The Shape of Enrichment, Inc is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of animal welfare through environmental enrichment and behavior management. It was started by two pretty incredible women, Valerie Hare (my Mom!) and Karen Worley, in 1991. What started as a small newsletter to allow keepers to exchange enrichment ideas for their animals has become a multi service international non-profit organization.
Shape still publishes the quarterly newsletter (which goes to about 40 countries), runs enrichment video libraries out of several region branches, is the official publisher of the International Conference on Environmental Enrichment’s (ICEE) proceedings, and provides workshop curricula and instructors to institutions around the world. I’m now in the Core Group for Shape, and am excited to announce our new website at www.enrichment.org.
Also, I’m excited to go to the 9th ICEE conference, hosted by the Paignton Zoo during the first week of June in Torquay, England.
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