Enhance Animal Welfare With Environmental Enrichment 

Naturally, animals like to play, explore their environment, and enjoy tasty treats! But enrichment is about so much more than tossing toys or treats into an enclosure. A well-designed enrichment program for your research, aquarium or zoo species is holistic and designed to enhance animal welfare, based on a deep understanding of each individual animal’s needs and those of its species. Factors such as enclosure design, the number of animals being housed together, safety, behavior goals, research goals, and more must also be considered.

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Enrichment Programs Work Best When They're Flexible

Once you introduce enrichment, be sure to monitor how the animals react and have a plan to reevaluate and adjust your program as needed. 

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Enrichment Program Benefits Include:

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Encouraging natural, species-specific behaviors, such as foraging

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Supporting movement and physical fitness

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Promoting comfort and security

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Facilitating social interaction while also offering opportunities to retreat

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Offering autonomy, choice, and control over the environment

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Aiding mental stimulation, exploration, interaction, problem-solving and decision-making

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Reducing stress, aggression, self-harm and boredom

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Explore Enrichment

Animals require environmental enrichment to thrive physically and mentally. W.F. Fisher and Son offers hundreds of enrichment options to suit every situation. Choose your species and start exploring!

Enrichment is essential! 

Let's discuss the species you work with as well as your welfare and research goals. We can then help develop an enrichment program tailored to your research facility, zoo, or aquarium. 

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