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Some Primary Selections
 

environmental enrichment for captive animals
by Robert J. Young
2003. Paperback (ISBN 063206407)

Part of a new UFAW Animal Welfare Series by Blackwell Publishing, this book is somewhat confusingly listed under the wrong name (on Amazon.com) and author (on Buy.com)

240 packed pages covering the enrichment field from a practical perspective, with extensive references

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Second Nature - Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals
by David J. Shepherdson, Jill D. Mellen, and Michael Hutchins (eds)
1997. Paperback.

Selected papers from the First International Conference on Environmental Enrichment (Portland, Oregon 1993) are being published under the title "Second Nature" by the Smithsonian Institute Press. (The proceedings for the Second and Third and Fourth International Conferences on Environmental Enrichment are also available.)

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Wild Mammals in Captivity; Principles and Techniques
by Devra G. Kleiman, Mary E. Allen, Katerina V. Thompson, Susan Lumpkin
1997. Paperback.
  Behavioral Enrichment in the Zoo
by Hal. Markowitz
1981.
  Creative Conservation : Interactive Management of Wild and Captive Animals
by P.J.S. Olney, G.M. MacE, A.T.C. Feistner
1994. Hardcover.
  Behavior of Captive Wild Animals
by Hal Markowitz
1978.

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Ethics on the Ark : Zoos, Animal Welfare and Wildlife Conservation
by Bryan G. Norton, Michael Hutchins, Elizabeth F. Stevens (eds)
1996. Paperback.
  Captivity and Behavior : Primates in Breeding Colonies, Laboratories and Zoos
by Joseph Erwin
1979.
  Naturalistic Environments in Captivity for Animal Behavior Research
(SUNY Series in Endangered Species)
by Edward F., Jr. Gibbons, Everett J. Wyers, Everett Waters
1994. Hardcover and Paperback.
  Housing, Care and Psychological Wellbeing of Captive and Laboratory Primates
by Evalyn F. Segal (ed)
1989. Hardcover.

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Don't Shoot the Dog : The New Art of Teaching and Training
by Karen Pryor
1985. Paperback.

An excellent primer on operant-conditioning concepts and application. Techniques that are readily transferrable to most captive animal situations are presented in an easy to understand, and often humorous, manner.

Other Titles of Interest

 

Zoo Man; Inside and Outside the Cages
by Terry Maple
1993. Hardcover.

 

Through the Looking Glass: Issues of Psychological Well-Being in Captive Nonhuman Primates
by Melinda A. Novak, Andrew J. Petto (ed)
1991. Hardcover.

 

The Cats' House
by Bob Walker
1996. Hardcover.

 

Why Cats Paint : A Theory of Feline Aesthetics
by Heather Busch, Burton Silver
1994. Hardcover and Paperback.


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