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Animal Enrichment
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Help enrich the lives of our animals

Niabi Zoo’s mission is to incorporate a behavioral and environmental enrichment program that will provide for the  physical and psychological well-being and overall enhanced animal welfare environment for our animals. This program will serve to catalyze species appropriate behaviors , encourage cognitive and sensory choices, provide complexities and changes to daily living that will further improve individual and/or group well-being, and elevate animal welfare.

 

 

Enrichment

HELP ENRICH THE LIVES OF OUR ANIMALS

Our animals receive enrichment in their habitats daily, sometimes multiple times a day! What is enrichment? Enrichment is variables added to animal habitats that yield natural and stimulating psychological and physical behavior. In short, enrichment creates natural choice, change and complexity in the lives of our animals.

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Animal Wishlist

We’ve created a list of places to go online that have items that can be donated directly to the animals at Niabi.

The items range in price from $5 to $500, so they can fit into anyone’s budget.

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Enrichment in Action

Want to see some enrichment in action?

Check out these videos of our zookeepers and animal family building and interacting with their enrichment devices.

PLUS, when you visit the zoo, be sure to look out for QR code “Enrichment in Action” brochures posted at many of our habitats–click on the QR codes to view Enrichment in Action videos.