iCatCare Launches Cat Behaviour Course for Feline Wellbeing
People who look after cats as a part of their work, together with veterinary professionals and people working in homing centres, boarding catteries or as cat groomers, are effectively positioned to supply recommendation to optimise their wellbeing. With over 70% of homeowners reporting that their cat experiences behaviour issues,1 the Cat Behavioural Well being Programme from Worldwide Cat Care (iCatCare) goals to considerably enhance cat welfare and assist stop these issues from creating within the first place. Upon completion, learners will be capable to champion cat wellbeing by offering preventative and behavioural first support recommendation, figuring out drawback behaviours and dealing underneath the supervision of scientific animal behaviourists.
Written by 16 internationally famend cat welfare consultants and endorsed by the European Society of Veterinary Medical Ethology (ESVCE), the programme is the beginning of a journey to turning into an iCatCare Behavioural Well being Practitioner and replaces the Superior Feline Behaviour for Veterinary and Cat Professionals programs. With versatile pay-per-module on-line and on-demand supply, the programme is designed to suit simply right into a busy schedule and options up-to-date cat welfare science (together with areas of behaviour, cognition, feelings, human-animal interactions and genetics).
Learners will earn a certificates upon finishing every module constructing as much as the Degree 1 Cat Behavioural Well being Practitioner, which contains 4 studying modules and a last mission module. Planning is at present underway for Degree 2, which can construct on the abilities acquired in Degree 1 with a concentrate on people-centric expertise, comparable to communication, professionalism and ethics, and can embody sensible case research.
That includes partaking and interactive course classes, the programme will even assist these serious about turning into an ABTC Animal Behaviour Technician by contributing to the data and understanding necessities.
Sarah Ellis, Head of Cat Psychological Wellbeing and Behaviour at iCatCare and course director mentioned:
‘The world over are cats which are misunderstood because of an absence of caregiver understanding of their behaviour. Sadly, this may result in inappropriate husbandry and interactions, which may, in flip, result in drawback behaviours. Preventative recommendation and early recognition of drawback behaviours are each key to enhancing cat welfare. This programme permits anybody who works with cats, both instantly or in a distant advisory function, to achieve the data and understanding required to assist promote cat behavioural well being.’
Modules 1 and a pair of (Degree 1) of the Cat Behavioural Well being Programme are actually obtainable to finish on demand at https://go.icatcare.org/catbehealth, with extra modules coming in 2025.
References
1. PDSA. Paw Report 2024 [Internet]. [Cited 11 October 2024] Accessible from: https://www.pdsa.org.uk/what-we-do/pdsa-animal-wellbeing-report/paw-report-2024/cats
