Week 2: Assessing effectiveness (success) of enrichment for animal wellbeing through behaviour analysis in zoos Flashcards
Four goals of modern zoos
Conservation, Education, Entertainment and Research
A repetitive, invariant behaviour, which may be the result of frustration, attempts to cope with
suboptimal environment, or a dysfunction of the
central nervous system
Stereotypic behaviour
_______ = compromised well-being.
Stereotypic behaviour
Examples include of compromised behaviour:
- Pacing Head-shaking
- Weaving Self-mutilation
- Rocking Feather plucking
- Bar-biting Tail biting
Five categories of enrichment
Food-based, Physical, Sensory, Social, Cognitive
centred on type & delivery of food
Food-based
changes to structural environment permanent or temporary- or provision of objects to
manipulate
Physical
stimulates senses- what they see, hear, or
smell
Sensory
interactions with other animals- same or
different species- or people
Social
problem solving tasks
Cognitive
__________ is the most common measure for
exploring animal welfare and is widely used in zoo
research
Behaviour
A quantitative representation of proportion of time an animal spends engaged in behaviour or activities - as a guide for “normal behaviour”, _______ _______ budgets.
Published Activity
A list of behaviours, with operational definitions, observed in a species or group
Ethograms
Used to investigate how animals use their enclosure or space, ________ diagrams.
Enclosure diagrams
Used to collect systematic data on behaviour & location, _______ _______ sheets.
data collection
The repertoire of behaviours that characterise how a particular species behaves in “the wild”, ________-________ behaviour.
species-typical
Abnormal or aberrant behaviour - Unusual or rare behaviour that might be
pathological”
Stereotypic behaviour
(e.g. Pacing, Head-shaking, Weaving, Self-mutilation, Rocking, Feather plucking, Bar-biting, Tail biting)
Benefits to measuring behaviour
–Easy to implement
–Inexpensive
–Non-invasive
Three levels of familiar (zoo-keeper) contact
Hands-off (limited interaction)
Protected (mesh or fence in between)
Hands-on (in with animal
Study design for same visitors in the zoo. _______ groups.
Within
Study design for different visitors in the zoo, _________ groups.
Between
Effective enrichment should not be predictable (e.g. fixed schedules of
reinforcement). True/False
True
Most widely used method of enrichment
Food based enrichment
Most studies rely on ______ - ______ questionnaires and surveys of visitors for developing valid and reliable measures
self-reports