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Enriching the living environment
Abstract
Captive conditions often prevent animals from fully satisfying their physiological and ethological needs, for example, due to human control of reproduction or the formation of social groups. In addition, certain practices inherent to animal husbandry (e.g. animal movements) are a source of stress for the animals, as they perceive them as threats when they are unpredictable and therefore uncontrollable, or far removed from their expectations. Finally, sensory and cognitive stimuli are rarer than in the wild. A low-stimulation environment induces chronic stress in animals, as they are unable to fulfill certain behaviors or physiological needs. This chronic stress is in itself problematic for animal welfare, but also for the results of scientific research carried out on these animals...
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