Remember .that special pet you had when ( you were growing up? He was always your Best ef Frienas friend-whether you were happy or sad, kind ot unkind, neat or messy. He was Volume 8, No. 3/September 1984 always willing to share your games, dreams, and feelings. You'll never forget the animal friend who shared your childhood. INSIDE. • • Pet Problems at Home: Pet Problems in the Community 3 Most community pet problems begin in the home-with irresponsible owners. This mini unit is designed to make youngsters more aware of the impact that their actions have on pets and on people. Helping Children Help Animals Kind News Editor Vicki Parker presents the 12 information you need to help youngsters start their The Cover own kindness club-and keep it going. Page3 Everyone loves baby animals. But Making Humane Education a Reality: 18 pet overpopulation is a major The 1984 Humane Education Teacher problem facing communities of the Year nationwide. There are far too many NAAHE honors the accomplishments of the pets and far too few homes for winner and four finalists of the 1984 Humane (_ them, resulting in the euthanizing of Education Teacher of the Year award. over 13 million unwanted animals each year. Teaching about the need Parties With a Purpose: Classroom 23 to control pet breeding is one Parties That Teach About Animals answer. Our cover is by artist Classroom parties with a humane education focus Barbara Morrissey of New Haven, can be an effective teaching tool. Author Christine PagelS Connecticut. Donovan provides readers with suggestions for parties that blend appreciation for animals with learning activities throughout the year.
Kathleen J. Savesky, NAAHE Director; Willow Ann Soltow, Editor, Geraldine Jeffrey, Editorial Assistant; Barbara Dolce, Office Manager; William DeRosa, Also These Features .•. Research Associate; Vicki Parker, Kind News Edi tor; Board of Directors; John A. Hoyt, Murdaugh S. NAAHE Editorial 2 Madden, Patrick B. Parkes, Paul G. Irwin. © 1984, Copy Masters 7 The National Association for the Advancement of Humane Education, all rights reserved. HUMANE A Cat Without a Home: EDUCATION is published quarterly by the National A Read-Along Story 10 Association for the Advancement of Humane Edu That's the kind of memory you'd like your cation, a division of The Humane Society of the Happenings 14 United States. Editorial offices and association The HSUS 1984 Annual Conference: headquarters: NAAHE, Norma Terris Humane Ed students to have one day. Teaching ucation Center, Box 362, East Haddam, CT 06423. A Bonus for Humane Educators 17 humane values isn't always easy. Yet HUMANE EDUCATION welcomes unsolicited manu scripts, photos, and artwork. Materials will not be Research in Review 22 anyone involved in humane education returned unless accompanied by a sell-addressed, Humane Education Calendar 26 stamped envelope. Memberships, renewals, and knows it's worth the effort. Long after changes of address: NAAHE, 2100 L Street, NW, Humane Education Film Reviews 28 Washington, DC 20037. Annual member's dues: $10; What's a Picture Worth? Back Cover your students have forgotten grammar Organizational membership dues: $25. NAAHE mem bership dues are tax deductible to the extent per rules and history dates, they will continue mitted by law. Permission is granted to educators to reproduce with proper credit any page designated Symbols to help you better identify the most appropriate grade levels for lessons: to relate to animals. When you help as a Humane Education Copy Master as well as Clip Art drawings, mini posters, and other pages students build appreciation and respect so indicated. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or format of any other material in this for all creatures, you enable them to issue is prohibited without permission of the create their .own positive relationships publisher. Generally, permission will be granted to organizations and individuals who are working to with animals and to begin building prevent cruelty to animals. Write NAAHE Permis sions, Box 362, East Haddam, CT 06423. Design by memories that they, too, will treasure for Wendy H. Walden, Guilford, Connecticut. Printing by Allied Printing Services, Inc., Manchester, Con a lifetime.\? · necticut, ISSN #0149-8061. EARLY CHILDHOOD PRIMARY INTERMEDIATE JUNIOR HIGH _j NAAHE ED ITO RIAL ;======~===::::::::::::1
et problems in the community who's responsible for them? Often we blame the badly behaved pet, the person who complains about the pet's behavior, or the animal control officer who must deal with the consequences of ~ that behavior. Yet the responsibility for a "E An Attempt E pet's conduct really belongs to someone 0 Q else. It belongs to the pet's owner. -; Community pet problems frequently .<::" -,0 at Definition begin with pet problems at home. Often, I L"""'-""'-"'-_.__- pets develop "problem" behavior-or Director Kathy Savesky behavior that is inconsistent with their owners' wishes-when the pets' needs are not met. An owner, for instance, may fail to recognize an animal's need for companionship. The pet may react by In our travels throughout the country and our Although animal-related activities comprise most of exhibiting such attention-getting behavior frequent correspondence with educators, we at NAAHE the content of humane education lessons, not all lessons as barking or howling. Neglected pets encounter a variety of misunderstandings about the involving animals can be considered humane education. often display disruptive behavior, sensing goals and definition of humane education. School Activities that present animals simply as tools for perhaps that negative response from their officials often confuse the topic with other popular and human study or define an animal's value only in terms owners is better than no response at all. sometimes related "educations" such as humanistic of its worth to humans are inconsistent with the goal of One of the most commonly overlooked education or environmental education. Others think of developing respect for the inherent value (and rights) of needs of pets is consistent training. Pets humane education as simply presenting children with a animals. In addition, activities that incidentally injure may not understand our language, but set of rules for right and wrong behavior toward or cause stress for animals in the name of building they respond to our behavior patterns. If animals. Still others perceive humane education only in appreciation or understanding can actually teach the an owner corrects a dog for barking one terms of content: If a lesson teaches about animals, it opposite of the intended lesson. day, and neglects to correct it for the must be humane education. Although each of these At NAAHE, our programs and materials reflect the same offense the following day, the dog misconceptions relates directly or indirectly to some following definition of humane education, found in the receives a mixed message. aspect of our work, none fully defines the scope and introduction to People & Animals: A Humane Education When an owner makes a pet objectives of what humane education can and should be. Curriculum Guide: choice that is inconsistent with his Humane education, like humanistic education, is Humane education involves far more than the or her needs, problems can arise for concerned with all human values. And as in teaching of simple animal-related content. It is a the pet and the owner. Many environmental education, we are concerned with helping process through which we (1) assist children in prospective owners are unrealistic young people recognize their relationships with the developing compassion, a sense of justice, and a about the time and money they will delicate ecosystem that supports all life on our planet. respect for the value of all living creatures; (2) have to spend on a pet. Or they Yet our goals in humane education differ from these provide the knowledge and understanding necessary choose a favorite breed without other areas in that they focus specifically on those for children to behave according to these considering factors such as available values and understandings that lead to compassionate principles; and (3) foster a sense of responsibility living space and their life-style. All and responsible behavior toward nonhuman as well as on the part of children to affirm and act upon too often when a pet develops poor human animals and toward the environment we all share. their personal beliefs. habits, the owner reacts by doing A primary goal of humane education is certainly to We invite HUMANE EDUCATION readers to use or what is easiest-putting the pet outdoors, help young people develop a system of humane ethics adapt this definition to clarify what is meant by allowing it to roam. Finally, many pets that will enable them to determine appropriate and humane education for those unfamiliar with our field. PET PROBLEMS AT HOME: are victims of the "freedom" attitude inappropriate behavior toward animals (and each In addition, we welcome your use of the long-term the mistaken notion that pets have a need other). However, lessons that simply dictate "kindness objectives established in the definition to provide PET PROBLEMS or a right to roam. One of the most rules" for children to absorb fail to address the facts direction in planning future humane education activities important humane education lessons your and understandings upon which compassionate behavior for your classroom or shelter. \1 students can assimilate is that free-roaming is based and fall short of helping young people form IN THE COMMUNITY pets cause problems for everyone-for lasting and workable systems for making ethical by Willow Soltow people in the community; for other animals, decisions. True humane education objectives focus on domestic and wild; for the pet itself. In increasing knowledge and understanding, developing The content of the September issue of Kind News, NAAHE's children's addition, unaltered, free-roaming pets appreciation and positive attitudes, and promoting contribute to the ever-growing numbers critical thinking based on these attitudes and publication, relates to the theme of this article. If you receive Kind News, we suggest you use it as hands-on material to support the activities covered here. If of unwanted animals that must be understandings so that young people can and will euthanized. choose to behave compassionately. you do not receive Kind News and would like more information about it, write to Kind News, Box 362, East Haddam, CT 06423. 