Ice Breaker Sunday 22nd
Person / Venue
200 – 230pm / Registration. / Shape committee & Fota Staff. / Education.
230 – 300pm / Welcome. / Fota Staff.
300 – 600pm / Enrichment tour SEEC results. / Fota Staff & SEEC. / Fota Wildlife Park.
600 – 800pm / Ice breaker event. / Fota Staff.

6thUK and Ireland Regional Environmental Enrichment Conference

22nd – 25th of May 2016

Fota Wildlife Park

Program of Events

Day 1 Monday 23rd
Time / Presentation / Person / Venue
9.30 - 10.00 / Registration & Coffee. / Education
10.00 - 10.10 / Welcome To Fota and Shape. / Sean McKeownREEC.
10.10 - 11.00 / Cheetah In Zoos; A study of behaviour and the effects of environmental enrichment. / Keynote:
Dr Thomas Quirke.
11.00 - 11.30 / Break
11.30 - 11.45 / Intrinsic enrichments applied for Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) and cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in Fota Wildlife Park. / Juliana Damasceno,
University of Sao Paulo. / Education
11.45 - 12.00 / The effects of olfactory enrichment on the behaviour of captive Eurasian lynx. / Jose Dekker,
Tayto Park.
12.00- 12.30 / Building for dummies, a practical demonstration. / Chris Hales,
Port Lympne.
12.30 - 13.00 / Cheetah Run Demo. / CarnivoreTeam. / Cheetah run
13.00 - 14.00 / Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 / Workshops:
Rope Work.
Basic Skills.
Problem Solving.
15.30 - 16.00 / Break
16.00 - 16.15 / Aspects of pole feeding.
-Getting the most out of the great simplicity of pole feeding the amur tigers in Copenhagen. / Katrine Friholm,
Copenhagan Zoo. / Education
16.15 - 16.30 / Missing behaviours, key to a carnivores physique. / Chris Hales,
Port Lymph.
16.30 – 17.00 / Safety is our watchword! / Mark Kingston Jones, SHAPE
17.00 / Plan for the evening day close.
Day 2 Tuesdays 24th
Time / Presentation / Person / Venue
09.30 - 1000 / Arrival Coffee. / Shape committee & Fota Staff. / Education
10.00 - 10.45 / Is the need for enrichment indicative of poor welfare? / Keynote:Douglas Richardson.
10.45 - 11.00 / Enrichment Who is it for and who does it benefit? / Courtney Collins,
University College Cork.
11.00 - 11.30 / Break
11.30 - 11.45 / Are ‘Keeper Talks’ effective at transmitting educational messages about environmental enrichment within zoos? / Emma Wallace,
University of York. / Education
11.45 - 12.00 / Using enrichment to reduce group aggression and stereotyping in slender tailed meerkats (Suricata suricatta). / Pamela O’Brien,
Dublin Zoo.
12.00 - 13.00 / Enrichment Treasure Hunt. / Education. / Park
13.00 - 14.00 / Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 / Workshops:
Problem Solving.
Basic Skills.
Rope Work. / Various Locations
15.00 - 15.30 / Break
15.30 - 16.15 / Feedpod Demo. / Feedpod Rep. / Macaque enclosure
16.15 - 16.30 / Performance and longevity of high quality behavioural responses in Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) as a result of foraging-based enrichment. / Chloe Ellis, Moulton College / Education
16.30 - 16.45 / Behavioural Enrichment as a Solution to Inappropriate Behaviour in the Asian Small Clawed Otter (Aonyx Cinerea). / Niamh O’Sullivan,
University College Dublin
16.45 - 17.00 / Day Closing.
Day 3 Wednesday 25th
Time / Presentation / Person / Venue
09.30- 10.00 / Coffee / Fota Staff / Education
10.00 - 10.45 / Enrichment for Aquatic Animals. / Keynote:Dr Gavan Cooke
10.45 - 11.00 / TBC / TBC
11.00 - 11.30 / Break
11.30 - 11.45 / Carnivores and Primates not included.... / Val HareMark Kingston Jones, SHAPE. / Education
11.45 - 12.00 / Uncovering night time behaviour to highlight the enrichment needs of nocturnal and crepuscular animals in captivity. / Kirsten Wicks, Chester Zoo.
12.00 - 12.15 / Keeping kea entertained: a survey of current enrichment practices. / Rogelio Rodriguez-Lopez, University of Bristol.
12.15 - 12.30 / Shape; who are we and what do we do? / Val Hare
12.15 - 13.00 / Discussion. / Group
13.00 - 14.00 / Lunch
14.00 - 14.15 / Behavioural responses to changes in captive environment in a group of lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus). / Rebecca Newman,
University College Cork. / Education
14.15 - 14.30 / Implementation, Development and Benefits to Target training Captive Amur Leopards (Panthera pardus orientalis). / Craig Caughlan,
Tayto Park.
14.30 - 14.45 / Enclosure size effect on pacing behaviour in captive ocelots under enrichment and non-enrichment conditions. / Juliana Damasceno,
University of Sao Paulo.
14.45 - 15.00 / Award for best presentation and finish. / REEC Shape.