Animal Welfare Course

Aim
Students learn about animal welfare in captive animals. They will engage in activities for environmental enrichment, feeding enrichment, and cognitive enrichment. They will also learn basics of behavioral observation and comparative cognitive science which are needed in practicing and evaluating those enrichment activities.
Schedule
#1: Completed successfully on October 15-18, 2024
#2: February 26 - March 1, 2025
Host Researcher
Professor Satoshi Hirata
References: previous guidelines & photo reports
2024 FY
October 15-18, 2024. View Photos
2023 FY
November 24-27, 2023 Read Reports
March 6-9, 2024
2022 FY
December 4-6, 2022. View Photos
2021 FY
December 12-14, 2021
2020FY
Canceled due to the Covid-19 outbreak.
2019 FY
October 21-24, 2019
2018 FY
October 23-26, 2018
2017FY
November 14-17, 2017
2016FY
November 14-17, 2016 View Photos
March 15-17, 2017 View Photos
2015FY
November 24-27, 2015 View Photos
2014FY *
June 17 - 20, 2014 View Photos
* Conducted as Comparative Cognitive Science Course