Wednesday

August 3, 2005

SESSION 6
SYMPOSIUM
Assessing and Addressing Animal Welfare
(David Shepherdson - Oregon Zoo)

• Developing a practical aid to evaluating environmental stressors in zoo environments (Kathy Carlstead - Honolulu Zoo)
• Welfare assessment of captive elephants using demographic data and animal records – directions for future research (Georgia Mason - University of Guelph)
• Multiple measures in multiple zoos: a strategy for assessing well-being and behavioral abnormalities in zoo polar bears and other species (David Shepherdson*, Karen Lewis, Joan Bauman & Nancy Perrin - *Oregon Zoo)

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

• An assessment tool to evaluate dogs' social adaptations (comfort to work, play, and socialize with people) in the kennel environment (Melissa Shyan-Norwalt - The Iams Company)
• Animal ethics committee (Lisa Tekancic - Smithsonian National Zoological Park)

SESSION 7
SYMPOSIUM
Unifying the Science and Art of Non-visual Sensory Stimuli for Enrichment
(Don Moore - Prospect Park Zoo)

• Only five senses? Sensing electrical potential, pressure, movement and molarity (Peter Moller - Hunter College, NY)
• Studying scents makes good sense (Dietland Muller-Schwarze - SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry)
• Give us an ear – why studying sound reception and production as part of animal enrichment is important in the 21st Century (Katy Payne - Cornell University)

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

• Dog laughter: recorded playback reduces stress related aggression in shelter dogs (Patricia Simonet* & Donna Versteeg - *Animal Behavior Center)
• Music hath powers? Reviewing the roles of auditory enrichment (Emily Patterson-Kane - Scottish Agricultural College)

SESSION 8
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

• Wake up and smell the enrichment: a critical review of an olfactory enrichment study (Fay Clark*, Vicky Melfi & Heidi Mitchell - *Paignton Zoo Environmental Park)
• Enrichment using projected lights and images (Nichole Bouwens* & Jodi Kissinger – *Zoo Atlanta)
• Effects of environmental enrichment on behavior in captive southern sea otters (Gina Fisher – New York Aquarium)
• The effectiveness of environmental enrichment for the maned wolf: a challenge to be faced (Angélica Vasconcellos*, César Ades & Cristiane Pizzutto - *University of São Paulo)
• Evaluating environmental enrichment for group housed fattening rabbits (Els Van Poucke*, Annelies Van Nuffel, Luc Maertens, Sharon Debeuckelaere, Joke Creve, Luc Lens & Frank Tuyttens - * Agricultural Research Centre)
• A GAP analysis of environmental enrichment (Robert Young*, Cynthia Cipreste, Cristiano de Azevedo - *PUC-Minas)

SESSION 9
SYMPOSIUM
Employing Enrichment and Training Innovations to Benefit the Health and Welfare of Felids (Patrick Thomas - Bronx Zoo)

• Taking a holistic approach to enrichment using small Felids as a model
  (Jill Mellen - Disney’s Animal Kingdom)
• The effects of operant conditioning on cortisol levels in captive snow leopards
  (Gina Savastano - Bronx Zoo)
• The use of carcass feeding to enhance animal welfare (Beth Stark - Toledo Zoo)
• Enriching zoo Felids: applying lessons learned to enhance field conservation techniques (Patrick Thomas - Bronx Zoo)

SESSION 10

WORKSHOP (limited space: sign-up for workshop at conference)
Analyzing Enrichment Data for Dummies
(Dawn Neptune* & Deana Walz - Utah's Hogle Zoo)

DISCUSSION
How Should we Define Environmental Enrichment?
(Vicky Melfi - Paignton Zoo, UK)