Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on Welfare

The welfare of captive animals is nowadays a topic of major concern. In order to express their natural behavioral repertoires, however, animals require complex environments and stimuli which are difficult to reproduce in captivity. To overcome this, environmental enrichment is considered one of the...

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Authors: Padrell, Maria, Amici, Federica, Córdoba Abellaneda, Maria Pau, Giberga, Albert, Broekman, Antonio, Almagro, Susana, Llorente Espino, Miquel
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Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10256/20322
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Keyword:Ximpanzés -- Hàbits i conducta
Chimpanzees -- Behavior
Animals salvatges en captivitat
Captive wild animals
Pan troglodytes
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spelling Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on WelfarePadrell, MariaAmici, FedericaCórdoba Abellaneda, Maria PauGiberga, AlbertBroekman, AntonioAlmagro, SusanaLlorente Espino, MiquelXimpanzés -- Hàbits i conductaChimpanzees -- BehaviorAnimals salvatges en captivitatCaptive wild animalsPan troglodytesThe welfare of captive animals is nowadays a topic of major concern. In order to express their natural behavioral repertoires, however, animals require complex environments and stimuli which are difficult to reproduce in captivity. To overcome this, environmental enrichment is considered one of the most successful tools to increase behavioral opportunities and enhance animal welfare. In this study, we explored whether providing an artificial termite-fishing task, and whether participation in this task, predicted changes in the solitary and social behavior of sanctuary-housed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). We compared chimpanzee behavior when the enrichment was presented to different periods without enrichment. We found that the presence of the enrichment predicted an increase in tool use and feeding behavior and a decrease in inactivity, especially for those chimpanzees with higher participation. However, we did not detect significant changes in abnormal or self-directed behaviors. Furthermore, we found no variation in affiliation- or aggression-related behaviors, but social proximity increased in chimpanzees that participated more. Our results support previous studies demonstrating that artificial termite-fishing promotes species-typical behaviors in captive chimpanzees with no major effects on social activitiesThis research was funded by “la Caixa” Foundation, grant number LCF/PR/PR17/11120020 to MP and ML and by the Generalitat de Catalunya (2017 SGR-1040) and Universitat Rovira i Virgili (2019PFR-URV91) to ML. ML is a Serra Húnter FellowMDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpeer-reviewedapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10256/20322http://hdl.handle.net/10256/20322Animals, 2021, vol. 11, núm. 10, p. 2941Articles publicats (D-PS)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.3390/ani11102941info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/eissn/2076-2615Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10256/203222026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on Welfare
title Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on Welfare
spellingShingle Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on Welfare
Padrell, Maria
Ximpanzés -- Hàbits i conducta
Chimpanzees -- Behavior
Animals salvatges en captivitat
Captive wild animals
Pan troglodytes
title_short Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on Welfare
title_full Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on Welfare
title_fullStr Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on Welfare
title_full_unstemmed Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on Welfare
title_sort Artificial Termite-Fishing Tasks as Enrichment for Sanctuary-Housed Chimpanzees: Behavioral Effects and Impact on Welfare
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Padrell, Maria
Amici, Federica
Córdoba Abellaneda, Maria Pau
Giberga, Albert
Broekman, Antonio
Almagro, Susana
Llorente Espino, Miquel
author Padrell, Maria
author_facet Padrell, Maria
Amici, Federica
Córdoba Abellaneda, Maria Pau
Giberga, Albert
Broekman, Antonio
Almagro, Susana
Llorente Espino, Miquel
author_role author
author2 Amici, Federica
Córdoba Abellaneda, Maria Pau
Giberga, Albert
Broekman, Antonio
Almagro, Susana
Llorente Espino, Miquel
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ximpanzés -- Hàbits i conducta
Chimpanzees -- Behavior
Animals salvatges en captivitat
Captive wild animals
Pan troglodytes
topic Ximpanzés -- Hàbits i conducta
Chimpanzees -- Behavior
Animals salvatges en captivitat
Captive wild animals
Pan troglodytes
description The welfare of captive animals is nowadays a topic of major concern. In order to express their natural behavioral repertoires, however, animals require complex environments and stimuli which are difficult to reproduce in captivity. To overcome this, environmental enrichment is considered one of the most successful tools to increase behavioral opportunities and enhance animal welfare. In this study, we explored whether providing an artificial termite-fishing task, and whether participation in this task, predicted changes in the solitary and social behavior of sanctuary-housed chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). We compared chimpanzee behavior when the enrichment was presented to different periods without enrichment. We found that the presence of the enrichment predicted an increase in tool use and feeding behavior and a decrease in inactivity, especially for those chimpanzees with higher participation. However, we did not detect significant changes in abnormal or self-directed behaviors. Furthermore, we found no variation in affiliation- or aggression-related behaviors, but social proximity increased in chimpanzees that participated more. Our results support previous studies demonstrating that artificial termite-fishing promotes species-typical behaviors in captive chimpanzees with no major effects on social activities
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)
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dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Animals, 2021, vol. 11, núm. 10, p. 2941
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