Parrots are highly intelligent and social creatures that require a variety of daily activities to keep them entertained, engaged and challenged.
Environmental enrichment is just that – enriching the environment in which our birds live. Picture a parrot in the wild, foraging for food, interacting with flock members, avoiding predators, nesting and exploring new territories. Then consider the parrot in captivity – a very different picture. But it doesn’t have to be.
David Woolcock joins us in this podcast to help us better understand just what environmental enrichment looks like, and to share some strategies that can – with a little ingenuity, time and a few readily available items – provide your bird with a much more enjoyable world in which to live.
Date recorded: Dec 2012
About the Presenter:
David Woolcock
David has been concerned about wildlife since he was a child. This concern led him as an adult to help found the World Parrot Trust in 1989, where he remains a Trustee.
David also serves as the curator of Paradise Park in the UK—the home of the World Parrot Trust—and has been responsible for overseeing the care and well being of the animals at the park, as well as being a professional member of IAATE (International Association of Avian Trainers and Educators.)
David also heads-up the Flight School, located at Paradise Park, which offers expert training and consultation on everything from behaviour interpretation, modification, and enrichment to all aspects of avian husbandry.
