Article Mention

This was printed in the International Giraffe Working Group Bi-Annual Newsletter--- a worldwide newsletter for giraffe folk...They also mentioned an upcoming 2011 giraffe conference in Namibia, Africa... I bet you can't guess who will try to find her way to that conference!

IAGCP ENRICHMENT AWARD

The IAGCP Enrichment Award recognizes an individual or team whose unique en‐ richment programs have made them a leader in the field of captive giraffe care. The recipient of this award has imple‐ mented progressive enrichment programs and activities that give captive giraffe in‐ creased opportunities to engage in a vari‐ ety of natural behaviors and therefore provide the visiting public with greater opportunities to observe giraffe behavior. Recipients of this award often inspire oth‐ ers to develop first‐rate enrichment pro‐ grams, contributing to the continuing education of their peers through public presentation at professional conferences and publication in various newsletters and journals.

The 2010 recipients of the IAGCP Enrich‐ ment Award are Kate Meinhardt and Erin Teravskis of the Nashville Zoo for their poster presentation “Using Puzzle Feeders to Increase Natural Behavior in Giraffe.” Kate and Erin demonstrated a progressive and well‐developed enrichment program, utilizing unique ideas to encourage longer foraging times and a reduction in stereo‐ typies with the giraffe in their collection. Furthermore, they have shared their en‐ richment ideas with other professionals through their poster presentation, en‐ couraging other facilities to evolve their giraffe enrichment programs as well.