Today I got to experience my first day in enrichment. The enrichment
center is where volunteers spend time building different toys for the animals
and objects for their habitats for them to observe. What I really love about
this station is that you often see animals in zoos bored and tired, but with
enrichment it allows to entertain the animals to keep them stimulated. This is
vital and the zoo makes it very apparent that this is a huge part of the animal’s
lives at the zoo.
I spent the majority of my time in the enrichment center
making toys for the parrots. I took pieces of rope and strung blocks onto it
for the birds to be able to chew at it. I Than balled up newspaper and put it
into a box so that they would be able to spray it with perfume so the animal
that receives it will be able to search through it. Keeping the animals curious
and stimulated is important especially in captivity. I love that this is such a
huge part to the zoo because, otherwise, the animals would just be sit in their
exhibits bored all day and lead boring lives. I think this further helps me
answer my essential question as well.
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