Enrichment Part 2

Enrichment (Part 2)

08/10/21

​Aim: Gain an understanding of environmental, behavioural and feeding enrichment for a range of species

​Objectives

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• ​To define what enrichment is

• ​To be able to describe different types of environmental, behavioural and feeding enrichment

  To explain the importance of enrichment in relation to anial husbandry and animal welfare.

Open Ended

In your own words..

What is animal enrichment?

Multiple Choice

Three types of enrichment from last week were ?

• Behavioural, environmental and housing

• Feeding, housing and behavioural

• Behavioural, feeding and environmental

• Social, feeding, housing

Points to consider ​

​Environmental enrichment

• ​Environmental enrichment is ...

​Environmental enrichment

• ​Environmental enrichment is about enriching the animals environment/enclosure to match the natural environment of the species

​Feeding enrichment

• Feeding enrichment is ...

​Feeding enrichment

• Feeding enrichment is when food is provided in a more natural way to encourage natural foraging and feeding behaviour

​Behavioural enrichment

• ​Behavioural enrichment is ...

​Behavioural enrichment

• ​Behavioural enrichment is when enrichment is provided to encourage and stimulate natural behaviour which is especially important to species with a higher intelligence

​Task - In pairs

• ​Use the template on iLearn (or create your own) and produce an enrichment plan for a species of your choice

• ​If you complete one example, see if you can do another for a distinctly different species (e.g. reptile/mammal or terrestrial/aquatic)

​Questions