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Animals’ Behavior and Welfare in Human-Modified Environments
Discuss animal behavior and welfare in the context of human-modified environments.
You will research the behavior of a species in the wild and compare your findings to the behavior of animals in a captive setting. The rationale for the study is that animals in captivity may not always have the same opportunities to perform natural behaviors as their wild conspecifics, which may negatively affect their welfare; enrichment devices and strategies are used to provide opportunities to express natural behavior. However, it is important to first know how a captive animal is behaving in order to determine which enrichment might be most relevant.