Good course but some upsetting parts about how cruel some people are with animals

Maybe valuable for someone who doesn't know much about animals.

not challenging enough

Interesting topics, and some good information presented on a variety of issues for many animals and situations. However, presented info is often vague and generalized, some sections discuss very little scientific data to back up claims made, and course is generally not very rigorous or challenging.

Not very useful. Somehow general.

*No Stars*

Another boring animal class that I would not recommend. The teachers do seem nice and well educated however it is still too boring and slow for me.

this course was free now a days, but now demanding 49 dollars.............very poor..............

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I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Causera team, The University of Edinburgh, and the lecturers for offering such an insightful and valuable course. As the Chief Marketing Officer at Animal SOS Sri Lanka, a UK-registered charity based in Sri Lanka, this course has been incredibly helpful in enhancing my knowledge and skills in the field of animal welfare. The comprehensive content and expert guidance provided have significantly improved my understanding of how to support animal welfare efforts more effectively. I am truly grateful for this opportunity and look forward to applying the learnings in our mission to improve the lives of animals in Sri Lanka. Thank you once again to everyone involved in making this amazing course a reality! Best regards, Amal Pathirana Chief Marketing Officer Animal SOS Sri Lanka

Hello, I am Mohammad Amin. I live in Iran. The economic situation of my country is not good. I need to participate in this course to strengthen my resume. I am going to study at a European university. I love veterinary medicine. Please help me so that I can help animals and be a useful human being. The cost of obtaining this degree is high in my country. We make money with difficulty. My father is a worker and he wants me to be a veterinarian. Receiving a degree in this course helps me to study veterinary medicine at a European university. Please accept my request. I have to get this degree. I'm not rich, but with this degree I can be a better human being to serve animals. May God support you. Thanks to the good Coursera team. I hope I can repay your kindness. i love coursera. i love Edinburgh. i love Veterinary

This course gave me a lot of things to think about. For example, the stereotypies exhibited by animals that have had negative experiences reminded me of how some people with autism display stereotypies in their response to sensory stimulation (either hyporeactivity or hyper-reactivity). That might be an interesting thing to explore neurologically, but I know very little about neurology, so hopefully a specialist somewhere will make the connection. Also, I have eleven indoor cats that I believe are in need of more interaction from me and mental stimulation in their environment. I need to work on this. They are all safe from the crazy drivers where I live, but I want them to have fulfilling lives. I guess that's my conundrum: How do my husband and I work and keep my cats happy at the same time?

This course was very informative, and allowed me to expand my knowledge and understanding of animal behavior and welfare issues. The only issue that arose for me during the modules was my issues with what some of the opinions people held were, and how I disagreed with them. However, that is not something to judge a course on. So, if you're interested in taking this course - just be aware that there will be things you don't agree with, yet it's important to understand many different viewpoints. That is something this course taught me. Without people of many different backgrounds and opinions to share their viewpoints, you cannot truly make change or have thought provoking revelations or research ideas.

Thank you to the professors who helped manage and make this course possible!

Considero que es un curso muy acertado y considerablemente informativo donde la persona que lo toma es capaz de comprender los criterios básicos y generales de bienestar animal incluso como algo complejo.

Con este curso realmente se abre paso a la comprensión de los animales como lo que son; animales, y que en su desarrollo necesitan diversos bienes o recursos que deben ser brindados de la mejor manera para minimizar todos los daños físicos y psicológicos posibles.

Un curso bastante bueno para nosotros los amantes e interesados por los animales. Es importante reconocer que los fallos en el desarrollo de un buen bienestar para el animal son problemáticas aún por resolver.

¡Gracias por darnos la oportunidad de aprender! Bastante motivador a decir verdad. Dios los bendiga.

I went into this course thinking it would confirm my beliefs that we shouldn't eat animals. However, I have come to learn that it's not just about the ethics - we're called to look at things from an objective view as well when considering how animal feel, think, react, or why they behave the way they do. It definitely opened my eyes to logical ways of observing and providing for animals that are being raised for foods. I still don't eat meat, but I am more at ease knowing that there are measures put in place for animal welfare based on research and data that suggests animals had a say in how they are housed / treated. I also don't feel as "emotional" or subjectively angry about these things. I'm just glad we've made progress and we're continuing to make progress!

I,, not only, learned lots of very important information on this course about animal behaviour and welfare which is more research based and more dependent on the actual individual animal's perspective -but, it has also helped me to question many of the beliefs and attitudes I had before taking the course. As I continue to process this new knowledge and apply it to my life practically, I believe it will help me become are more informed and passionate advocate of the need to continually strive to improve animal welfare in all areas. Continued rigorous and truly scientific research, which is fully animal centric, is vital to achieving on going improvements in our knowledge and improvements in the actual welfare of all animal species.

