{"id":2918,"date":"2014-05-20T18:19:28","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T18:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.net\/blog\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2014-05-20T18:19:28","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T18:19:28","slug":"animal-behaviour-and-welfare-free-online-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animalhealthfoundation.org\/blog\/2014\/05\/animal-behaviour-and-welfare-free-online-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Behaviour and Welfare &#8211; FREE Online Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-user-generated=\"data-user-generated\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The University of Edinburgh logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecampbell.chem.ed.ac.uk\/nanospec\/images\/edinburghcrest.bmp\" width=\"92\" height=\"95\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/d396qusza40orc.cloudfront.net\/animal\/images\/SRUC%20College%20logo%20RGB.jpg\" width=\"112\" height=\"112\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SIGN UP ONLINE:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.coursera.org\/course\/animal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Course at a Glance<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-course-id=\"971742\">5 weeks<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>1-3\u00a0hours of work \/ week<\/div>\n<div>English<\/div>\n<div>English subtitles<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-user-generated=\"data-user-generated\">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.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 data-msg=\"coursera-course-about\">About the Course<\/h2>\n<p>Animals occupy a huge part of the planet and our lives, and although we rely on them for all aspects of our own wellbeing &#8211; food, draught power, medical advances, clothing, sport as well as pleasure, protection and comfort &#8211; often their quality of life is questionable. Appreciating how animal&#8217;s\u00a0experience the world they live in and\u00a0the different behavioural needs of the various species we\u00a0interact with,\u00a0enables us to gain a better\u00a0understanding of their welfare requirements, so that long term improvements to animal lives can be made.<\/p>\n<p>There are now more than 60 billion land animals raised for meat <i>each year<\/i> around the world, and with increasing human populations and a rise in meat consumption in many parts of the world, these figures are set to double by 2050. Added to this is a huge and growing\u00a0world population of dogs and cats, many of whom are strays\u00a0with associated health and welfare issues.\u00a0\u00a0International concern for animal welfare continues to grow with rising demand for measures to protect animals and improve their care and wellbeing. The link between animal welfare and human wellbeing is clear, and yet we still have a long way to go if we are to address welfare needs globally. Finding ways to achieve higher standards of animal welfare, is therefore a key priority for any developed and developing nation. 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