9.2. Promoting health and welfare in captive carnivores (felids, canids and ursids) through feeding practices

• Other Authors: Sutherland, William J., Dicks, Lynn V., Ockendon, Nancy, Petrovan, Silviu O., Smith, Rebecca K.
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Open Book Publishers 2019
• Subjects: environment; conservation; practical intervention; amphibian; bat; bird; farmland; soil fertility; forest; invasive species; Environmental Studies; NAT011000; RNK; Arctic; Norway
• Online Access: http://books.openedition.org/obp/6737

9.2.1 Diet and food type Likely to be beneficial ● Provide bones, hides or partial carcasses One replicated, before-and-after study in the USA and one replicated, controlled study in Finland found that the provision of bones decreased the frequency of stereotypic behaviours in lions, tigers and Arctic foxes. Two replicated, before-and-after studies of felids and red foxes in the USA and Norway found that the provision of bones increased activity and manipulation time. Assessment: likely to b.