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Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and Wildlife Safari Park's Third-Annual Enrichment Contest

As part of National Zookeeper Week, the keepers at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium were challenged to develop new enrichment for any animal(s) in their care and capture the animal using the item.



Review all of the entries and cast your vote at the very end.



The individual keeper and/or crew who created the winning video will receive a cool prize from the Zoo!

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Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium and Wildlife Safari Park’s environmental and behavioral enrichment programs are designed to provide the animals with species-specific opportunities to express a wide range of natural behaviors.

Enrichment ideas are based on each species and animals’ natural physical and learning abilities. It is definitely intended to be enjoyable for the animals and to create engagement with their environments. Zookeepers are also happy when their ideas elicit the desired behaviors. Not only does enrichment provide enjoyable options for animals and staff, the process is firmly rooted in current science and research.

Zookeepers are very creative in their enrichment, often using recycled or discarded materials to build devices that the animals can interact with or tear apart so that we never run out of reusable resources.