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Animal Welfare

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Explore the latest research and innovative approaches that are ensuring the wellbeing of animals in human care. Learn about Zoos Victoria’s commitment to animal welfare through a science-based and ethical approach, and the implementation of best practice standards. Private workshops, expert-led keynote presentations and free resources are now available for you and your team.

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Workshops

Animal Welfare Principles 

$5566 – business 
$5060 – government or not-for-profit

Expert-led training for people working in animal care and conservation

This 1-day workshop will build your team’s confidence and capacity to assess welfare and implement strategies for continuous improvement. 

You will learn about:

  • Animal welfare science
  • Social license and the rise of ethical wildlife tourism
  • Ways to use an animal welfare code to empower staff
  • Animal welfare risk assessment and annual review processes
  • Real and best-practice examples
Additional training packages are also available for… 
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Keynotes

These 30-minute keynotes are presented by Zoos Victoria experts. You can come to us or we can come to you (additional charges may apply). Keynotes are offered during weekday business hours, excluding public holidays. 

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Animal Welfare 

$545 – business 
$495 – government or not-for-profit 

This keynote presentation explores the evolution of animal welfare science and how it is being used in the zoos of today. Learn how Zoos Victoria cares for animals and practical tips to increase behavioural opportunities for the animals in your life. An audience Q&A session is included. 
 
For zoo and aquaria professionals, a species planning focus is also available. 

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Free Resources

Domains of Animal Welfare 

This video explores the five domains that guide Zoos Victoria’s approach to animal welfare. 

Image Guidelines

Zoos Victoria has also developed Image Guidelines, which are based on the well-supported premise that viewing humans in animal photos can affect public attitudes towards wildlife (Ross, Vreeman & Lonsdorf, 2011) in a way which may lead to unintentionally damaging behaviour, knowledge and attitudes towards wildlife.

This research highlights the importance of understanding the impacts of varying elements of human-animal photography on public attitudes, noting that impacts may vary across different audiences. 

Image Guidelines - (PDF)
Code of Animal Welfare & Ethics 

This document explains the key principles and commitments that guide Zoos Victoria decision-making. 

Code of Animal Welfare & Ethics - (PDF)
Plan for Our Seals 

This video provides an overview of how the guiding principles of ‘Justified, Humane, Effective’ are used to plan seal care at Zoos Victoria.  

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