Unless you work in animal care, y'all probably wouldn't think cheap perfume and tigers are a likely match. Simply at Disney's Animal Kingdom, the olfactory property of the wild tin be found in hundreds of perfume bottles being recycled by Disney Parks cast members as part of their Earth Twenty-four hours activities.

Tigers at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Animal care professionals have long used unique aromas such as perfumes and spices every bit enrichment tools to help maintain an creature's physical and mental health. Special treats such equally toys, foods or fragrance prompt animals to explore, make choices and maintain a level of action in their habitat similar to their natural beliefs in the wild. With a very keen sense of olfactory property, large cats such as tigers, cheetahs and lions like to scratch, gyre and mark their own scents on logs sprayed with cologne.

Tigers at Disney's Animal Kingdom

In add-on to "aromatherapy," we provide lions, cheetahs and tigers with a variety of other enrichment items and activities to keep the cats interested in their environments.

  • Super tough plastic balls for chasing and swatting promotes physical activity.
  • Drilling a pigsty in the ball and stuffing it with hard-to-get treats increases the challenge and the excitement.
  • During the summer, frozen treats may incorporate meat to help the cats stay cool and encourage them to employ their teeth, claws and ingenuity to get to the food within.
  • A habitat consummate with hills, tall grasses, shade trees, rocks, shrubs, fabricated termite mounds, dead trees, stumps and a sweeping view of the savanna provide opportunities to rest, communicate, collaborate, hibernate and explore.

Enrichment such as perfume is but ane of the tools used to provide splendid care for our animals. We also rely on positive training methods that encourage animals to participate in their daily health care and claiming them to stay mentally agile.

Cheetah at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Positive workout techniques train the animals to cooperate with their own medical care, which makes the vets' work much easier and safer. For example, with a hand bespeak or verbal cue from a zoological manager, lions, cheetahs and tigers voluntarily open their mouths for dental exams or stand up on a portable scale for routine weight checks. They also present their tails or paws during medical check-ups.

This attention to care is given to all of the more than than 1,700 animals representing more 250 species at Disney's Brute Kingdom. Guests can see lions and cheetahs on the savanna of Kilimanjaro Safaris while the tigers can be seen on the Maharajah Jungle Expedition in the Asia section of the theme park.