ECTS
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Course code: BHS20207f14Semester: 2014/2015 summer
Name: Animal Welfare in Zoo
Major: Animal Science
Study Type: second cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 1
ECTS points: 3
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 20 / 0
Lecturer: dr Przemysław Cwynar
Language of instruction: Polish / English
The course taught in English if the group has ≥6 students. The course taught in Polish with a possibility of support in English if the group has <6 students
Learning outcomes: Knowledge: student has advanced knowledge of the maintenance, welfare, trade and transport of wild animals and the underlying risks of zoonotics; student has knowledge of the areas of biology that are related to animal welfare, particularly the culture and the legal protection of wild animals and breeding of these animals; student understands what is the importance of ensuring appropriate conditions for the maintenance of animals in zoos, understands the principles of animal welfare in zoos and their links with animal husbandry and agriculture; student knows the basic concepts of ecology, including the biology and classification of selected species of wildlife and the organization, equipment, facilities management and runs for animals; student indicates the possibility of practical use of knowledge in real life. Knowledge: student has advanced knowledge of the maintenance, welfare, trade and transport of wild animals and the underlying risks of zoonotics; student has knowledge of the areas of biology that are related to animal welfare, particularly the culture and the legal protection of wild animals and breeding of these animals; student understand what is the importance of ensuring appropriate conditions for the maintenance of animals in zoos, understands the principles of animal welfare in zoos and their links with animal husbandry and agriculture; student knows the basic concepts of ecology, including the biology and classification of selected species of wildlife and the organization, equipment, facilities management and runs for animals; student indicates the possibility of practical use of knowledge in real life.
Competences: Student shows interest in updating the knowledge of the biology and maintenance of appropriate living conditions of animals kept in zoos; student is able to schedule a task, adapting them to the test conditions, their equipment and capabilities; student is sensitive to nature as a collection of the cognitive, aesthetic and educational, and tourism and is aware of the importance of biodiversity and promote the protection of expressing the commitment to quality and the future of the environment; student is aware of the risks to humans and animals resulting from the progress of civilization, sees the need for ecology; student has ethical attitudes towards animals.
Prerequisites: zoology, animal hygiene, animal breeding
Course content: Objectives and tasks of zoos and their association with animal husbandry and agriculture. Outline of the history of zoos. A review of selected zoos. Keeping, breeding and welfare of wild animals (EAZA). The organization and arrangement of rooms and enclosures for wild animals. Legal protection of animals in zoos. Washington Convention (CITES). Red Book of animals. Extinct, endangered and threatened with extinction. A review of selected species of animals kept in zoos. The main zoonotic threats. Fieldwork in zoos (Wroclaw, Opole).
Recommended literature: 1. Bell C. E. (red.): Encyclopedia of the World’s Zoos. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago – London 2001. 2. Hutchins M., Thoney D. A., Schlager N. (red.): Grzimek’s Animal Life Encyclopedia. Gale Group, 2003. 3. Komosińska H., Podsiadło H.: Ssaki kopytne. PWN, Warszawa 2002. 4. Sumiński P., Goszczyński J., Romanowski J.: Ssaki drapieżne Europy. PWRiL, Warszawa 1993 5. Sura P.: Encyklopedia współczesnych płazów i gadów. Wydawnictwo Fundacja, Nowy Sącz 2005
Assessment methods: Classes assessment: Classes credit depends of the oral presentation regarding the maintenance of the species of animals housed in the Polish and foreign zoos; presentation should be prepared in a 2-person teams; presence in the classes is mandatory; the student may have one inexcusable absence; each absence (excusable or inexcusable) results in passes a part of the material in written or oral, what depends on the decision of the teacher;Completion of the course: students with valid exercise credit is obligated to pass lectures content in the examination session; the exam time is 45 minutes and includes 20 written tasks; when student fails the final exam at the first time, there is a possibility retake it orally or in writing, no later than up to the end of the examination session in which the subject was made; the minimum course credit to pass is 60% of available points; presence in the exercises is mandatory; student may have only one inexcusable absence; in case of the inexcusable absence student is obligated to pass the relevant part of the material (within 2 weeks of absence the student).
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