Title
Environmental enrichment for dendrobatid frogs
Author(s)
Hurme K., Gonzalez K., Halvorsen M., Foster B., Moore D., Chepko-Sade B.D.
Published
2003
Publisher
Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science
Abstract
The Central Park Zoo, one of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Living Institutions in New York, recently renovated an exhibit for dart-poison frogs. Staff developed a new hollow coconut insect feeder in conjunction with this project. When the exhibit change, coconut feeder, and other enrichments were tested for effectiveness, the coconut feeder enrichment produced the greatest increase in frog activity in traditional and new exhibits. This may be due to the coconut feeder's relatively complicated nature, which randomizes the release of insects into the exhibit. The goal of this project was to help develop a best-practices approach to dendrobatid husbandry for zoological facilities to use in the future. Copyright © 2003, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Keywords
aggression; animal experiment; animal husbandry; animal welfare; article; coconut; controlled study; environmental enrichment; foraging behavior; frog; insect; lifestyle; nonhuman; parental behavior; predator; randomization; species habitat; United States; Wilcoxon signed ranks test; wildlife conservation; zoology; animal; animal food; diet; evaluation; feeding behavior; frogs and toads; zoo animal; Anura; Dendrobatidae; Hexapoda; Insecta; Animal Feed; Animal Husbandry; Animals; Animals, Zoo; Anura; Diet; Feeding Behavior
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