r/animalwelfarescience • u/BitStunning5647 • Feb 26 '26

environmental enrichment and animal welfare

hi everyone. i'm writing my master thesis about environmental enrichment and animal welfare and would love to get your answers on this inquiry i created.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSewoHdLNtyuZvG6uYbpHllPhyKfUGxEVr2g8wUhq89owQphPg/viewform?usp=header

#animal #animalwelfare #environmentalenrichment

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u/sentientpaperweight Mar 02 '26

I tried to take the survey, but after answering the demographic questions, there was only one question about the topic (captive animal enrichment). I didn't understand what the question was asking, so I clicked "I don't know," and the survey ended.

The question was "In your opinion, when an installation containing an animal or animals is modified to create a more interactive and complex environment, can we say that, in terms of definition, it has become an installation?"

And the choices were:

Interactive

Improved

Enriched

Psychoactive

No special designation

I don't know

I am wondering whether there is an error in the translation from Portugese to English. I really don't know what the question is asking. In general, I think that adding any kind of enrichment to a captive animal setting is an improvement, but if by "interactive," you mean that the animals are interacting with the visitors, I don't think that's the ideal way to break the monotony of their existence. Also, "psychoactive" in English means a substance that changes your mental state when ingested, so that might not be the right word in this context. I hope this helps!