A new approach to the management of captive wild animals

Abstract

The invention discloses a new method for managing wild animals in captivity, which is characterized in that: (1) laying a fermentation bed and / or a bedding layer: on the indoor ground and / or outdoor ground of an animal cage, or a window-type exhibition house A bedding layer or a fermentation bed composed of pine bark and probiotics, or, combining the bedding layer with a pseudo-ecological landscaping to simulate the natural habitat of animals; (2) Daily management: no need to clean cages or window-style exhibition houses every day ; (3) Disinfection: There is no need for regular routine disinfection of animal cages or window-style exhibition houses. The management method of the present invention provides animals with a more natural and comfortable living environment, helps to express the natural behavior of animals, enriches the microbial community in the living environment of animals, and simplifies the daily operation process, reducing the cost of animal cages. The frequency of disinfection simplifies the daily management process, has a certain adjustment effect on the indoor temperature and humidity environment, and improves the welfare and health of animals.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to the field of wild animal management, in particular to a novel captive wild animal management method. Background technique [0002] The basic structure of animal cages in domestic zoos and other wild animal breeding units includes: (1) Inner rooms or indoor exhibition halls: basically concrete floors or other similar hard floors; (2) Outdoor playgrounds: mainly mud, concrete The ground or other similar hard grounds, or sand on the aforementioned grounds, in recent years, more and more wild animal cages have been planted with lawns or other plants or added with pseudo-ecological landscapes such as pools and waterfalls. [0003] According to the industry standard of the People's Republic of China "Zoo Management Regulations" (CJJ / T 263-2017), zoos should formulate animal feeding operating procedures, animal sanitation and disinfection operating procedures and other normative requirements. Daily management includes: (1) Cleaning t...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] 1. Animal cages in zoos are greatly affected by the climate. The surface temperature in winter is low, and the humidity is too high in wet weather. Especially after cleaning the ground, it is not easy to dry, and the climate is too dry, which also affects the comfort of animals.

[0006] 2. The texture of the concrete floor is too hard, and the surface is either too rough or too smooth, which is easy to hurt the animal's foot pads and joints

[0007] 3. In order to ensure the health of animals and the cleanliness of the breeding environment, it is necessary to clean the animal cages every day, wash the ground with water, and blow off the ground water with a fan, which not only consumes labor and water resources, but also the ground water is not easy to dry and easy to breed mold or other pathogenic microorganisms, especially in the warm and humid climate of the south

[0008] 4. Cleaning the mud is easy to generate dust, and it is easy to cause muddy ground during the rainy season; the sand does not absorb water, and the heat radiation is large in summer; the grass solves the above problems to a certain extent, but it is easily affected by the microclimate of the cage or destroyed by animals. It is difficult to grow lawn or other plants in animal cages; and when the green plants are too lush, it will also block ventilation

[0009] 5. In order to prevent animal diseases, the traditional method is to frequently disinfect animal cages, which not only kills harmful microorganisms in the cage environment, but also kills beneficial microorganisms in the living environment of animals, indirectly affecting animal health. Microflora in the body, which in turn adversely affects the immune function of the animal

However, the management of wild animals in captivity in zoos is fundamentally different from animal husbandry production

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