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. 2022 Jul 13;12(14):1792.
doi: 10.3390/ani12141792.

Survey on the Past Decade of Technology in Animal Enrichment: A Scoping Review

K Cassie Kresnye  1 , Chia-Fang Chung  1 , Christopher Flynn Martin  1 , Patrick C Shih  1
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Survey on the Past Decade of Technology in Animal Enrichment: A Scoping Review

K Cassie Kresnye et al. Animals (Basel). .

Abstract

Environmental enrichment is adding complexity to an environment that has a positive impact on a captive animal as a necessity of care. Computing technology is being rapidly weaved throughout the space in both enrichment devices as well as evaluating enrichment outcomes. In this article, we present a scoping review of 102 captive animal enrichment studies and propose a contextual lens for exploring current practices. We discuss the importance of directed growth in species inclusion, transitioning beyond anthro-centric designs, and utilizing shared methodologies.

Keywords: animal welfare; animal–computer interaction; enrichment.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
The overall papers included in the review, with points of exclusion for both phases. The blue band represents the search engine round evaluations, and the green band represents the snowballing round evaluations.
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Figure 2
The prevalence of species in the literature.
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Figure 3
Utilization of technology in enrichment studies between the first and second half of the 2010 decade.
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Figure 4
The distribution of contexts present in the literature as divided by the first and second half of the decade.
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