Control, choice, and assessments of the value of behavioral management to nonhuman primates in captivity

Many people have devoted considerable effort to enhancing the environments of nonhuman primates in captivity. There is substantial motivation to develop experimental, analytical, and interpretational frameworks to enable objective measurements of the value of environmental enrichment/behavioral mana...

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Published in:Journal of applied animal welfare science 2007-01, Vol.10 (1), p.39-47
Main Authors: Schapiro, S.J, Lambeth, S.P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal behavior
Animal Husbandry - methods
animal preferences
Animal Welfare
Animals
Animals, Laboratory
Animals, Zoo
Behavior Control - methods
Behavior Control - psychology
Behavior, Animal - physiology
captive primates
Choice Behavior
consumer-demand approach
Environment, Controlled
environmental enrichment
Female
Male
Primates
Primates - physiology
Primates - psychology
Reinforcement (Psychology)
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Summary:Many people have devoted considerable effort to enhancing the environments of nonhuman primates in captivity. There is substantial motivation to develop experimental, analytical, and interpretational frameworks to enable objective measurements of the value of environmental enrichment/behavioral management efforts. The consumer-demand approach is a framework not frequently implemented in studies of nonhuman primate welfare but profitably used in studies of the welfare of nonhuman animals in agriculture. Preference studies, in which primates can voluntarily choose to socialize or to participate in training, may be the best current examples of a consumer-demand-like approach to assessing the effects of captive management strategies on primate welfare. Additional work in this area would be beneficial; however, there are potential ethical constraints on purposefully subjecting primates to adverse circumstances to measure their demand for a resource. Primate welfare researchers need to design consumer-demand studies with obstacles that will help measure the relative value of resources to captive primates without compromising the welfare they are attempting to evaluate and enhance.
ISSN:1088-8705
1532-7604
DOI:10.1080/10888700701277345