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Friday
August 5, 2005
BUSINESS MEETING
8th International Conference on Environmental Enrichment will be held in September of 2007, in Vienna.
SESSION 14
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
SYMPOSIUM
To Carcass or Not? (Vicky Melfi, Paignton Zoo, UK)
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Introduction: the situation so far, what are the pros and cons associated with carcass feeding? (Vicky Melfi - Paignton Zoo, UK)
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Can environmental enrichment compensate for not providing carcasses or live prey? (Emma Gilchrist*, Vicki Melfi & Fay Clark - *Paignton Zoo, UK)
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Are we just feeding carnivores or are we providing enrichment as well?
(Sheila Roe - Melbourne Zoo)
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Does the provision of carcasses compromise the health of zoo-housed carnivores? (Vicky Melfi - Paignton Zoo, UK)
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A review of zoo visitor perceptions of carcass feeding zoo-housed carnivores (Robert Young - Pontifíca Universidade Cat"lica de Minas Gerais, Brazil)
SESSION 15
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
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Creating a simple and concise enrichment documentation system to build a bird enrichment database (Thomas Wall - Saint Louis Zoo)
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Giant panda temperament: insights from interaction with enrichment and keeper evaluations (David Powell – Bronx Zoo)
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Assessing behaviour repertoires: a tool for evaluations of environmental enrichment? (Heidi Mitchell* & Tim Woodfine - *Marwell Preservation Trust)
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Using scientific methods to maximize enrichment use and polar bear welfare at the Central Park Zoo (Yula Kapetanakos* & John Rowden – *Central Park Zoo)
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of enrichment for a group of captive squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) using time-lapse recording and instantaneous scan sampling (Julia Hoy*, Peter Murray & Andrew Tribe - *University of Queensland)
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Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) enrichment at Disney’s Animal Kingdom (Arianne Parton* & Angela Yang - *Disney’s Animal Kingdom)
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Enrichment object use by Raggiana birds of paradise, Paradisaea raggiana, at the San Diego Zoo (Eileen Maher - San Diego Zoo)
Conference Ends
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