Animal Welfare

Overview

Animal welfare can be defined in different ways. Anyone working with captive or wild animals should have a clear understanding of the concept and how to promote animal welfare.

Instructions

References and Citations: Integrate in-text citations from your learning materials and any outside credible sources you used. Include full citations in a reference list at the end of the assignment.

• Refer to the for this week and locate one additional scholarly source on animal welfare. Then draft a definition of animal welfare in your own words. Attempt to write a holistic definition of animal welfare that considers biological functioning, affective states, and promotes natural behavior.
• After drafting your definition identify possible types of enrichment for the animal species you are focusing on for your course project. Include one possible example of each type of the 5 types of enrichment (sensory, feeding, social, cognitive/manipulative, and physical enrichment). Remember some enrichment items may cross into more than one category. You may note if this is the case, but still provide 5 total types of enrichment.
• End with a reflection on how the enrichment items you picked may help promote animal welfare given the definition you provided.
• This assignment draws on learning material from your Animal Welfare and Enrichment lecture and the Fraser & Weary reading.
• This assignment will have you draft your animal welfare statement and locate possible types of enrichment for your .

Rubric

Week 4 Assignment 1: Animal Welfare Statement

Week 4 Assignment 1: Animal Welfare Statement

CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Animal Welfare Statement

-Defines animal welfare in own words.

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

5 pts

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Enrichment Examples

-Includes a minimum of 5 examples of enrichment, one example for each of the types of enrichment (sensory, feeding, social, cognitive/manipulative, and physical enrichment).

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

10 pts

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Reflection

-Details how the enrichment items picked may help promote animal welfare given the definition you provided.

-Integrates in-text citations from Learning Materials and/or credible/peer-reviewed sources and includes a full reference at the bottom of the assignment.

5 pts

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Sources

Provides one additional scholarly source

3 pts

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Clarity of Communication

Clearly communicates written and/or spoken ideas using grammar, spelling, and terminology effective for the discipline and target audience

2 pts

Total Points: 25 the animal is a Giant Panda, citations in APA format