Thank you to all the instructors in this course. I do find it useful, interesting and hopefully, I can contribute better to improving animals' welfare now, beyond taking care of my cats.

As a result of my participation in this course, especially the part about farm animals, I have completely eliminated meat from my diet. I had been a semi-vegetarian before. What is learned cannot be unlearned, right?

If I may ask a question regarding your international efforts, could you share your thoughts regarding protection of mountain ions? in Nebraska where I live, hunting is permitted and it's very frustrating to hear about a new law expanding the existing practice.

Thank you again!

Anna Killinger

The "Animal Behaviour and Welfare" course succesfully fulfilled their learning outcomes. The interactive sessions contained efficiently implemented material, which was my personally preferred segment of the course. Nonetheless, I do believe that some segments of the material did feel quite rushed and almost as if they could've gone further with it and still made the material digestible. All in all, I am utterly satisfied with this course and highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in comprehending different approaches for assesing animal welfare, as well as people who would appreciate a bit more insight into our coexistence with animals in different environments.

As an A-Level student (Year 12), who is hoping to go on and study veterinary medicine, this course was very interesting and informative. Due to the Coronavirus my work experience has been put on hold so this course will provide me with a topic to discuss in my vet school interviews. Although it may seem daunting to start a course with seven weeks, I completed it in five days whilst still taking my time to make notes and fully comprehend the material. I would encourage anyone considering taking this course to do so because it will help with your understanding and view on animals which you can use in your daily life (especially if you have a pet of your own).

me encanto este curso por que los animales para mi son como mis hermanos y yo daría la vida por ellos y no quiero que ellos sufran como han estado sufriendo por personas que no los quieren y la verdad me gustaría seguir aprendiendo mas de este curso y felicito por tu gran enseñanza que me dejaron gracias por todo esos puntos que me dieron dolores de cabeza pero pude comprender lo así sea como me aya tocado yo doy mi vida por ellos por que ellos requieren amor de nosotros y pues estoy tan feliz por que mi carrera va hacer de zootecnia gracias mil gracias por todo lo bueno que me dieron para aprender acá en este pequeño curso tan bonito

IF you want a better understanding of what animals of go through this course will provide you with the knowledge and realization. That you might think animals have a pretty nice life, but no. In this course we learn about there welfare needs and there five freedoms that they desire.

Before I took this course I truly believed animals were living a pretty nice live, but after seeing the videos and these amazing perfessors and researches discuss and explain some of the negatives animals have to live with. I am proud to say, this course has opened my eyes to see the true and that everyday people are trying to fix the animals welfare.

The course was amazing, all the content was pertinent but also very interesting, focusing on a lot of topics that even me, as a veterinarian, never put into perspective and never actually gave such deep thought about. All the experts seems very nice and professional, they all talk very fluently with great terminology that, even though english is not my first language (Greetings from Colombia!), it wasn't difficult to understand.

Thank you so much to all the experts for sharing their knowledge with us. Keep the great work!

I enjoyed the course very much and hope to see more in the future!

The course was very concise and accessible. I enjoyed the fact that there was a lot of people involved in the course, each one of them presenting their field of expertise. Sometimes a quiz-based course can be a bit dull, but the hangouts and comments let you question certain topics or practices and add depth to the discussion. I would recommend it to anyone interested in a brief, general introduction to animal behaviour and welfare (do keep in mind that it is not an animal ethics course, but the information provided can help you question or strengthen ethical positions).

Very informative and I appreciate the definitions and terms added for such a limited amount of time. Sources provided are also helpful for additional reading and the course does show that it cares for the learner to be well-informed and to be entertained because this course is also persuasive as each video of the lesson shows visually the environment on what the topic is about-- for example if it is about zoo animals they provide videos related to it and inserts slides as well to show what they are talking about which is very helpful for further understanding.

Very very informative and motivational to sensitize us towards the welfare aspects of all animals, most important is that it opens our eyes to see these animals not from our point of views but try to see their world with their eyes and its not important that what we think, more important is what we do for these sentient animals. Thank you very much for opening our eyes, making us to think in a different way, broader way and specially to sensitize us to focus on various welfare issues and giving special attention towards the BEHAVIORAL part of animal welfare.

This course is amazing. As a Veterinary student, it has really opened up my mind to the various layers in animal welfare.

It has been designed to enable learners make informed decisions and stance on animal welfare. It has equipped me with the right information to make evidence-based arguments on ethical and welfare issues regarding animals. The additional resource materials provided are so amazingly educative. I've loved every step of the journey! Now, more than ever, I'm certain I'm on a bright career path. Exactly where I'd want to be! Animal Welfare it!