Enrichment

Definition of Enrichment

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Records about Enrichment from the Gajah Glossary at https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf Enrichment, environmental: [= endchment, behavioral] (Abramson & Catden 1998) Provision of social interaction (i.e. other elephants) and interesting things for captives to do, play with.

M. Philip Kahl and Charles Santiapillai, Gajah Elephant Glossary, Gajah nr 23 (2004), Journal for Asian Elephant Specialist Group

An effective enrichment program should promote species-appropriate behaviors. Two useful resources on enrichment programs for elephants include the AZA Elephant Husbandry Resource Guide, including the Suggested Guidelines for Captive Elephant Enrichment. (link below)

Reference list Koehl, Dan, (2024). Enrichment. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 September 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/index.php?id=83. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Records about Enrichment from the Gajah Glossary, https://www.asesg.org/PDFfiles/Gajah/23-01-Glossary.pdf

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Suggested Guidelines for Captive Elephant Enrichment https://www.aazk.org/wp-content/uploads/Suggested-Guidelines-for-Captive-Elephant-Enrichment.pdf

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