Research Article

Behavioural Study of Captive Sloth Bears Using Environmental Enrichment Tools

Table 2

Effect of environmental enrichment on behavioural categories.

SourceMean ± SE values
ActivePassiveAbnormal

Baseline11.27 ± 1.83a2.29 ± 0.1616.43 ± 1.85a
Enrichment23.94 ± 0.61b1.85 ± 0.374.21 ± 0.42b
After enrichment12.43 ± 1.79a2.40 ± 0.2815.17 ± 1.74a

Within columns means with different letters (a, b) differ significantly (P < 0.01).