2 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION /SEPTEMBER 1984 3 PET PROBLEMS AT HOME possible owner below. Students should be Who's Responsible? school to determine the number of strays Use the activities that follow to begin prepared to tell why each pet-owner Conclude your discussion of pet in the area and homeowners' attitudes your unit on community pet problems. match is a good one. problems in the home with the "Who's toward those strays. Students should Start with a discussion of pet problems in Responsible?" work sheet that follows prepare their survey questions ahead of the home. Encourage discussion of Which pet would be a good choice for this article. Encourage students to think time and include such questions as: How behavioral as well as physical needs and someone who about the problems animals cause when many stray dogs and cats do you observe focus on why appropriate pet choices and • spends lots of time at home and loves their needs are not met. After completing in the neighborhood on a weekly basis? responsible care are good for the owner to go for walks? the work sheet, have students share their Do these animals cause any damage to and the community as well as the • has a limited amount of money to responses. Discuss: What made the animal your property? Do you approve of pets individual pet. spend on a pet? behave as it did in each example? Why being allowed to run loose? Do you own a • lives in a small apartment that accepts might the people have behaved as they pet? Do you permit it to run loose? How Selecting a Pet pets? did? Have the class vote on the best do you think the problem of stray animals Encourage students to consider how a • is at home much of the time and wants solution for each pet problem outlined in might best be solved? poor decision in selecting a pet might lead an indoor pet? the work sheet. When the survey has been completed, ultimately to a pet problem in the • spends only a small amount of time at have the class tabulate the results. What community. Lead into a discussion of the home each day? PET PROBLEMS IN THE COMMUNITY suggestions for reducing the stray pet factors to consider when choosing a pet • has expensive, new furniture? Community pet problems: the dog who population were proposed? Which ones by pointing out some inappropriate pet • has a big, fenced-in backyard? upsets the neighbor's trash can, the cat do students agree with? Which ones do selections. For instance, someone may who digs in the neighbor's flower bed, the they disagree with? Why? How might choose an Irish setter because he or she Have students consider: Which of the unaltered pet who contributes to the vast keeping pets at home provide a partial has always wanted one, even though the above descriptions points to an individual number of baby animals that nobody solution to the problem of pet person lives in a small apartment and has who should consider owning neither a dog wants. Now that students have had an overpopulation? no place to exercise the animal. nor a cat? Is there any kind of pet that opportunity to consider why the problems Most communities have laws that might be appropriate for such a person? Discuss the things a prospective pet arise, help them to understand the extent require dogs to be licensed and kept on a At the end of the exercise, have owner should consider, such as size of of pet problems in your community and leash or on their owner's property. How living space; the availability of a fenced-in students draw pictures of the pets they what they can do to reduce these problems. do students feel about similar laws yard; the cost of the pet and its food, would like to own. Some students might regarding cats? What community pet medical care, and licensing; the amount of have to change their present living Pets, People, and Property problems might negligent cat owners time needed for grooming, training, and situation in order to be responsible owners Have students organize a survey of cause? Point out that cats often suffer for exercising; and how the pet will fit in with for their favorite pet. Have each student citizens in the neighborhood around your lack of legal status. Because communities tell if his or her life-style would have to the individual's life-style and values. (For change in order to keep the animal; and if a complete unit on making a responsible pet choice, please see our article "So You so, how it would have to change. Want a Pet ... ,"which appeared in the September 1983 issue of HUMANE TEACHING ABOUT EDUCATION, or write to NAAHE, Box Discipline: Yours and Your Pet's 362, East Haddam, CT 06423 for a reprint.) Point out that being a good pet owner EUTHANASIA Animal control officers frequently means more than meeting a pet's physical encounter the following scenario: An requirements. Often it means not letting a Are your students emotionally mature enough to approach the topic of owner makes a poor choice of pet; fails to pet do something that it wants to do such euthanasia and the reasons behind it? As a humane educator, one of your most meet that animal's needs; and unable to Keeping your pet safe at home and having it spayed or neutered is one way of ensuring that as eat chicken bones or scratch the difficult decisions lies in determining the right time to focus on sensitive issues. fewer pets end up at animal shelters. cope with the pet's behavior, turns it out furniture. What problems might the above In many cases, however, even young children are aware that animal shelters are responsible for the death of some animals. To allow children access to this grim to roam through the neighborhood. The cats. Try having students complete Part B owner can no longer afford to feed it? examples cause pet owners? How could fact without presenting the reasons behind it encourages fear and misunderstanding. free-roaming pet, in turn, annoys of the worksheet as a take-home project. What might happen to a pet whose owner each of these problems be avoided? You may want to show one of the films The Animals Are Crying or Who Cares neighbors, presents a traffic hazard, and They can obtain price information based doesn't have time to care for it properly? Explain that being a good pet owner Anyway? to your class to introduce the subject of euthanasia. Be sure to preview often winds up as a shelter responsibility on a trip to the grocery or pet supply sometimes means being disciplined these films first, to prepare yourself for student questions and concerns. (These What community problems would this films are generally inappropriate for use with children below sixth grade.) Follow It to be returned to its owner; fed and cared store and telephone calls to the local lead to? yourself. means doing things that you class viewing of the film with a discussion of children's feelings about euthanizing for until a new owner can be found; or spay-neuter clinic or veterinarian. Or you don't necessarily want to do. Can students animals. Is it fair to kill animals simply because there are no homes available for humanely euthanized. may want to provide students with cost Meeting a Pet's Needs suggest some examples? (walking a dog in them? Why is euthanasia preferable to abandonment? Why is it preferable to To reinforce the concept that time and information yourself. Give students an opportunity to match rainy weather, spending time with your caging an animal for long periods of time? What can pet owners do to ensure that pet instead of watching television, or neither alternative is necessary? money are important considerations Upon completion of the worksheet, pets with appropriate owners. Write the Share with your students the Read-Along story "A Cat Without a Home" before choosing a pet, have students have students discuss: How do answers following descriptions on the chalkboard: being consistent about training) included in this issue of HUMANE EDUCATION. You may want to make copies of complete the "Caring Means Looking compare within the group that focused on a short-haired cat, a long-haired cat, a Encourage students to consider the the story for older students to read themselves or to follow along while you read. Ahead" worksheet that appears at the dogs? within the group that focused on kitten, a long-haired dog, a large dog, a importance of consistent training. How do In addition to discussing the moral dilemma that faces Ellen, encourage students end of this article. Using the work sheet, humans learn about right and wrong to share their feelings about the possibility that Tess might have to be put to cats? In general, which pet required less timid dog who has been mistreated by a sleep. Why is this better than abandoning Tess at the schoolyard? Who is have the class calculate the time and time and money? Why are time and previous owner, a puppy. Have students behavior? How do pets learn about right responsible for the fact that shelter workers sometimes put animals to sleep? Is it money needed to care for one animal money important factors in choosing a discuss what the special needs of each pet and wrong behavior? Why is it important the fault of the shelter workers? Who is really responsible? during its first month with a new owner. pet? How might a pet suffer if its owner might be. Then select individual students to scold your pet every time it Divide the class into two groups. Let one does not consider these factors from the to identify which of the above pets might misbehaves? What must you do every half focus on dogs and the other half on start? What might become of a pet whose make an appropriate choice for each time it behaves well? 4 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION /SEPTEMBER 1984 5 Caring Means Looking Ahead fail to pass laws regarding licensing of of a busy street. She hopes to reunite the Pets: Too Few Homes" work sheet. dog with its owner through the license the Answers to the work sheet appear at the cats, there are often no community funds Part A. to provide for felines at animal shelters. dog is wearing. Jim, however, is making end of this article. After completion of 7. How many hours would you need to care Animal control officers frequently have this difficult. He sees Susan as an enemy the work sheet, have youngsters discuss: How much time would you need to set aside for your pet each month? Divide your no jurisdiction over cats and no means of of the dog. He thinks the kind thing to do The second activity demonstrates the to care for your pet each month? answer for exercise 6 by sixty, the number returning lost cats to their owners. is to let the dog run free. Susan knows of minutes in one hour. Have students form an imaginary city this is wrong. She knows that the dog 1. What things would you have to do for council to consider the problems of stray could be injured or killed by a passing your pet each day? Below list each pet care cats in the community. Select several car. Or it could become lost and starve to As a humane educator, you action that you would have to perform on additional students to represent citizens death. Jim starts to make fun of Susan. can help youngsters to He calls her a "lady dogcatcher" and says the lines at the left. Then guess how many Part B. who have had their property damaged or understand that responsibl~ he is not going to let her catch the dog, minutes each action would take. Write this How much money would you need to care who have been injured by stray cats. pet ownership has number to the right of each action. for your pet? Other students may represent concerned let alone take it to the shelter. implications that extend pet owners and animal control officers. After allowing different students to take beyond the home For an imaginative twist to the exercise, on these two roles, have the class discuss: environment 1. What is the cost of a daily portion of choose a few youngsters to represent the Jim cares about the dog. What mistake food for your