ENRICHMENT

Question 2

Such behavioural enrichment serves two main purposes:

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• ‘quality of life’ (Shepherdson, 1998)
• promote retention of species-specific behaviours vital to survival (maintains behavioural diversity), (Shepherdson, 1994).

Question 3

In this environment: animals can usually escape from severe conflict situations. For example, to avoid fighting with a conspecific, the animal can offer appeasement/submissive gestures or flee.

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natural environments—

Question 4

“pacing, head flicking, weaving, bar gnawing, crib biting, wind sucking, spot pecking and many other normal behaviours which are performed for an excessive length of time or in inappropriate contexts”

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(Shepherdson, 1989, p.100)

Question 4

In this environment: animals cannot escape from conflict situations, which can lead to extreme stress and may result in stereotypic behaviours.

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In captive environments

Question 4

‘abnormal’ or aberrant behaviours
repetitive behaviour patterns
Behaviour that has no obvious function or goal & can be indicative of a welfare problem

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Stereotypic behaviours