The enrichment of the environment for the bear family in the park ‘Roev ruchey’

The research objective was application of categories of enrichment both separately, and combining in order to increase physical activity and the possibility of realization of bears’ natural behavior. The data was obtained in Krasnoyarsk Park "Roev ruchey". The following categories of enrichment were used: fodder, subject, visual, sound, smell, social, cognitive and training. For bears background supervision and round-the-clock video surveillance were performed. The magazines of supervision were filled; primary analysis of interest of animals to performed actions was made. As the subject of the enrichment park plastic barrels, toys (spheres, cones), tires and trunks of trees, fresh branches of coniferous trees were used. The toys were used by bears according to the mood; their interest depended on the novelty of a subject. Visual enrichment of the circle of bears was expressed in the opportunity to observe other bears and to examine park vicinities from the heights located in the open-air cage...