Animal Behaviour & Psychology

08/01/2020

Meet former student and Animal behaviourist Laura Dennis.
Laura, who studied Animal Behaviour & Psychology at Cornwall College Newquay, is putting her expertise to great use in a dream job working for The Hugs Foundation. 🐴🐎 😀
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Animal behaviourist Laura Dennis is harnessing the healing power of horses in her new dream job. Laura, who studied Animal Behaviour & Psychology at Cornwall College Newquay, is putting her expertise to great use in a new role working for The Hugs Foundation. The Hugs Foundation is a Bodmin-based re...

27/11/2019

Our students got hands-on experience this morning, applying positive reinforcement training techniques used for healthcare checks with endangered Red Pandas FdSc Animal Behaviour & Psychology https://www.cornwall.ac.uk/cornwallcollege/animal-management-veterinary-nursing/fdsc-animal-behaviour-psychology-2-2-2

26/11/2019

Devon and Cornwall Police Dogs visited our campus recently. They gave a talk and demonstration to 1st year FdSc Animal Behaviour and Psychology students about the positive reinforcement techniques and equipment used to train general purpose and specialist detector dogs for service.

16/10/2019

Mark Hanson, author of Revealing Your Hidden Horse, visited Cornwall College Newquay today. Mark gave a fascinating talk addressing and comparing traditional, Natural Horsemanship and science led equine training techniques.

09/10/2019

1st year FdSc Animal Behaviour & Psychology students loved applying their training skills and knowledge with this classroom guest today

01/10/2019

Dogs like a little TV – and researchers have been investigating why.

25/09/2019

A rare spotted zebra foal with what appears to be pseudo-melanistic colouring has been sighted in the Maasai Mara in Kenya.

18/09/2019

Enrichment improves welfare

We still love the basic Kong toy, as well as the variety of other toys made by Kong. But we have to admit, we also love many of Kongs competitors in the food-stuffable toy category. In fact, there are so many its hard to even have favorites anymore! But at a minimum, we think you should be aware of....

17/09/2019

Cornwall College Newquay is an Educational Associate member of BIAZA. This enables us to incorporate and deliver up to date educational material on zoo welfare and conservation research

12/09/2019

Just shows how amazing dogs really are, study animal training with us at Cornwall College Newquay

11/09/2019

Really interesting podcast addressing how environmental sound can be used for conservation purposes

Soundscape ecologist Bernie Krause takes Ian Sample on a journey through the natural world (first broadcast on 15 June 2018)

24/06/2019

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190617175625.htm

Dogs have evolved new muscles around the eyes to better communicate with humans. New research comparing the anatomy and behavior of dogs and wolves suggests dogs' facial anatomy has changed over thousands of years specifically to allow them to better communicate with humans.