Animal welfare has been described as a complex, multi-faceted public policy issue which includes important scientific, ethical, and other dimensions. Improving our understanding of animal welfare, involves the fascinating study of animal behavior as well as the challenge of accessing the emotions of animals.
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Animal Behaviour and Welfare
The University of EdinburghAbout this Course
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Introduction to the Course
What is Animal Welfare and Why Does it Matter?
What We Can Measure We Can Manage
The Truth About Dogs and Cats
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- 5 stars83.18%
- 4 stars14.43%
- 3 stars1.96%
- 2 stars0.23%
- 1 star0.17%
TOP REVIEWS FROM ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR AND WELFARE
Very informative and well put forth. Would have enjoyed a little more science to balance out the ethics. Farm animal week was very interesting and the most enjoyable and informative in my opinion.
A Really great course which is interesting, informative and well executed. The video lectures were top notch and the visuals always suited the narration. Great work by the team behind this course.
Interesting, thank you for making this course available. After taking it I transitioned from being pescetarian to vegan and I wish that more controversial animal rights concerns were more focused on.
Good overview of animal welfare topics. Course is slightly outdated as a lot of the supporting materials cannot be utilized as they were meant to be (e.g. anything using Flash Player).
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