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| Second Nature: Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals | 
| Creators: David J. Shepherdson, Jill D. Mellen, Michael Hutchins
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 33759
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 376
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 1560983973
Dewey Decimal Number: 590
EAN: 9781560983972
ASIN: 1560983973
Publication Date: 1998
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| Customer Reviews:
Excellent book, a must have for zoologists June 3, 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.
Excellent book! July 19, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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.
A nice surprise April 15, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 excelente review of environmental enrichment March 21, 1999
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
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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