Services and Resources
The Shape of Enrichment, Inc. provides many services to animal
care professionals and others interested in promoting animal welfare through
enrichment.
Resource Materials
Environmental
Enrichment
The Shape of Enrichment offers basic information on
enrichment on our website.
Publications
The Shape of Enrichment offers three publications.
The Shape of Enrichment
(Quarterly)
International
Conference on Environmental Enrichment Proceedings
Regional Conference
on Environmental Enrichment Proceedings
Shape/AAZK Enrichment and Training Video Library
Borrow videotapes about enrichment or training from one of
our four video libraries:
Australasia
(Australia, New Zealand, and Southeast Asia)
Brazil (South
America)
Europe (Europe,
Africa, and the Middle East)
USA (North America,
Asia, and others)
Safety Database
The Shape of Enrichment maintains a database of enrichment
safety issues. These anecdotes are posted anonymously and can be searched by taxa, enrichment material, and/or hazard experienced.
Submissions for this database are always welcome!
Project
with the Jane Goodall Institute -- Hungary!
The Shape of Enrichment is honored to collaborate with The
Jane Goodall Institute – Hungary to translate The Shape of
Enrichment articles and select videos from the Shape/AAZK
Video Library into French! This will provide keepers in French-speaking African
countries access to the wealth of information in these articles. Once
translated, Shape—Africa will coordinate their distribution to
appropriate facilities in Africa. For more information, view the project flyer
(link above).
Complimentary
Downloads
List of all complimentary downloads available on this site.
Conferences and Workshops
Enrichment
Workshops
Group
workshops about enrichment principles and techniques are provided at the
requestorÕs facility. To date, workshops have been given in Brazil, Chile,
South Africa, Uganda, The Philippines, Indonesia, Great Britain, Ireland,
Canada, and USA.
Regional
Environmental Enrichment Conferences (REEC)
The REEC committee offers guidance
for hosting a Regional Environmental Enrichment Conference.
International
Conference on Environmental Enrichment (ICEE)
The Shape
of Enrichment is proud to be the official publication and website of the
International Conference on Environmental Enrichment.
ICEE Travel Grant
The Shape
of Enrichment conducts a competition prior to most of the international
enrichment conferences. The winning author is awarded up to $1,000 for travel
expenses to attend and present the winning paper at the conference.
Conference and Workshop Calendar
Watch the calendar for upcoming enrichment conferences, symposia,
and workshops.
Resource Networks
Shape—Regionals
These Regionals provide enrichment
expertise, education, and support in their region.
Africa
Australasia
Brazil
Southeast Europe
UK-Ireland
Shape
Advisory Groups
Six Advisory Groups (Administrative, Behavior, Construction,
Education, Horticulture, Taxon) are available to
answer your enrichment-related questions.
Related
Links
Website links to enrichment-related organizations are provided.