| View Larger Image | Second Nature: Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals | Paperbackby David J. Shepherdson (Editor), Jill D. Mellen (Editor), Michael Hutchins (Editor)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Smithsonian Institution Press | | Page Count: | 376 Pages | | Publication Date: | 1998 | | Sales Rank: | 220,873th |
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Product Description
SECOND NATURE brings together the work of animal behaviorists, zoo biologists, and psychologists to explore innovative strategies for environmental enrichment in laboratories and marine parks as well as in zoos. Providing a theoretical framework for the science of environmental enrichment in a variety of settings, the book renews and extends a humane approach to the keeping and conservation of animals. 28 illustrations . |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 5 reviews)
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Useful book for vets. by Maria Fernanda Mejia Salazar  5 Stars
November 17, 2008
This is an extraordinary book, very useful and easy to read. Every zoo should have one.
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Excellent book, a must have for zoologists by C. Osborne (St. Charles, MO United States) 5 Stars
June 02, 2006
I am a zookeeper in an accredited zoological institution and this book is a must read as we care for captive animals. A comprehensive enrichment program is critical for wild animals in captive environments as these programs provide the animals with choices, complexities, and change. The guiding principle for enrichment is based on the animal's natural history. This book very appropriately emphasizes the requirement of enrichment for the animal's well being. Read this book and it will give you hope.
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Excellent book! by Sarah (Moscow, ID United States) 5 Stars
July 19, 2004
This is my must have book (bible) for my research on environmental enrichment. If you work with animals in a captive situation, you need to read this book. The book also deals with stereotypy. A lot of excellent information on enrichment and its implications for captive animals. If you are at all interested in environmental enrichment or currently implement an enrichment program for your animals, do yourself a favor and read this book.
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A nice surprise 5 Stars
April 15, 2004
I bought "Ethics on the Ark" at the same time as this book, and was disappointed with that book. This book, however, was a very nice surprise. I felt it gave a unbiased view of captive animal enrichment, and the ethics behind keeping animals in captivity. I appreciated the completeness of this book, starting from a historical perspective, straight through to modern reasoning. I would say this is a must have for anyone working with animals in a captive environment.
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excelente review of environmental enrichment  4 Stars
March 21, 1999
A book that had to be written. This book is a good and basic guide for people working or interested in environmental enrichment. Several aspects are covered by the book, from theoretical bases to the implications to use enrichment for the conservation and welfare of wild animals. However, although it gives a lots of examples on mammals and some on reptiles, it forgets birds.
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