Palmerston North · Online course

Animal Welfare in Palmerston North

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

Full course details

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 & wildlife near Palmerston North

Places in and around Palmerston North where you can see this field in action.

Central Energy Trust Wildbase Recovery (opens in a new tab)
A council-owned wildlife rehabilitation centre in Victoria Esplanade where native birds recover after treatment at Massey's Wildbase Hospital. Its rehabilitation aviaries house species such as kiwi, takahē and yellow-eyed penguins.
Visitors can watch recovering native birds in the public-view aviaries and see how rehabilitation and release are managed.
Wildbase Hospital, Massey University (opens in a new tab)
New Zealand's national wildlife hospital, based on Massey University's Manawatū campus. It treats rare and endangered native birds, reptiles and bats sent from around the country.
Its public information on what to do with injured wildlife is a practical reference for anyone working towards wildlife or vet-assistant roles.
SPCA Palmerston North Centre (opens in a new tab)
The SPCA's animal centre at 93 Napier Road, Terrace End. It lists volunteer roles in canine care, cat and small-animal care, and centre support, and takes foster enquiries.
Volunteering here is a way to build hands-on experience feeding, cleaning and socialising shelter animals.
Manawatū Estuary (opens in a new tab)
A Ramsar-listed wetland at Foxton Beach where 95 bird species have been recorded, including eastern bar-tailed godwits that migrate from Siberia.
A place to practise bird identification and observe migratory shorebirds, ideally around high tide.

What our students say

When I decided that I wanted to study I…

When I decided that I wanted to study I was quite hesitant and wasn’t too sure at first but from the first phone call till even now has been quite amazing.. the tutors are just absolutely great and really friendly and caring… The course is easy to follow assignments not too hard but still challenging… I would recommend them to anyone thinking about online study for sure…

Emma Simmonds

Always helpful and supportive and nice…

Always helpful and supportive and nice to talk to

Suzanne Jeffs

Easy to understand and great support

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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