QoL Workshop AC24
QoL Workshop AC24

Quality of Life Assessment (QoL) Workshop

 

This one day workshop takes place before the EAZA Annual Conference 2024.

 

  📆  8 October 2024  📍 Leipzig Zoo   🕓 9am - 5pm

 
There has been a significant shift in the perception of animal welfare in captive animals over the past three decades, with the Five Domains model being a critical turning point in establishing the fundamental requirements needed to ensure that welfare needs are met. There is however, the necessity to conduct more in-depth assessment of the welfare of specific individuals for which there is an ongoing concern about their health or behaviour.
 
In response, a Quality of Life Assessment (QoL) was produced by BIAZA in 2022 to help members objectively analyse and track the welfare of individual animals. The process involves data gathering of historical information from ZIMS for medical and behavioural studies, along with live behavioural and enclosure use observations to monitor 24-hour activity of the focal animal. All information is then reviewed during a roundtable discussion where the QoL template is completed and mitigating actions defined.
 
This workshop will include hands-on data collection from a range of sources such as videos and husbandry notes, and participants will be involved in completing a QoL assessment. It aims to help staff fully understand the QoL process and how it can influence positive welfare changes across a variety of species.

 

Join us to learn more about the QoL process and its potential!

TUTORS

This workshop will be conducted by the following members of the EAZA Animal Welfare Working Group.

Dr. Holly Farmer, Campaigns and Programmes Manager at Wild Planet Trust; Chair of the EAZA Animal Welfare Working Group;

Dr. Sarah Richdon, Conservation and HE Manager, Programme Lead for Animal Behaviour and Welfare at Bristol Zoological Society; Member of the EAZA Animal Welfare Working Group;

Lisa Clifforde, Animal Welfare Officer at Zoological Society of London; Member of the EAZA Animal Welfare Working Group.

 

FEES

EAZA members 170 € (VAT included)
Non-EAZA members 220 € (VAT included)

The course fee includes all course materials, lunch and refreshments and a certificate of completion. 

EAZA Academy Cancellation Policy:

- If you cancel more than 4 weeks before the course starts no fees apply. 
- If you cancel less than 4 weeks before the course starts you will be charged 25% of the fees.  
- If you cancel less than 2 weeks before the course starts you will be charged 50% of the fees. 
- If you cancel less than 1 week before the course starts you will be charged 100% of the fees.

Participants are responsible for ensuring that the EAZA Academy confirms the cancellation for their course registration.

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