pet? ______stray cats themselves. What might be the does he make in directing his anger at feline perspective on this issue? Have each Susan? What are the dog's needs? Does group testify before the mock city council, Jim understand those needs? How does number of kittens born to a female cat 2. What would be the cost of feeding your then let the council decide: What Susan feel? How would you feel if you over a period of time. Does this mean pet each month? Multiply the answer you legislation should be passed to protect were trying to help animals and people that only female pets should be altered? had for exercise 1 by thirty, the average pets, people, and property in the accused you of hurting them? Why not? number of days in a month. community? Concentrate on some of the myths 2. How many minutes would the above The Community and Pet Overpopulation associated with spaying and neutering. actions take each day? Add all the numbers The Community's Role Begin by asking students: What are some in the right-hand column above. _____ While disruptive pets cause problems In addition to the disruptions caused by free-roaming and abandoned pets, most of the reasons that people fail to have 3. What, besides food, does your pet need? for owners and nearby neighbors, stray, their pets neutered? Student answers lost, or abandoned pets can create health communities are also faced with the Hint: What items might you need in order problem of what to do with a multitude might include: expense, concern that the 3. How many minutes would the above and safety problems for the entire to complete the actions you listed above in of unwanted animals. To illustrate the animal will gain weight, or the notion that actions take each month? Multiply your community. As a consequence, it is a pet has the right to experience answer for exercise 2 by thirty, the average Part A? Write the cost to the right of each ultimately the community that must take need for controlled pet breeding, provide students with copies of the "Too Many parenthood. number of days in a month. item. (How about including the expenses of responsibility for the thoughtlessness of Refer to the "Time and Money" work spaying or neutering, one visit to the irresponsible owners. The animal shelter is sheet from the "Choosing a Pet" section veterinarian, and yearly shots? Although the principal organization through which of this article to point out that spaying these costs do not arise every month, they the community fulfills this obligation. and neutering are relatively small costs in 4. What pet care actions would you have to Give students the opportunity to better are important to consider when planning comparison to the overall expense of perform only a few times each week? a few for a new pet.) understand the workings of one caring for an animal. Then have students community service agency by focusing on times each month? Below list each such compare the costs of spaying and action on the lines at the left. Guess how the people who enforce laws regarding neutering with other expenses: the animals. Invite an animal control officer many minutes you would spend each purchase of groceries for one week, the month completing each action. Write this or shelter worker to speak to your class monthly telephone bill, the cost of half a about his or her work. Or arrange for dozen record albums, or two video game number to the right of each action. your students to visit the local animal cartridges, for example. Emphasize that shelter as a class. (For more information these items all eventually run out or wear on arranging such a visit, please see our out, but that an operation to neuter is article "A Visit to the Animal Shelter," good for the entire life of the animal. which appeared in the June 1982 issue of Then have students consider: Is expense HUMANE EDUCATION or write to really an acceptable reason not to have NAAHE for a copy of the article.) your pet altered? Should a person who 5. What is the total number of minutes you In general, how does the community cannot afford to have a pet altered perceive animal control personnel? Do included for exercise 4? 4. What is the total cost of the items in consider acquiring one? exercise 3? ______people in the community always view the Consider with your students some of animal control officer as someone who the other reasons offered for not spaying wants to help animals? To give students a and neutering. Do pets really gain weight 5. What is the total cost of caring for your better understanding of the difficulties The problem is the same in every community: 6. What is the total number of minutes per too many pets and not enough homes to go because they have been altered or because pet for one month? Add your answer for that confront the animal control worker, around. When pets are allowed to breed, often their owners overfeed and underexercise month that you would need to set aside in have them act out the following role-play the only answer is to have their offspring exercise 2 to your answer for exercise 4. them? Invite a veterinarian to speak to I' order to care for your pet? Add your situation. humanely euthanized. Teaching about the your class on the subject of spaying and I importance of spaying and neutering can help I answers for exercises 3 and 5. ______neutering. Most veterinarians agree that I Susan, the animal control officer, is alleviate the community problem of pet I trying to catch a stray dog in the middle overpopulation. (continued on page 19) 6 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 ~ HUMANE EDUCATION /SEPTEMBER 1984 Who's Responsible? ~oo Many Pets: ~oo Few Homes On a separate sheet of paper, answer the D. Mrs. Murray's dog barks a great deal. following questions for each of the When her dog barks, she lets him out into Part A. situations described below. the backyard. The dog barks outside too. The birth rates of dogs and cats are getting seriously out of hand. For every human Mr. Jenson, Mrs. Murray's next door born, there are fifteen dogs and forty-five cats born. Given this information, what 1. Who's responsible? neighbor, complains that the barking dog numbers belong in the chart below? 2. Which of the animal's needs is not being frightens his grandchildren. Mrs. Murray met? says that Mr. Jenson should keep his lhuman 2humans 5humans lOhumans 20humans 3. How could the problem have been grandchildren away from her backyard. avoided without harming the animal? Who's responsible for this neighborhood problem-the dog? Mr. Jenson? the A. Your sister lives in an apartment and grandchildren? or Mrs. Murray? works during the day. She comes home one cats 45 cats evening to find that her new puppy has / ' chewed her best pair of shoes. Who's E. Ralph's cat likes to use Ms. Thompson's responsible for the ruined shoes-the garden as an outdoor litter box. Yesterday Ms. Thompson planted new tulip bulbs. puppy? or your sister? Part B. Today Ralph's cat dug up the bulbs and A female oat has a litter of five kittens. Of these five kittens, two are females. After scattered them. Ms. Thompson is furious. six months, the mother and her two daughters each have a litter of five kittens. B. John's cat scratches the furniture. John Ralph says she should put a fence around Again, each litter has two females. This happens every six months, with each female has bought a scratching post for his cat, her garden. Who's responsible for the bulbs having a litter of five kittens, of which two are females. but so far the cat has ignored it. Several being dug up-the cat? Ms. Thompson? or times, while watching television, John has Ralph? heard the cat scratching furniture. He did Using the information given above, find the answers to the problems listed below. not want to miss his television program, so F. Michael works at the animal shelter. On he did not get up to scold the cat. Who's 1. How many kittens did the mother oat have in the first litter? responsible for the scratched furniture the street where Michael lives there is a the cat? or John? family that owns an unspayed female dog. 2. What fraction were female? Each year the family brings a litter of 3. How many cats are there after the first litter? puppies to the animal shelter. Often there is C. Evelyn has just adopted a dog from the no room at the shelter and the puppies have 4. How many female oats are there after the first litter? animal shelter. The dog is very friendly and to be put to sleep. Michael has talked to the 5. How many litters are produced at six months? likes companionship. Evelyn works during family about this. He suggests that they the day and goes to school at night. A spay their dog. They say it is too expensive. 6. How many kittens are produced at six months? They are thinking of getting rid of the dog neighbor lets the dog go outside three or 7. How many oats are there after six months? four times a day. The shelter staff told because she keeps having too many puppies. Evelyn that the dog was housebroken. But Who's responsible for the fact that the dog 8. How many females are there after six months? each evening, when she gets home from has so many puppies? Who's responsible class, Evelyn finds that the dog has messed for the fact that the puppies have to be put in the house. Who's responsible for the to sleep-the dog? the animal shelter? or Adapted from Zero Pet Population Growth, Los Angeles, California and from the Pet Overpopulation "--1 Teaching Unit, Peninsula Humane Society, San Mateo, California. dog's behavior-the dog? or Evelyn? the family that owns the dog? I I I HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 ~~ HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 I I I I .;:. ·;:· •#:• •.i:• ·;:· ·;:· ·:.:· ·;:· ·;:· I ·;:· •::· •.::· •::· •::· •• .;_:. •• I •'A' ... ••• ·;:· ·J:· •'A" •:.:· •::· I ••• .,, ~ I we're going to find the person who owns this cat, we've got to warned Daddy, "she's going to have to go to the animal I put up lots of signs." shelter." I "Wait a minute," said John. "Have you tried calling the Ellen was shocked. I animal shelter yet?" "But, Dad!" she pleaded. "They kill animals at the shelter." I Ellen made a face. "Why would I do that? All they do is kill "I'm sorry, Ellen," said her father. "But there's no other ACAT I animals." way. At least, she'll have a chance of finding a good home." I ''That goes to show how much you know about animal After school the next day Mandy and John walked Ellen I shelters," said John. He sounded disgusted. "My uncle works home. I at a shelter. He says lots of people find their lost pets at "What are you going to do?" asked John. WITHOUT A HOME I shelters. Besides the shelter finds good homes for the animals Ellen angrily kicked a pebble along the sidewalk. I that are brought there." "I don't know," she muttered. I "Maybe so," said Ellen. "But they still kill the ones that "If she were my cat," said Mandy, "I'd take her to the by Willow Soltow I nobody wants." school playground and let her go. Someone would be sure to I "Well, yes-but they do it for a reason." John explained. take her home once they saw how cute she was. And even if no "My uncle and I talked about it for a long time. He says it one did, Tess would be all right living at the playground. Cats