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Robert J. Young - Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals - 9780632064076 - V9780632064076
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Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals

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Description for Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals Paperback. Draws together a large amount of research on different animals. This book provides examples and case studies. It is suitable for those who work with or study animals in captivity. Series: UFAW Animal Welfare. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 12. Weight in Grams: 426.
Environmental enrichment is a simple and effective means of improving animal welfare in any species – companion, farm, laboratory and zoo. For many years, it has been a popular area of research, and has attracted the attention and concerns of animal keepers and carers, animal industry professionals, academics, students and pet owners all over the world.

 

This book is the first to integrate scientific knowledge and principles to show how environmental enrichment can be used on different types of animal. Filling a major gap, it considers the history of animal keeping, legal issues and ethics, right ... Read more

 


  • The first book in a major new animal welfare series

  • Draws together a large amount of research on different animals

  • Provides detailed examples and case studies

  • An invaluable reference tool for all those who work with or study animals in captivity

 

This book is part of the UFAW/Wiley-Blackwell Animal Welfare Book Series.  This major series of books produced in collaboration between UFAW (The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare), and Wiley-Blackwell provides an authoritative source of information on worldwide developments, current thinking and best practice in the field of animal welfare science and technology. For details of all of the titles in the series see www.wiley.com/go/ufaw.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Series
UFAW Animal Welfare
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9780632064076
SKU
V9780632064076
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Robert J. Young
Robert Young is currently Professor of Animal Behaviour at PUC-Minas (Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais) in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil where he works on environmental enrichment in zoos and conducts field research on a number of different species. He has given lectures, workshops and mini-courses on the subject of environmental enrichment in the UK, USA, Denmark, Russia and ... Read more

Reviews for Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals
"Young's précis of the 'animal rights' viewpoint is one of the best I have read in some time." "This book deserves to be bought and read by a wide audience. It should be required reading for all undergraduate students intending to carry out research projects involving environmental enrichment." Animal Welfare "Scientific ... Read more

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