Education is the key!!
Our teaching centre is now fully up and running and we have been having between 80 and 100 children from local schools coming 4 days a week (that is 1,400 a month!! ). They are here to learn about the importance of taking proper care of animals and having respect for their animals. Most children when asked if they think that animals feel pain say that they do not, and are very upset to learn that they feel pain the same way that we do. We have also composed a song that they sing along to.
They are then given a tour of the centre to visit the inpatients and learn about the work we do here and also the importance of injured and sick animals needing veterinary attention sooner rather than later. We also show them the washing facilities we have and emphasize the importance of "prevention is better than cure" and we explain why removing tack and washing the sweat and dirt off their horses/donkey's back will help prevent saddle sores, something that is seen all too commonly here.
For each group the class teacher takes back with them a pack, that has been kindly provided by PETA, that contains posters that they can then use to decorate their school classrooms with.
We are delighted that we now have a regular stream of children coming and we are even more delighted that the children really enjoy coming here and seem very keen to take on board the messages we are trying to put across to them. Thank you all for the donations received for us to be able to do this.
3 comments:
well done - it all begins with education.........your hard work paid off
wishing you and all your staff a very happy new year
michelle colchester
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Nice going having so many kids in. Education really is key to changing behavior. I'm a member of PETA and am glad to learn they are providing packs and posters.
Excellent. I am really impressed the way the centre deals everything. Education is very important. I was amased that most of children do not realise that animals feel the pain as same as we humans do. Thanks to Ace's education next generations will know how to treat animals with respect.
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