Open AccessImportance of Enrichment in Wildlife Rehabilitation (Part Two)
Author(s) -
Bonnie E. GulasWroblewski
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
wildlife rehabilitation bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2769-6960
pISSN - 1535-2242
DOI - 10.53607/wrb.v26.136
Subject(s) - environmental enrichment , wildlife , enrichment culture , psychology , ecology , biology , neuroscience , genetics , bacteria
Environmental and behavioral enrichment has been assembled into five major categories: physical, nutritional, social, occupational, and sensory enrichment. Many of the enrichment strategies targeted at motivating species–specific behaviors and eliminating abnormal behaviors span multiple subsets of this system. For this reason, it is important to assess each category of enrichment when devising an enrichment device to accomplish the desired goal.