isn't fair to keep animals in a cage forever. He says that don't really need anyone to look after them. They find things putting animals to sleep seems cruel to us. But it's better for to eat outside." the animal than spending its life in a cage. Would you like to But what if Tess couldn't find food? Ellen wondered. What live in a cage with no one to care about you?" if a dog chased her into the street? What would happen if she "No, I guess I wouldn't," said Ellen slowly. became sick or were hit by a car? "Anyway," said John, "I think you should call the shelter "I think you should take her to the shelter," said John. and see if someone is looking for your kitty." He reached "Her real owners might come to get her. Or maybe someone ore than anything in the "She doesn't belong to anyone down and scratched the little cat behind the ears. "Somebody else will adopt her. She might find a really good home and M world, Ellen wanted a on our street," said Ellen. "Or might be trying to find her right this minute," he said. people to care for her." pet cat. So when she saw I'd know." But a telephone call to the animal shelter brought no news of Maybe Tess's real owners wouldn't think of looking for her something orange and furry dart Her mother rubbed the little the eat's owner. Ellen put up her signs all around town. She at the shelter-they hadn't shown up yet. And what if nobody under the bushes near her house, cat behind the ears. "We always secretly hoped, however, that no one would call to claim her wanted to adopt Tess? thought Ellen. she went to investigate. A cold had a cat in my family when I new pet. After three days, no one had. One way or the other, Ellen knew she would have to make rain was falling. Ellen leaned was growing up," she said And after three days of keeping the cat on the porch, Daddy up her mind soon. down and held aside one rain- softly. "Well ... I guess she can seemed all right. What would you do if you were Ellen? 'V soaked branch. Huddled , stay on the porch until the rain "I just know this is going to work," Ellen whispered to the underneath was a small, young lets up. But then I want you to cat one afternoon. Just to prove it, she decided to give the cat cat. go knock on some doors and a name. "Here, kitty, kitty," coaxed find out who she belongs to." "Tess. I'll call you Tess," she said. Ellen thought the little Ellen. "Wonder if she'll let me Ellen nodded slowly. She knew cat looked as if she thought Tess was a perfect name. pick her up?" she thought out the little cat was a stray. She just For a while, things were fine. Tess stayed on the porch. loud. knew it, although it was hard to Daddy stayed off the porch. But each day, Tess grew a little Slowly, gently Ellen reached in believe that anyone could have more restless. She wanted to be in the house. She wanted to be and lifted the little cat out of the deliberately abandoned her. with the rest of the family. wet bushes. The kitten snuggled When the rain stopped, Ellen One afternoon Ellen came home from school early. Someone against the warmth of Ellen's jacket. It began to purr, softly at asked at the neighboring houses. Nobody knew where the cat had left the porch door open. Tess was chasing a scrap of first, then louder. had come from. One woman thought she had seen her a few paper in the living room. Ellen hurriedly scooped her up. She "Mom, look what I found!" Ellen called as she stepped days before, near her garbage cans. put Tess back on the porch. Tess scratched loudly at the door. inside the house. "She was probably hungry," the woman said. "But when I She wanted to come back inside. "Now, Ellen, don't go getting attached to that animal." tried to give her some food, she ran away." That evening while reading the newspaper, Daddy started to Mom's voice sounded worried. "You know your father is Ellen was secretly glad the little cat had run away. But she sneeze. He sneezed and kept on sneezing. Finally, he had to allergic to cats." didn't say anything. leave the room. But it didn't seem to do any good. "I've got an idea," said Ellen. "We could keep her outside. The next afternoon Ellen's friends John and Mandy came That night as he tucked Ellen into bed, he shook his head Lots of people have outdoor cats." over to visit. sadly. Her mother shook her head. "What are you doing?" asked Mandy. "It's just not going to work, honey," he said. "Even if it "Just because other people do it, doesn't make it all right," Ellen was lying on her stomach on the floor, a large, felt-tip weren't for my allergy, it's not fair to keep a cat cooped up on she reminded her daughter. "It's not fair to the cat to leave it marker in one hand. She was carefully printing letters on pieces the porch all the time. We're going to have to find Tess outside all the time. It might get lost or be hit by a car. And of construction paper. another home.'' what would happen to it when the weather turns cold?" Found: orange female cat Ellen felt tears stinging her eyes. She turned out the light so "Maybe we could keep her on the porch," Ellen surprised Please call: 555-2202 Daddy wouldn't see. herself by saying. "If the cat were on the porch, she wouldn't Ellen began asking her friends if they could take Tess. At bother Daddy so much," she added hopefully. "Making signs," she answered. "You want to help?" \"--·"' least if one of her friends took her cat, she'd still get to see "I wouldn't bet on it," answered her mother. "Besides, the "Not really," said John, smiling good-naturedly. "Do we Tess now and then. Her parents asked all of their friends too. cat probably belongs to someone. You'd be taking somebody have to?" But no one wanted a cat. else's pet." "Yes, you have to. Both of you," said Ellen briskly. "If "If we haven't found a home for Tess by this Saturday," HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION /SEPTEMBER 1984 meeting procedures. This may also be the right time to ask each The Role of the Adult Sponsor member what he or she thinks a kindness club is and does. As the adult sponsor of a kindness club, you have a vital but Keep your meeting short. Children get restless in long delicate role in the operation of the club. You will want to meetings. But if time allows, the group may begin a discussion provide guidance and support without assuming control. You Helping Children on setting goals and choosing projects. Your role should be to will need to keep activities organized and moving without provide guidance for the discussion without directing it. Allow becoming dictatorial. The members will need your actual and the members to establish their own goals and guide them moral support in all activities. toward feasible projects to meet those goals. One way to provide support is to publicize the work the Help Animals youngsters are doing. Make contacts with members of the local Determining Problems and Finding Solutions media and keep them well informed. Emphasize the young Begin a goal-setting session by discussing animal problems people's involvement with the projects. Also notify Kind News by Vicki Parker that concern the young people. The problems may cover a when the members have completed a particularly rewarding range of topics and localities, and all ideas should be openly activity. Kind News is about and for children, and stories about received. When the problem list is complete, ask the group to committed young people are often an inspiration to others. choose problems they feel they can help to solve. For a If you feel you need guidance in your role as the club's fledgling club, it is best to begin by choosing a single problem sponsor, you may find that reading HUMANE EDUCATION to attack. Problems associated with a local animal shelter are a magazine is beneficial. The magazine offers teaching materials, good area for action because they give members a chance to see activities, and resources that may be valuable planning tools. quick local results. After a problem has been selected, ask The following is a list of sample activities that may help you volunteers to research the problem by writing for information, get started in planning club projects: inviting speakers to talk with the group, or getting information Direct-Action Activities from the library. • Volunteer to help shelter workers clean, paint, or Once the problem is clearly understood, ask members to landscape the shelter. brainstorm a list of possible solutions or projects. These • Write letters on animal issues to legislators and local solutions may include direct action (''Club members will help officials. paint the shelter"), fund-raising ("Club members will sponsor • Volunteer to help feed, groom, or exercise the animals at love animals and I want to help them. But what can animals. a car wash to help the shelter buy pet supplies"), or public ' ' I the shelter. I do?" Forming a club is not a difficult process, but it does require education ("Club members will make and display posters about ) • Clean up the litter in a park or wildlife area to make it Have you been asked this question by children in your school careful planning. A well-organized club will help motivate the the importance of neutering a pet"). safe for people and animals. or community? Have you wondered how you could build on children to action, while a disorganized club may discourage When the list of projects is complete, ask members to choose • Help the shelter with a public-education or fund-raising this enthusiastic interest in animals to help children develop participation. one project to begin work on immediately. Guide them toward project. compassion for all living things? Have you wondered how to Anyone may form a kindness club. If you work at an animal a realistic project that will show positive results in a short time. organize children so that their participation in special projects shelter, you may want to hold meetings at and affiliate with the Help the members outline the various components of the Fund-Raising Activities will help them develop a deeper concern for and sense of shelter. Teachers often form kindness clubs at their schools. If project and divide up the responsibilities. Try to involve all • Car wash responsibility toward animals? you are not a teacher or a shelter worker, you may form an members of the club, not just a few outspoken individuals. • Bake sale You can help the children in your community help the independent club. Public libraries, churches, or schools will Provide plenty of support during this initial project and offer • Garage or yard sale animals by sponsoring a children's club to promote kindness to often allow small groups to use a room as a meeting site praise lavishly. Your interest may influence participation in • Walk-a-thon animals. These organizations-often called kindness clubs especially if the club involves local youngsters. the future. • Raffle are common around the world. Once you have established a meeting place for your club, you • Newspaper or bottle collection drive The first children's club for animals was formed in 1882 by • Dog wash or walk will need to publicize the first meeting and recruit potential Other Club Activities George Angell, the founder of the Massachusetts SPCA. By members. If the club is sponsored by an animal shelter, In addition to involving members in constructive activities, Public-Education Activities 1894 the Bands of Mercy, as they were called, had grown to publicize your meeting through the shelter newsletter and on kindness clubs also provide an opportunity to increase • Make and display posters on animal issues, such as pet almost 3,500 branches with more than 200,000 members. The shelter bulletin boards. Teachers usually recruit members from children's awareness of animal needs and understandings about overpopulation, leash laws, or dogs in hot cars during Bands flourished until the early 1940's when public education flyers on school bulletin boards and announcements over the animal problems. Speakers such as animal control officers, summer. began to turn from its strong focus on ethics and morality to a schools' public-address system. veterinarians, animal trainers, and environmental protection • Set up a booth to distribute animal literature at more skills-oriented curriculum. In 1959 Mrs. Aida Flemming Sponsors of independent kindness clubs should examine officers can teach members about animals and offer varying community events. introduced the first Kindness Club in Canada to teach children other sources of publicity as well. Local radio stations and points of view on animal issues. Field trips can be arranged to • Write public service announcements about animal to love a,nd respect animals. Thanks to the work of Mrs. newspapers sometimes run public service announcements as an wildlife sanctuaries, veterinary clinics, or dog obedience problems for the local radio station. Flemming, today there are Kindness Clubs in more than a aid to the community. All publicity materials should provide schools. You may also want to help the members plan • Prepare an educational program to be presented to other dozen countries; and kindness club has become a generic term meeting information and a telephone number (probably yours) activities, such as parties with an animal theme, to provide an schoolchildren. for youth groups dedicated to animal concerns. that people may call for additional information. opportunity to simply have fun together. • Write letters to the editor of the local newspaper about Do not be discouraged if your first meeting attracts only five The Humane Society of the United States can supply your animal problems. Forming a Kindness Club or six youngsters. A small club is more manageable and often kindness club with leaflets, and materials on a variety of issues. • Make and distribute a list of animal emergency phone By definition, a kindness club is a group of young people in more active than a very large one, and it is difficult to arrange Many clubs use Kind News, the young people's newspaper numbers for your area. the community who join together for a common goal: to varied activities for more than twenty to twenty-five children. from The HSUS, to keep members up-to-date on important Kindness clubs come in many shapes and sizes. Each club protect and care for animals. Since most children are intrigued The first meeting of a kindness club is primarily happenings that involve animals. (For more information about approaches animal problems differently, but all have one thing by animals, a kindness club is a good vehicle to unify and organizational. At this meeting, you and the members can the children's newspaper, write to Kind News, Box 362, East in common: concerned young people who love animals and mobilize this common enthusiasm. Through a club children can decide how often the club will meet and whether dues will be Haddam, CT 06423.) If your club is large enough, you may want to help them. Let your enthusiasm for both children and learn more about animals and turn their interest and knowledge collected. This is also the time for the members to choose a want to publish your own newsletter to keep members informed animals lead the way. You can help the children help the into responsible behavior by participating in activities to benefit distinctive name for their club, elect officers, and establish of events and animal issues in your community. animals by starting a kindness club in your community now. animal shelters may find that this idea can chael's book represents the first scientific school students through adults and will and responsible pet ownership. Photographs decrease their own pet turnover.'' For fur approach to the controversial topic of farm prove helpful to humane educators plan feature the winners of the SPCA's 1983 Pet FREE PUPPY PAMPHLET ther information, contact Nancy at The animal welfare. It will be of special interest ning a unit on pet owner responsibility or of the Month calendar contest. The cost to OFFERED Delaware Society for the Prevention of Cruel to researchers, veterinarians, agricultural for giveaways at shelters and humane soci individuals is $7.95 each, but humane groups ty to Animals, Route 7, Box 6067, Stanton, engineers, and farm animal scientists as well eties. Puppies, Parents and Kids may be interested in using the calendars to raise The Gaines Cycle Dog Food Company is DE 19804. as to anyone interested in the technical and ordered for the cost of shipping and han money may purchase them for $3.50 each offering My First Puppy, an eight-page ethical concerns of "factory farming." The dling. The cost is $1 for 50 copies, $2 for plus postage. If your group is considering pamphlet designed to help teach children author is director of the Institute for the 100 copies, and $5 for 500 copies. Write to such a project, contact Nita Hemeter, Jef about the responsibilities of puppy owner Study of Animal Problems and scientific di Jean G. Paul, Customer Service, The ALPO ferson SPCA, 207 North Meadow, Metairie, ship. The pamphlet takes an upbeat first rector of The Humane Society of the United Center for Advanced Pet Study, Box 2187, LA 70003. person approach. It does not talk down to MINSTREL PRESENTS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES States. Farm Animals: Husbandry, Behavior, Allentown, P A 18001. young readers. Unfortunately, the pamphlet and Veterinary Practice is available for encourages teaching dogs to catch Frisbees, $24.95 plus postage from University Park Hundreds of years ago, minstrels wan a practice objected to by some veterinarians. Press, 300 North Charles Street, Baltimore, dered the European countryside singing of DAKIN PUPPETS PROVE On the whole, however, the booklet is helpful MD 21201. DOG AND CAT STAMPS legendary figures. Today, Wisconsin's En HELPFUL FUND-RAISERS and accurate. Schools, clubs, and animal wel AVAILABLE fare organizations may order free copies by vironmental Decade Institute is using this writing on their organization's letterhead to same time-honored approach to teach young Glenda Schaefer, humane educator of people. As the "Minstrel for the Environ Teachers who enjoy using rubber stamp Cycle Puppy Book, Box 6214, Kankakee, tive approach to animal observation and the Saint Charles Humane Society in Mis ment" travels from school to school, he SHARING THE EARTH designs on their handouts, quizzes, and IL 60902. appreciation of the environment. Readers souri, writes that the cuddly Dakin animal sings original songs about current environ TEACHING UNIT IS OFFERED work sheets will be interested in hearing should be aware, however, that a number puppets have proved to be great for use in mental issues, performing for youngsters in about Clacritter Designs. Nearly 150 breeds of activities involve capturing insects and humane education fund-raising, as well as grades four through high school. The musi The Sharing the Earth teaching unit packet of dogs and cats are featured in the rubber small creatures for observation, although for use in humane education activities. cal format provides a medium to which stu has been prepared by The Animal Care and stamps of Leslie Falteisek of Clacritter. For the author stresses returning these creatures Glenda reports a measurable increase in NEW ANIMAL ORGANIZATION dents readily relate, according to Vicki Education Center. The sixty-four page a catalog and price information, write Les to the place where they were found. The orders through catalogs and from a number DIRECTORY PUBLISHED Martin, environmental education specialist packet of hands-on materials for humane lie at Clacritter Designs, 623V2 LaBore 195-page paperback book contains a chap of outdoor shows. A puppet show combined for the institute. Humane educators in the education includes forty-four student work Road, Little Canada, MN 55117. ter on techniques for teaching outdoors as with a Dakin fund-raising event may be just A helpful resource guide, The Animal Wisconsin area who are interested in teaching sheets, pre- and posttests, and an attractive well as chapters with activities that focus on the thing for your own local shelter or Organizations & Services Directory, lists students about saving wildlife and the im full-color poster. The packet is designed to trees, plants, seeds, invertebrates, fish, rep humane society. For further information more than 165 groups in the United States portance of a clean environment for animals supplement upper elementary curricula in tiles, birds, and mammals. Nature With on how to use the Dakin animal puppets to devoted to animal protection and welfare. as well as for people will want to contact science, math, social studies, language arts, CALENDARS AS FUND-RAISERS Children of All Ages may be ordered from raise money on behalf of real animals, con Compiled by Kathleen A. Reece, the direc Vicki for information about the minstrel's and career education. Teachers may want your local bookstore or directly from the tact Glenda in care of the Saint Charles tory contains entries for organizations un visits. The organization offers two cassette to purchase these comprehensive packets Nita Hemeter of the Jefferson SPCA re publisher, Prentice-Hall, Inc., General Pub Humane Society, P.O. Box 9, Saint Charles, der various headings-national, state, pro tapes of contemporary environmental songs, individually, or animal welfare organiza ports that the SPCA has 1984-85 Pet of the lishing Division, Special Sales, Englewood MO 63302. fessional, and medical-as well as entries one for elementary grades and the other for tions may use sponsors to place large numbers Month calendars available as fund-raisers Cliffs, NJ 07632, for $10.95 plus postage. for political action committees, animal be junior and senior high students. The tapes of packets in their local schools. The pack for other humane societies. The full-color, haviorists and consultants; zoological soci are available for $6.95 each. The Minstrel ets are available for $15.95 each; or for those 15-month calendars include tips on pet care eties, clubs, and periodicals. Each entry for the Environment Songbook, containing interested in sponsoring placement of the contains complete information, including music and lyrics to the songs on both tapes, packets in schools, sets of five packets may S.H.A.R.E. SHARES HUMANE address, year established, membership re SPCA PROGRAM FOCUSES ON costs $8.95; and a curriculum guide is avail be purchased for $49.95 plus $3.75 postage. EDUCATION RESOURCES quirements, objectives, and publications PET PROBLEMS For more information, contact Ivan Gola able for $3.95. Please add 5 percent sales KINDNESS CLUB CELEBRATES available. tax and $2 for postage and handling when koff, Director of Education, The Animal At about this time last year, a number of TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: The Animal Organizations & Services Di The Delaware SPCA has developed a ordering. For more information, write to Care and Education Center, Box 64, Ran humane societies, animal-control agencies rectory is a helpful source for anyone in new adult education program designed to Vicki at the Wisconsin Environmental Decade cho Santa Fe, CA 92067. Twenty-five years ago Aida and a veterinary association in the Houston, Flemming founded the first terested in keeping in touch with the many solve pet behavior problems before they get Institute, 114 North Carroll Street, Suite Texas area banded together and SHARE different groups devoted to animals. It is Kindness Club. Out of this was born. SHARE, the Society of Humane out of hand. According to Director of Hu 208, Madison, WI 53703. original organization, kindness available for $9.95 plus $1.50 handling from Associations for Resources and Education mane Education Nancy Webb, a recent sur clubs have grown up all over the Animal Stories, 16783 Beach Boulevard, vey of individuals who turned their pets world, introducing the concept represents a united educational effort aimed Huntington Beach, CA 92647. A discount over to the SPCA indicated that over 50 of kindness and compassion at alleviating animal suffering through hu price of $7.95 plus $1.50 handling is extend percent of the animals were turned in toward animals to countless mane education. By pooling staff, resources ed to libraries and animal welfare groups. because of behavior problems. Based on the DR. MICHAEL FOX AUTHORS DOG CARE young people. We, at NAAHE, and ideas, SHARE works to educate more survey, the SPCA decided to design a new NEW BOOK BOOKLET OFFERED would like to offer our than two million Houston-area residents program to address these problems. Staff congratulations to Aida and the about compassion toward animals and pet members planned and developed a series of In his new book, Farm Animals: Husban Kindness Club on its twenty owner responsibility. Among its many ac NEW BOOK HELPS CHILDREN pet care clinics to offer owners a chance to dry, Behavior, and Veterinary Practice, Dr. The Alpo Center for Advanced Pet Study fifth anniversary. For information tivities this past year, SHARE sponsored on beginning a kindness club in EXPLORE NATURE learn more about normal dog and cat behav Michael Fox presents an in-depth analysis has a new offering in their A Dog's Life gift subscriptions of Kind News for the your area, see the article by of intensive farm animal husbandry tech pamphlet series. In the new pamphlet, Pup pediatric wards of all Houston area hospi ior. Within three days of being advertised, Vicki Parker in this issue of tals and began assembling a library of Nature With Children of All Ages by the clinics were filled, leading SPCA staff niques currently in operation in the United pies, Parents and Kids, author Mordecai HUMANE EDUCATION Edith A. Sisson is an attractive book full of to believe that many pet owners simply do States and Europe. He also considers the Siegal provides advice on how to under "Helping Children Help Animals." teaching materials to be made available to inviting activities for learning about nature. not know how to handle the basics of pet need for and benefits of humane reforms as stand and communicate with your dog. The area teachers. For more information on For the most part, the author takes a posi- obedience. Nancy writes, "Perhaps other well as farm animal welfare guidelines. Mi- booklet is appropriate for junior high SHARE and its programs, contact record- 14 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 15 ~HAPPENINGS!::~======-"·· THE HUMANE SOCIETY OF ing secretary, Shelley A. Delperdang, Edu ment of the Peninsula Humane Society. into the world of dogs and cats, the exhibit cation Director, The Houston Humane So Our Wild Neighbors is for use with children aims to make children informed about, re ciety, Box 45528, Houston, TX 77245. in grades 1 through 3. Do Animals Have spectful of, and responsible for the animals THE UNITED STATES Rights? is for grades 4 through 6, and The around them. Kids and Pets is available for Humane Education Teacher's Packet is for rent and comes with pre- and post-visit ma 1984 ANNUALCONFERENCE: preschool and kindergarten classes. Each terials to prepare students for the exhibit packet contains numerous activity sheets, CURRICULUM GUIDE and to follow up their experience with related puzzles, and creative strategies for making FOCUSES ON activities in the classroom. The exhibit can A Bonus for Humane Educators students aware of the needs of animals and be rented on a daily, weekly or monthly NATURE IN THE CITY the responsibility we all share in respecting basis. For more information on Kids and eady fora of the topics to be covered. Regular programs and activities. and caring for the creatures around us. Pets, call the Denver Children's Museum at R recharge? readers of HUMANE EDUCATION will Written by Maura O'Connor and Kathy Following the formal opening of the Cheerful illustrations by Edna Marie Peng MeG/auf/in, Living Lightly in the City: An (303) 571-5198. A full-color Kids and Pets Whether you want to look forward to a special creative-ideas conference on Thursday morning, Drs. and Angela Corbett compliment the three activity guide is also available for $1.25 pick up new ideas session to be conducted by Beverly Blaine Worthen and Frank Ascione of the Urban Environmental Education Cu"iculum kits, which were developed by Dorothy from the Children's Museum, 2121 Cres for humane education, Armstrong and Charlotte Moore, both Wasatch Institute for Research and contains 133 pages of activities designed to Sammut-Tovar and Kim Sturla. Each kit in develop city and suburban children's appre cent Drive, Denver, CO 80211. ~ expand your Evaluation will announce the findings of the serie·s may be obtained for $5 from the understanding NAAHE's two-year national humane ciation of nature. Youngsters are encouraged Peninsula Humane Society, 12 Airport to explore a broad range of topics, including of animal welfare issues and philosophy, education research project. Later that day Boulevard, San Mateo, CA 94401. land use, water resources, city creatures, and or just spend informal time with people they will join Kathy Savesky and Bill conservation measures. Included are trans Do your Ideas. and rnateri~ls.b:Siacnglll who share your commitment to animals, DeRosa of the NAAHE staff to discuss parency designs, activity cards, and work ./:IBP.P.ii9/Qgs? lf.~hef:ftQ, srfntlt11~m:«c, · The Humane Society of the United States how the information and materials from sheets to help teachers infuse environmental . us: .SeiJd $1111Jpleiroate.rlals, lntorm'!.tfotJ, 1984 Annual Conference is the place for the evaluation project can be used to CONFERENCE BRINGS lltJc/; .when avallablf11 b/l.ck-Bf!d .. ~hl~e studies into an existing curriculum. Volume ;phptq{1rapbs .to>HIJppenin~s; .fii(Jft1ANE you. Titled Animals and Society: Critical support and improve local humane I of the curriculum guide is designed for use TOGETHER TEACHERS AND ·~btiC~·lJON, .Box ~62i'r'East Hattdsm, · Times, Crucial Choices, this year's education programs. During a Friday ¢t·li6423. • . . . .. with students in grades K through 3; Vol ANIMAL WELFARE WORKERS conference will be particularly valuable afternoon workshop, Kathy, Bill, and Dr. ume II, for grades 4 through 6. To order, and interesting for humane educators. John McArdle, HSUS Director of send $11.50 per volume (includes postage) Margaret Garvin of the Western Penn The conference opens Wednesday, Laboratory Animal Science, will introduce to the Schlitz Audubon Center, 1111 East sylvania Humane Society reports that the October 24, with a full-day humane materials and strategies designed to Brown Deer Road, Milwaukee, WI 53211. Third Allegheny Conference on Humane education workshop sponsored by Displays of humane education materials from a promote alternatives to the use of live Education was held in Pittsburgh this past NAAHE and featuring members of the variety of sources will be available for viewing animals and dissections in elementary and spring. The conference continues to aid during the humane education workshop Western Humane Educators Association. preceding The HSUS Annual Conference. high school science projects. teachers and youth group leaders in incor Ideas for teaching about controversial For registration details and a complete porating humane education into their ac issues, such as trapping and factory frequent contributors to the magazine. program schedule, write to The Humane HUMANE EDUCATORS: tivities. Sponsors of the conference, the farming; organizing animal clubs for Society of the United States, Conference BE AWARE The humane education workshop will Western Pennsylvania Humane Society, the EVENTS children; writing grant proposals for close Wednesday afternoon with a sharing Information, 2100 L Street, NW, Animal Rescue League of Western Pennsyl humane education; and using volunteers session in which educators from around Washington, DC 20037. Often a teacher does not have the oppor vania, and Animal Friends, have another in education programs are just a sampling the country will share the best of their We hope to see you in San Diego! ~ tunity to preview a film before showing it in conference in the works for next year. If class. In such instances it is necessary to rely your shelter or humane organization is October 13, 1984: Humane Education on the film producer's advertisements. looking for a way to reach out to local 1984-For a Generation More These advertisements can be misleading, educators, why not contact Margaret for Humane Than Our Own. If you're in Where Can You ~urn? causing frustration for teachers and stu feedback on your plans? Write to Margaret the New York City area this fall, plan to attend the symposium held by dents alike. According to Dr. John McAr at the Western Pennsylvania Humane Soci When you need: dle, Director of Laboratory Animal Wel the Humane Education Committee. ety, 1101 Western Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA Designed for teachers and animal A humane education idea in a fare for The Humane Society of the United 15233. welfare educators, the program States, Speaking ofHarvey is promoted as a represents a comprehensive hurry? film that stresses concern for the comfort of gathering of individuals and A humane resource for long-term laboratory animals. Instead, says John, it organizations in the humane teaching plans? education field. For more actually encourages appalling laboratory MUSEUM PROVIDES information, contact: Sheila Schwartz, Teaching strategies for many dif- animal techniques. For further information TRAVELING EXHIBIT Humane Education Committee, P.O. ferent animal-related topics? about Speaking of Harvey, write to John at Box 445, New York, NY 10028. People & Animals: A Humane Education Curriculum