Effect of Carcass Feeds on Feeding Behavior and Social Interactions in Zoo-Based African Wild Dogs (Lycaon pictus).

ABSTRACT: Management of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in zoos involves several challenges, including the difficulty of providing appropriate stimulation and enrichment for naturally wide-ranging, energetic, cursorial hunters. Perhaps consequently, zoo packs can exhibit bouts of extreme intra-pack aggression rarely seen in the wild. As with other species, considerable efforts are required to balance the retention and exhibition of wild-type behaviors, against ensuring that the nutritional and welfare needs of individual group-living animals are met. While some behaviors, such as hunting and wide-ranging movements are impossible to mimic in zoos, the provision of food may be refined to allow natural feeding behavior to be displayed. We conducted a feeding experiment on a breeding pack of nine Afri

SUBMITTER: Jordan NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12335230 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature