The effect of olfactory stimuli as a means of environmental enrichment is underexplored in
canids. The crab-eating fox is the most abundant wild canid in zoos, but few studies have …

Environmental enrichment is an animal husbandry principle that seeks to provide the stimuli
necessary for the optimal physiological and psychological well‐being of animals. Due to …

Behavioral instability is a concept used for indicating environmental stress based on
behavioral traits. This study investigates the possibility of using behavioral instability as a …

The southern hairy-nosed wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons) appears to use scent marking,
including defaecation, for social communication in the wild. This premise assumes that the …

Simple Summary Dogs in shelters are often exposed to unavoidable stressful events.
Finding effective and novel enrichment for dogs, especially the longer they stay in that …

Abstract The scent of 3-mercapto-3-methylbutanol (3-M-3-MB), a volatile component of
leopard (Panthera pardus) and domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) urine, released at about …

Olfactory stimulation has been demonstrated to enhance welfare in a range of captive
species through increasing behavioural diversity or decreasing frequencies of abnormal …

Simple Summary Evaluations of enrichment are critical to determine whether or not the
goals of an enrichment program are being achieved. However, evaluations can be …

Beavers (Castor spp.) tend not to be a commonly held species and little published material
exists relating to their captive care. We review published material and discuss husbandry …

Environmental enrichment has been used in a number of studies of captive animals with
goals of increasing activity, increasing behavioural diversity, increasing the utilization of the …