EAZA Webinars
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EAZA Webinars
EAZA Webinars are free and open to all, to support animal management professionals across the wider animal management community. Joining the webinars is a fantastic opportunity to gain professional development from experts in the animal welfare field, which you can apply within your own work to promote evidence-based positive animal welfare.
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Our next webinar
Who? Marcus Clauss, Veterinarian at the Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife (Switzerland), is the Vice Chair of the EAZA Research Committee and Nutrition Working Group, and holds advisory roles for several EAZA TAGs.
What? Manipulating animal reproduction is often taken for granted and reproductive activity is sometimes even excluded from welfare assessments. This actually bespeaks a specific approach to animal welfare. Marcus argues that welfare must be considered within the framework of the reason for keeping a type of animal, and not as an absolute standard. He claims that excluding management euthanasia for population management, combined with restricting reproduction as a matter of course - derived from companion animal husbandry - endangers the viability of zoo populations yet at the same time puts dire constrains on zoo animal welfare.
When? 27 May, 13h00 to 14h00 CET
What is coming in 2026? Get a sneak peek and save the dates!
| Provisional dates | Category | Webinar titles | Speakers | Roles and affiliations |
| 6 May | Welfare | Hoof Trimming : how to and welfare benefits | Sioned Mai Davies-Grimshaw | Peak Wildlife Park; Founder of SD Hooftrimming Zookeeper |
| 27 May | Conservation | Concerns about population viability challenge survival-based and non-breeding welfare traditions | Marcus Clauss | Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and WildlifeEAZA Research Committee EAZA Nutrition Group Advisory roles in Antelope & Giraffe TAG, Rhinoceros TAG, Tapir & Suid TAG |
| 24 June | Welfare | Development of the Dolphin-WET tool | Katrin Baumgartner | |
| 2 September | Welfare | Lighting for nocturnal species in zoos | Grace Fuller & Heleen Post-van Engeldorp | |
| 9 September | Conservation | Breaking Barriers: Women in Conservation | Rebecca Biddle & Fiona Sach | |
| 15 September | Welfare | From Observation to Action: Managing Animal Welfare with Digital and Non-Digital Tools | Amélie Romain | Bureau d'études AKONGO |
| 28 October | Welfare | Lameness (and arthirits) a silent problem - Identification and management in captive species | Matthew Shackleton | BSc (Hons) MSCVetPhys PGCert PTLLS MIRVAP(VP)Harper Adams University - Lecturer in Zoo Science and Veterinary Physiotherapy; Clinical Advisory Panel Member (exotic animals) - Veterinary Osteoarthritis Alliance (VOA); Member of The Institute of Veterinary and Animal Physiotherapists (IRVAP) |
| 4 November at 16:00 CET | Welfare | Interpreting welfare assessments to provide environments where animals can thrive and not just survive | Nikki Boyd | Curator at Sand Diego Zoo |
| 18 November | Welfare | Developing and launching Europe's first public facing animal welfare master plan | Lucy Rutherford | Behaviour and Welfare Scientist at Dublin Zoo. Member of BIAZA Animal Welfare Working Group. |
Join our Welfare Webinar series as expert speaker!
Are you an animal welfare professional? Would you like to support EAZA Members improve this area within zoos and aquariums? Can you talk about a general or more specific topic linked to application and improvement of animal welfare?
We would love to hear from you! Please email us a brief topic overview to academy@eaza.net