Psychosocial deprivation of animals

Animals kept under unchanging conditions which offer them little incentive to move and explore their environment may easily become bored, especially when the environment does not permit them to participate in their normal cycles of relationship with those of the same or different species. They then exhibit abnormal behaviour patterns, such as the repetitive pacing and rubbing frequently observable in zoos.

1. Imposing unstimulating conditions on animals is tantamount to destroying their spirit and effectively denies recognition of their role in the planetary ecology.

1. Man is the only animal that can be bored. Animals are quite content when they are regularly fed and do not have to compete in the wild for scarce food.

1. Dysfunctional behaviour in captive animals
2. Denial to animals of legal protection of their rights
3. Boredom

1. Unsatisfied recreational needs
2. Inhibition of collective behaviour of herd animals

1. Maltreatment of pet animals
2. Behavioural stress in pets
3. Animal suffering
4. Animal insanity
5. Canine acral lick dermatitis (ALD)

1. Fashion-motivated use of animals and plants
2. Disturbance of reproductive cycles of wildlife
3. Cruel treatment of animals for research

1. Occupational psychopathology
2. Deterioration of human environment
3. Chronic boredom
4. Boredom of detention

1. Providing animals with psychosocial access
2. Improving animal protection in zoos
3. Facilitating sexual rights for animals
4. Enriching animal environments
5. Depriving animals of psychosocial access

1. Privation
2. Monotony
3. Impoverishment
4. Deprivation
5. Boredom