To hunt or not to hunt? A feeding enrichment experiment with captive large felids

By M. Bashaw, M. Bloomsmith, M. Marr, T. Maple. 2003

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Sources of stress in captivity (2007, background): “Providing live fish in a pool reduced stereotypic behavior in captive tigers, and provisioning with horse leg bones did the same, both for lions and tigers (Bashaw et al., 2003).”
The potential of the human-animal relationship as an environmental enrichment for the welfare of zoo-housed animals. (2011, background): “For example, Bashaw et al. (2003) studied the effects of the presentation of large animal bones and live fish on the behaviour of zoo-housed people less compared to those reared alone, whilst Jago et al.”