Level A-Preschool and Kindergarten The Humane Society of the United States, Kids and Pets, a portable exhibit avail Level B-1st and 2nd Grades 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037. Guide is the unique resource containing 418 teacher able from the Denver Children's Museum, tested activities. Humane education is sensibly Level C-3rd and 4th Grades contains twenty-five hands-on activities blended with traditional curriculum content in Level D-5th and 6th Grades that provide students with firsthand ex language arts, social studies, math and science. $25 each for 1-4 complete guides perience in animal behavior, senses, and CORRECTION $20 each for 5-9 complete guides HUMANE EDUCATION The complete guide is divided into four separate $15 each for 10 or more complete guides needs. Youngsters can try on simulated fur The photograph of the wolf appearing on books, bound together in a three-ring binder. Each TEACHER'S PACKETS AVAILABLE and whiskers, look into "sight boxes," $7 each for individual books for a single level the contents page and page 6 of our June book within the guide covers two grades spanning NAAHE members are entitled to a 10% discount listen to the "hearing wall," crawl through 1984 issue was incorrectly attributed to preschool through grade six: on any guides ordered. Three new teaching packets have been the "smell maze" -all while learning respon NAAPA. This photo is the work of Ed Simp designed by the Humane Education Depart- sible pet ownership. By putting youngsters son. We'd like to express our apologies to Ed. 16 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 17 and NAAHE, the committee has helped (continued from page 6) York: Holiday House, Inc., 1975. Grades Making Humane Education A Reality: humane educators design and develop having a pet altered makes for a happier 4-above. viable programs. The committee's first animal and reduces the risk of some i, c--. symposium, to be held this coming health problems in later life. Films and Filmstrips The 1984 Huma Education October, will introduce the concept of Is the experience of motherhood The Animals Are Crying. 16mm film, 28 humane education to more of the area's important from the animal's point of view minutes, color and sound. Learning teachers than ever before. Humane or from that of the owner? How do Corporation of America, 1350 Avenue of education is well on its way to becoming students feel about an owner who uses the Americas, New York, NY 10019. this excuse to enjoy the arrival of puppies (Available from The Humane Society of 1111\mE .\ or kittens at the expense of the animals? ·'ll\'l\1)1\PIKN i the United States, 2100 L Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037.) Patches. Two-part filmstrip set, Part I: 6 Teacher Happy Pets, Happy Owners, and a Happy minutes, Part II: 6 minutes, color and Community sound. The National Association for the Pets, like humans, have a range of Advancement of Humane Education, Box of the Year different needs. Learning to respond to 362, East Haddam, CT 06423. those needs is one of the most important aspects of responsible ownership. Being a Who Cares Anyway? 16mm film, 26 responsible owner, however, means more minutes, color and sound. Kinetic Film than simply being responsive to your pet. Enterprises, 781 Gerrard Street East, It also means preventing your pet from Toronto, Ontario, M4M 1Y5, Canada. Responsible pet care is just one of the many becoming a problem in the community. humane education topics Mildred Butler covers As a humane educator, you can help Teaching Materials with her students who range in age level from pre-school to grade six. youngsters to understand that responsible The Animal Connection. The American pet ownership has implications that extend Humane Education Society. 350 South hether it's a class of to provide pets with proper care. .& Mildred Butler (left) and Dr. Ann Squire, an integral part of the curriculum in the beyond the home environment. Who's Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02130. W kindergarteners, a roomful of Outreach to her colleagues is a primary director of the ASPCA humane education New York City school system largely as a responsible for community pet problems? science teachers, a group of humane Humane Education Teacher's Packet objective of Mildred's. Although she had department, discuss the Humane Education result of the dedication of Mildred and Not the pet, not the neighbor who educators, or a gathering of sixth grade Committee's first symposium to be held in (Preschool and Kindergarten). Dorothy been personally involved in humane her colleagues. complains about bad pet behavior, not the bilingual students, Mildred Butler is at October 1984. Sammut-Tovar. Peninsula Humane education for some time, attendance at a Committed to furthering her own animal control officer or shelter personnel home with her listeners. In her twenty Society, 12 Airport Boulevard, San humane education meeting sponsored by demonstrate how humane education could education as well as that of others, -but each and every pet owner. Teaching years of teaching and administrative work Mateo, CA 94401. the American Society for the Prevention function as a vital part of New York's Mildred recently completed a one-year young people about their community role in the New York City school system, of Cruelty to Animals prompted her to science curriculum. Mildred is a sabbatical, during which she worked to as pet owners is an important step toward Kids & Critters Superpackets I and II. Mildred has had extensive experience as a become involved with developing and compelling proponent of animal welfare. expand her own background in the subject making better owners as well as a better Beverly Armstrong and Charlotte Moore. classroom humane educator and as a promoting humane education programs In addition, her extensive teaching of animals, animal habitats, and the community. <7 518 Lorraine Avenue, Santa Barbara, CA resource on animal issues for the throughout her school district. She joined experience makes her particularly well interrelationships between plants and 93110. education community in her area. the Humane Education Committee of aware of the needs of other educators. animals. She regularly spends time outside People & Animals: A Humane Education In the classroom, Mildred directs New York City and to date has spent Both factors contributed to the the classroom persuading pet shop owners Curriculum Guide. Kathy Savesky and student activities toward developing an Resources~ much of her personal time assisting in wholehearted response that Mildred to provide information on the care of the Vanessa Malcarne, editors. Washington, understanding of the interrelationships furthering the committee's goal of received from her workshop audience. pets they sell. DC: The Humane Society of the United between all living things-humans, promoting and supporting humane Many of the participants were able to Mildred was nominated for the Humane Books States, 1981. animals, and plants. As a "cluster" education activities in all the New York respond to Mildred as a teacher whom Education Teacher of the Year award by Abandoned. G. D. Griffiths. New York: science teacher at Community Elementary Responsible Pet Ownership. Anne City school systems. Not content to they knew personally. Attending educators one of her colleagues on the Humane Dell Publishing Company, 1976. Grades School 64, Bronx, she visits a number of Whittington. Houston: 1979. contribute to the committee's newsletter; indicated overwhelmingly that the content, Education Committee of New York City, 3-above. classrooms each day. Her youngsters attend meetings and conferences; or to materials, and ideas presented at the coordinator Sheila Schwartz, and by Zero Pet Population Growth: Possible range in age from kindergarteners to sixth The Animal Shelter. Patricia Curtis. New share posters, newsletters, films, and other workshop could be implemented within Stanley Mandel, district science With Your Help. A teaching unit for graders and include bilingual students. York: E.P. Dutton, 1984. Grades 5-9. resource materials with her fellow humane the instructional programs under their coordinator of her school district. Grades 4-6. Zero Pet Population Growth, Endangered species is one of Mildred's educators, Mildred designed and jurisdiction. Many were also enthusiastic As is always the case in education, Cat Walk. Mary Stolz. New York: Harper Box 71267, Los Angeles, CA 90071. particular concerns and a subject that she implemented a committee-sponsored about joining the Humane Education Mildred's efforts reap their own reward and Row, 1983. Grades 3-6. has successfully used to help bilingual workshop aimed at science coordinators Committee itself. and a very special one at that. A students become more actively involved in Nobody's Cat. Miska Miles. Waltham, throughout her district. The enthusiasm In the years that Mildred has been dedicated humane educator in the science. Recently, an endangered species Massachusetts: Little, Brown & Company, generated by her workshop was instrumental involved with the Humane Education country's largest city, she daily influences Answers to "Too Many Pets: Too project executed by her class of bilingual 1969. Grades 1-3. in involving new teachers in humane Committee of New York City, the countless children in the importance of Few Homes" work sheet: Part A. sixth graders was honored at the District 9 1 human = 15 dogs, 45 cats; education programs and in acquainting organization has greatly benefited from humane conduct toward animals. In Pets Without Homes. Caroline Arnold. science fair. 2 humans = 30 dogs, 90 cats; them with facts on animal issues. her thoughtful personality and her sense addition, her work with the Humane New York: Clarion Books, 1983. Grades As an inner-city teacher, Mildred 5 humans = 75 dogs, 225 cats; Until recently, New York City science of commitment. Recently, the committee Education Committee helps to provide K-3. 10 humans = 150 dogs, 450 cats; frequently works with children whose only teachers were encouraged to fulfill their instituted a mini grant program through other educators with the resources they 20 humans = 300 dogs, 900 cats. contact with dogs and cats results from Summerdog. Thorn Roberts. New York: state's mandate on humane education which it offers free materials and support need to enable youngsters to develop Part B. 1. 5; 2. 2/5; 3. 6 (mother and their encounters with strays. Mildred Avon, 1978. Grades 4-6. kittens = 1 + 5); 4. 3 (mother and largely by the use of occasional speakers services to selected New York City kindness and compassion toward animals. strives to help her students voice their Too Few Happy Endings. Margaret daughters = 1 + 2); 5. 3 (mother and programs from animal welfare humane educators. With the donation of NAAHE is proud to introduce HUMANE and daughters 1 + 2); 6. 15 (3 x feelings and fears with regard to stray = organizations. Mildred was instrumental materials or services by such groups as the EDUCATION readers to Mildred Butler Poynter. New York: Atheneum, 1981. 5); 7. 21 (6 + 15); 8. 