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Behavioral enrichment is an animal husbandry principle that seeks to enhance the quality of captive animal care by identifying and providing the environmental stimuli necessary for optimal psychological and physiological well-being. [1] Enrichment can either be active or passive, depending on whether it requires direct contact between the ...
Zookeeper. A zookeeper (middle) with South American sea lions at the Paris Zoological Park. A zookeeper, sometimes referred as animal keeper, is a person who manages zoo animals that are kept in captivity for conservation or to be displayed to the public. [ 1] They are usually responsible for the feeding and daily care of the animals.
American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc. To encourage animal keepers to become active members of the professional teams at today’s zoos and aquariums, and support the promotion and implementation of zoo keeper education. American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc. ( AAZK) is a professional organization for zookeepers in the United States.
ClickOnDetroit reports that Beth Posta, the Curator of Behavioral Husbandry and Research at the Toledo Zoo, will be one of the people monitoring to see what effect the eclipse has on the zoo ...
Amazon is considering a new way to deliver your packages—without a box.. The e-commerce titan’s latest effort to improve delivery speed and efficiency is by reducing packaging, including the ...
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth ( Choloepus didactylus ), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River. There is now evidence suggesting the species' range expands ...
Toco toucan. The toco toucan ( Ramphastos toco) is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae. It is the largest species of toucan and has a distinctive appearance, with a black body, a white throat, chest and uppertail- coverts, and red undertail-coverts. Its most conspicuous feature is its massive beak, which is yellow-orange with a ...
Feather-plucking, sometimes termed feather-picking, feather damaging behaviour or pterotillomania, [ 1] is a maladaptive, behavioural disorder commonly seen in captive birds that chew, bite or pluck their own feathers with their beak, resulting in damage to the feathers and occasionally the skin. [ 2][ 3] It is especially common among parrots ...