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Development of an environmental enrichment programme: case study of white Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris bengalensis) and jaguar (Panthera onca) at Moscow Zoo (Podturkin & Papaeva, 2020)

The only thing better than Sundays is #ScienceSundays! A paper out in JZAR investigated the impacts of an enrichment programme on a tiger and a jaguar at Moscow Zoo, using data collected by the keepers. Enrichment-directed behaviours increased in both species, but impacts on general activity were only seen for the tiger.

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