Turtles get Bored Too! Enrichment in Captive Zoo Animals

Katie McAfee is an Environmental Educator and the Animal Curator for Briar Bush Nature Center in Abington, Pennsylvania. She manages the collection of 25 animal ambassadors used in educational programming, which includes both domestic and wild animal species such as snakes, an eastern screech owl, turtles, a Virginia opossum, rats, and a turkey vulture. She received her B.S. in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University and her M.S. in Environmental Education from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point.

 

Dogs and cats aren't the only ones who need toys. Exotics do too! Through demonstrations and hilarious videos, find out what Briar Bush Nature Center does to keep their animal collection busy. Then learn how you can apply the basic principles of enrichment to any captive animal. Her lecture will focus on enrichment for exotics in captivity..

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