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Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diet with amino acids

Action Link 		Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) 1 Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diet with amino acids Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diet with fatty acids

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Supplement meat-based diet with fatty acids Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Alter food abundance or type seasonally

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Alter food abundance or type seasonally Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Provide food during natural active periods

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Provide food during natural active periods Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Increase variety of food items

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Increase variety of food items Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Use of automated feeders

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Use of automated feeders Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Alter feeding schedule according to visitor activity

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Alter feeding schedule according to visitor activity Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Hide food around enclosure

Action Link 		Beneficial 6 Carnivores: Hide food around enclosure Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Provide food during visitor experiences

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Provide food during visitor experiences Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Feed individuals separately

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Feed individuals separately Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Change location of food around enclosure

Action Link 		Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) 1 Carnivores: Change location of food around enclosure Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Feed individuals within a social group

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Feed individuals within a social group Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Hand-feed

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Hand-feed Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Scatter food around enclosure

Action Link 		Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) 2 Carnivores: Scatter food around enclosure Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Present food in/on water

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Present food in/on water Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Present food frozen in ice

Action Link 		Likely to be beneficial 4 Carnivores: Present food frozen in ice Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Present food inside objects (e.g. Boomer balls)

Action Link 		Likely to be beneficial 4 Carnivores: Present food inside objects (e.g. Boomer balls) Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Provide live vertebrate prey

Action Link 		Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) 2 Carnivores: Provide live vertebrate prey Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Provide live invertebrate prey, including in feeding devices

Action Link 		Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence) 1 Carnivores: Provide live invertebrate prey, including in feeding devices Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Provide devices to simulate live prey, including sounds, lures, pulleys and bungees

Action Link 		Trade-off between benefit and harms 3 Carnivores: Provide devices to simulate live prey, including sounds, lures, pulleys and bungees Synopsis Link

Carnivores: Use food as a reward in animal training

Action Link 		No evidence found (no assessment) 0 Carnivores: Use food as a reward in animal training Synopsis Link
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