Environmental Enrichment for Animals in our Care

Dear Colleagues,

Animals under human care are reliant on our skills as animal managers to adequately provide for their needs. Increasingly, the goal has shifted from providing minimal or adequate care, to providing high-quality care and enriched environments. Animal welfare scientists provide guidance in this space, but it is the animal researchers, owners, managers, and caretakers that are tasked with providing enrichments that are recommended to improve the welfare of the animals under their care. Science-based practical solutions are needed to help to meet this responsibility, and it is equally important that we have two-way conversations and sharing of ideas.

In this Special Issue, we invite original manuscripts that address issues surrounding environmental enrichment for animals under human care, whether in production animal systems, zoos, research facilities, or pet owners’ homes.

Associate Prof. Wendy Y. Brown
Dr. Peta Taylor Dr. Megan Verdon
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.