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Capuchin Monkey Handbook: Everything You Need to Know About Capuchin Management - permits and ethics, complex enclosure and enrichment, omnivore diet,
by Grace Harper, Evelyn
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Overview
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Capuchin monkeys are quick, social and remarkably intelligent, which makes understanding them both fascinating and demanding. This handbook gives readers a grounded overview of what capuchin management looks like in licensed, ethical and professionally supervised environments.
The book introduces the permits, welfare standards and ethical considerations that shape how primates can be housed, observed and worked with. It explains the core principles behind complex, enriched enclosures that support climbing, problem-solving and social interaction. Nutrition chapters outline how specialists think about omnivorous diets without providing step-by-step feeding instructions. You'll also find an introduction to target and station training as used in professional settings, along with clear explanations of social behavior, communication cues and the factors caregivers monitor during daily observation.
Written for students, educators, wildlife professionals and anyone interested in primate biology, this handbook offers a realistic look at capuchins and the thoughtful management approaches built around their needs and welfare.
The book introduces the permits, welfare standards and ethical considerations that shape how primates can be housed, observed and worked with. It explains the core principles behind complex, enriched enclosures that support climbing, problem-solving and social interaction. Nutrition chapters outline how specialists think about omnivorous diets without providing step-by-step feeding instructions. You'll also find an introduction to target and station training as used in professional settings, along with clear explanations of social behavior, communication cues and the factors caregivers monitor during daily observation.
Written for students, educators, wildlife professionals and anyone interested in primate biology, this handbook offers a realistic look at capuchins and the thoughtful management approaches built around their needs and welfare.
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Author: Grace Harper, Evelyn
- ISBN: 9798277535530
- Condition: New
- Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.48
- Number Of Pages: 228
- Publication Year: 2025
Language:
English