Animal Welfare Education
Education provides opportunities to challenge values, perspectives and behaviours in order to develop a positive attitude towards animals, people and the environment.
Effective animal welfare education can create a sense of compassion, justice and a respect for the value of life. Animal welfare education is important for people of all ages and particularly those training for an animal-related profession.This page provides educators and professionals with the tools, resources and facts they need to integrate the teaching of animal welfare into their work. If you are seeking to develop your own knowledge and skills, please search our training courses on animal welfare.
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Research or Training
This module provides an overview of common welfare problems in companion animals
A review of the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) produced by the University of Edinburgh and Coursera on Animal Behaviour and Welfare.
Many animals are used in educational displays within zoos; this study investigated how this affects their behaviour and welfare.
Articles or Blogs
World Animal Protection believes in the power of young people to change the lives of animals across the world at a huge scale.
World Animal Protection has worked with the veterinary community to establish a system whereby vet schools that demonstrate good standards in...
Emma Milne, TV vet and author, tells us why she believes children and education are the absolute key to improving animal welfare.
Meet the experts
Katie Thompson is a Research Associate working at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Life and Environmental Sciences at Bournemouth...
Dr Kaewta Satayaprasert (Goy) is a qualified veterinarian and is the Veterinary Programmes Office at World Animal Protection.
Ruth is the Global Head of Campaign Mobilisation at World Animal Protection and has a background in teaching.