The Value of Enrichment to Reintroduction Success

• Published in: Zoo biology Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 332 - 341
• Main Authors: Reading, Richard P., Miller, Brian, Shepherdson, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: animal behavior; Animal Husbandry - methods; Animal Welfare; Animals; Animals, Zoo; Appetitive Behavior - physiology; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; Locomotion - physiology; Primates; Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology; Social Behavior; Species Specificity; survivorship; translocation; welfare

Reintroduction attempts have faced low, albeit improving, success rates, especially for threatened and endangered species reintroduced from captivity to the wild. This is not only a concern for conservation, as the low success of reintroduction also implies an animal welfare issue for the individual...