Shape of Enrichment

Mark Kingston Jones,
Team Building with Bite


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SHAPE in a Nutshell

This talk will introduce the topic of enrichment and cover the two core SHAPE principles that we teach in every workshop. The first principle is the five categories of enrichment; social, cognitive, physical habitat, sensory and finally food-based enrichment (either novel/unusual food items or the presenting the food in ways requiring work or thought to acquire). By creating enrichment programs around the five categories we aim to design holistic programs that provide animals with as many opportunities as possible within each captive situation. The second core principle is the use of the Framework to create goal-oriented enrichment programs, which are measurable and focused on the needs of the individual animals being enriched. This introduction will be expanded upon in the subsequent workshops.