Christchurch · Online course

Animal Welfare in Christchurch

Our Animal Welfare course is for you if you want to make a difference and support animal shelters, nutrition, and humane handling.

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What you'll learn

The course is the same online course wherever you study from. Its modules:

1. Subject 1 – Animal Healthcare
2. Subject 2: Animal Wellbeing

See the full Animal Welfare course outline

Animal welfare in practice in Christchurch

The SPCA's Christchurch Centre at 14 Wilmers Road, Hornby, shows animal welfare work end to end: it takes cruelty reports by phone, responds to emergencies seven days a week, rehomes animals by appointment, handles lost and found animals and offers desexing. Animals waiting for homes range from dogs and cats to rabbits and guinea pigs.

The centre has about 40 staff and is supported by more than 500 volunteers, and it lists animal-centre volunteering and fostering roles on the SPCA's national website. For a student of animal welfare, that scale means a wide range of real cases: intake, health checks, behaviour, fostering and adoption matching.

Animal Welfare in Christchurch: questions

Where is the SPCA in Christchurch?

The SPCA Christchurch Centre is at 14 Wilmers Road, Hornby. It handles cruelty reports, adoptions, lost and found animals, rehoming and desexing, and has over 500 volunteers and about 40 staff.

How are animal cruelty concerns reported in Christchurch?

The SPCA Christchurch Centre says all cruelty reports should be made by phone, and that emergencies should not be reported by email or Facebook. Non-urgent concerns can also be lodged through its online webform.

What our students say

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I have been conducting a 12 week course, the information provided has been easy to understand and extremely informative. If at any point i have run into difficulties, my tutor has been there to give assistance and advise me the best way to progress forward.

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