Is painting by elephants in zoos as enriching as we are led to believe?
The relationship between the activity of painting and performance of stereotyped and other stress-related behaviour was investigated in four captive Asian elephants at Melbourne Zoo, Australia. The activity involved the elephant being instructed to paint on a canvas by its keeper in front of an audi...
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PeerJ Inc.
2014-07-01
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| Series: | PeerJ |
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/471.pdf |