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Introduction to Animal Care and Welfare
1.5-3hrs
beginner levelThis course sensitises you to your responsibilities in terms of providing appropriate care and treatment to animals. We explain how to provide animals with the necessary food and shelter while ensuring that their physical and mental needs are met. We show you how to administer medication and select a pet-sitting service to provide optimal animal health care in order to ensure good health and better lives for the living things in your care.
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Introduction to Animal Care and Welfare
Learn how to care for animals in this free online course that explains how to provide food, shelter, medicine and more.
This course sensitises you to your responsibilities in terms of providing appropriate care and treatment to animals. We explain how to provide animals with the necessary food and shelter while ensuring that their physical and mental needs are met. We show you how to administer medication and select a pet-sitting service to provide optimal animal health care in order to ensure good health and better lives for the living things in your care.
Course description
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Module 15 Lessons
Basics of Animal Care and Welfare
In this module, you will be introduced to the principles of Animal care, and animal histories. You will learn relevant first-aid measures, and benefits of animal nutrition, and also feeding management for dogs and cats, and the factors to consider when choosing a pet-sitting service.
1.Learning Outcomes
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2.Animal Care and Health
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3.First Aid and Nutrition for Animals
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4.Feeding Management and Pet Sitting
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5.Lesson Summary
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Module 21 Lessons
Course assessment
Comments5 Comments
Mika Y.July 29, 2025
It was good for starting to learn about pet care.
Dr. Uqbah I.June 12, 2025
Great course
Londiwe M.May 11, 2025
I enjoyed the course
Emily W.November 27, 2024
cool and education.
Natalie F.October 15, 2024
Absolutely brilliant, I really enjoyed the mixed media and self paced learning. Such a great place to start for any pet owner, animal lover or someone like me who is looking into changing careers to the animal care world! Thank-you for this first step!
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