127469 in Books
• Published on: 2003-10-22
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
"Young′s précis of the ′animal rights′ viewpoint is one of the best I have read in some time."

"This book deserves to be bought and read by a wide audience. It should be required reading for all undergraduate students intending to carry out research projects involving environmental enrichment."

Animal Welfare

"Scientific and passionate in the promotion of environmental enrichment."

Lab Animal News (US)

"Professor Young effortlessly leads the reader through the important scientific concepts and recognises the human dimension to what happens in practice. He writes with the passion of someone dedicated to improving animals in captivity."

"In short, if you want to learn more about environmental enrichment I do not know of a better place to turn, whatever your background."

Veterinary Times, 2004

From the Back Cover
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

About the Author
Robert Young is currently Professor of Animal Behaviour at PUC–Minas (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil where he works on environmental enrichment in zoos and conducts field research on a number of different species. He has given lectures, workshops and mini–courses on the subject of environmental enrichment in the UK, USA, Denmark, Russia and Brazil.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic Book
This book is excellent for anyone interested in environmental enrichment for animals, be it for zoo, exotic or domestic animals the ideas can be adjusted to suit all. It covers the history of environmental enrichment, behaviour and animal welfare. It has been an extremely useful tool to me whilst studying my degree,

Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals
A really informative and thorough review of the area, useful for anybody who works with animals.