Black-backed Jackal Enrichment Activities
Environmental
- Scattered logs
- Patches of tall grass
- Platform
- Splash pool
- Large exercise enclosure
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Food
- Dead whole rabbits
- Dead birds with feathers
- Dead day-old chicks
- Dead rats and mice
- Meat with fur
- Large bones
- Grubs or meal worms buried in dirt
- Bloodsicles with meat inside
- Frozen fish (thawed first) or meat in toilet paper rolls
- Raw or hardboiled eggs
- Hiding meat in holes in logs and under branches
- Scattering meat and fruit around enclosure
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Novel and Sensory
- Rope and Kong toys
- Small balls
- Plastic ball with treats inside
- Papier-mâché ball with dry cat food or thawed fish inside
- Bird nest
- Frozen donkey or horse skin
- Cow hooves and rawhide objects
- Fish gel
- Horse manure
- Switching enclosures with other animals
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Social
- Interaction with other jackal
- Interaction with animals
- Interaction with the staff and volunteers
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Exercise
- Walks on harness and lead
- Chasing guinea fowl wing attached to whip or feather duster
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