9 (3 + 2/5 (15) animals, at the same time teaching about in arranging a meeting of district science ASPCA, the Humane Society of New and to have her as our 1984 Humane Grades 5-above. = 3 + 6). the need to reduce pet overpopulation and coordinators from all over the city to York, Bide-a-Wee Home Association, Education Teacher of the Year. <7 Wild Cat. Robert Newton Peek. New 18 HUMANE EDUCATION /SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 198419 determine the number of stray animals in because I am black or white, fat or thin, the area, as well as homeowners' attitudes tall or short, boy or girl. The message is 1984 toward those animals. The survey led to a an important one, and it holds true for all neighborhoodwide student campaign to of Maria's classroom family-animals as educate people on the need for spaying well as people. Humane and neutering pets. Students prepared To see the world through the eyes of posters and developed a brochure to the animals-this is what Maria tries to distribute as part of their campaign. help her students achieve. Maria teaches Education When state legislators proposed language arts to fourth, fifth, and sixth declaring the mourning dove a game bird, graders at Inyokern (California) Barbara and her students again took Elementary School. Humane education Teacher action. They researched the best way to pervades all her classroom activities. contact lawmakers. They gathered Sparkie, the classroom cat, is a great evidence indicating that the mourning help to Maria in promoting humane of the Year dove would be an inappropriate food attitudes. When the little stray cat showed source and game bird. Their efforts Richard Chiger Sam Chattin up at the schoolyard, Maria adopted her resulted in a significant number of letters and had her spayed. Maria has since designed countless classroom activities Finalists and petitions being sent to state another endangered creature and a Sam incorporates humane principles around Sparkie, including open-ended representatives, who eventually withdrew personal favorite of Richard's. The lab into a basic science curriculum using a stories, letter writing, and posters. Daily Maria Morris In addition to introducing HUMANE the proposal. teaches a variety of concepts. Who could program of rehabilitation of wild animals. involvement in feeding, cleaning, and II EDUCATION readers to Mildred On a national level, Barbara's students resist a review of measurement Emphasis is on human responsibility caring for Sparkie helps students learn pet their way into Maria's lessons. One Butler, NAAHE is pleased to honor the have directed letter-writing campaigns in conversion, for instance, if given the toward the animal world and the students' owner responsibility firsthand. But morning, when Maria's students came to jour outstanding teachers who were defense of wolves, burros, mustangs, and opportunity to compare his or her height role as stewards of the earth. Students Sparkie is more than a teaching aid. She class, they discovered paper bear tracks named finalists in this year's Humane whales. In addition, Barbara has acted as with that of an elephant? take responsibility for the care, is an important class member-and a traveling up one wall, across the ceiling, Education Teacher of the Year selection. an adviser to her classes involved in fund Under Richard's guidance, students maintenance, and rehabilitation of favorite with all of the students. and down the other wall of the room. raising projects for a number of animal have carried out a number of successful classroom animals, which often include Recently Maria's classes used what they Lively discussion of how the tracks had and environmental-protection schoolwide issue campaigns focusing on snakes, turtles, ferrets, hawks, owls, had learned to design and produce a got there was followed by various writing organizations. the plight of endangered whales and the opossums, raccoons, and skunks. Sam, 35mm slide show on responsible pet activities. While encouraging youngsters to In her spare moments away from the cruelty of trapping and sport hunting. who has a federal permit to keep and ownership. With help from Maria, the exercise their imagination and improve classroom, Barbara is a talented artist. Regular student activities include making rehabilitate wildlife, receives injured students drafted a script composed of their communication skills, activities such Animals are frequent subjects in her posters, writing letters to legislators, and animals or unwanted pets from ) throughout the community. The only wild excerpts from their essays on pet owner as this enable Maria to convey important artwork. Barbara was nominated for creating original compositions and plays 1-, responsibility and made slides of their lessons on the needs of animals. Young Humane Education Teacher of the Year based on animal themes. animals that remain as permanent drawings of animals. Two students people in Maria's classes learn that all by Richard L. Muller, sixth grade teacher Richard Chiger's students learn to residents of his classroom are those that recorded the script. After having been creatures deserve kindness, compassion, and senior representative at the J. W. appreciate that animals are sentient beings cannot be returned to their natural viewed by the entire school, the sound/ and respect. Chorley School. with whom we must conscientiously share habitat. Virtually all funds for slide show was donated to the chief Maria was nominated for the Humane the earth. He was nominated for Humane maintaining the animals are acquired by animal control officer for the Inyokern Education Teacher of the Year award by Education Teacher of the Year by William students' recycling waste products Richard Chiger area. Patricia Gay on behalf of the Indian Mintz, principal of the Benjamin Coser generated by the school. You could say that finalist Richard Every week classroom instruction Pets aren't the only animals that find Wells Valley Spay and Neuter Program}v Chiger likes animals. He keeps chickens, Elementary School and by Alane LaMedica on behalf of the Citizens League for focuses on such topics as the guinea hens, geese, ducks, turkeys, environment, animal habitats, behavior, parrots, a cow, a goat, three dogs and Animal Welfare. mating; rearing of young, food chains, three cats on his own small farm. Richard and the deflating of myths and likes kids too. A fourth grade teacher at Sam Chattin superstitions regarding animals. In the Benjamin Coser Elementary School in DEADLINE Persuading school administrators to addition, students are trained as keepers Barbara Davis Fallsburg, New York, he is dedicated to support humane education isn't always of different animal species housed in the for 1985 Humane Education Teacher of the promoting humane education principles in easy-as finalist Sam Chattin is well class. As the year progresses, they share Year Nominations Barbara Davis virtually all of his classroom activities. aware. Sam teaches seventh grade science their knowledge in the form of Finalist Barbara Davis utilizes her Set for January 18 Students leave his charge instilled with a at the Scottsburg Indiana Junior High presentations to other classes, adult talents as a teacher and an artist to sense of responsibility and compassion for School. When he began his unique organizations, and national audiences. promote compassion toward and all that lives. humane education program eight years In addition to his work in the Nominations for the 1985 Humane Education Teacher appreciation for animals. Barbara teaches Richard has developed a wide variety of ago, school officials requested his classroom, Sam Chattin has written for of the Year award must be received by January 18, 1985, fifth grade students at the J. W. Chorley activities designed to inspire an informed resignation for bringing sick and injured the National Wildlife Rehabilitation in order to be considered by the selection committee. School in Middletown, New York. In and positive attitude toward all creatures. animals into the classroom. Six years Association, and has contributed articles Eligible candidates include any classroom teacher cur addition to including pet and wildlife He was responsible for designing a later, Sam's program was honored by the to American Teacher, The Science rently teaching ih kindergarten through twelfth grade education as a major part of her daily reading/social studies station using topics Indiana Department of Public Instruction Teacher, and Science Scope. who regularly makes humane education a part of his or classroom routine, she has instituted a on endangered animals. Students using and the National Science Teacher's her classroom activities. For further,information, write number of special projects to help her this individualized learning laboratory Association as the outstanding science Maria Morris NAAHE, Humane Education Teacher of the Year, Box youngsters understand animal issues on a read passages about endangered species, program in the state. Sam's program has 362, East Haddam, CT 06423. local, state, and national level. answer questions, and review maps received numerous other awards to date, In the classroom of finalist Maria With Barbara's guidance, her students showing habitats of threatened animals. and his current school administration is Morris, a handwritten sign reads I have a conducted a survey of citizens in the Richard's unique mathematics laboratory very supportive of his work with children right to be myself in this room. This neighborhoods around their school to is based on the study of elephants- and animals. means that no one will treat me unfairly 20 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 21 ~ UESEAUCH IN REVIEW 1::::::, :::::=::::::=::::::=:~ ~ /-- ' • Differences Between Boys' and Girls' /I;. Attitudes Toward Animals 00 by Bill DeRosa indicate their level of preference for each certain animals. The more positive attitudes • of the thirty-three animals that appeared expressed by the male respondents could ~~ on the questionnaire. When analysis of be explained by the probability that boys, 0 s humane educators, it is important the preferences of different demographic in contrast to girls, are generally more A for us to be aware of factors that groups was complete, it was found that familiar with and less fearful of well , may have an impact on the ways children male children generally liked the known wild animals such as reptiles, 0 think and feel about animals. Age, ethnic thirty-three animals more than female amphibians, fish, and small rodents. and socioeconomic background, place of children did. In the Sanders and BSCS studies, residence, parental values, and peer In contrast to the Collins and however, young people were asked to 0 pressures are just a few of the variables Kellert-Westervelt animal preference react to statements about important and 0 that may influence children's knowledge studies, other research has shown the controversial animal welfare issues. It was and perceptions. One variable that has attitudes of female students toward necessary for the students to actually 0 ~0 0 been proved to have a major effect on animals to be more positive than those of make moral and ethical judgments, not 0 how children perceive the world is gender. their male counterparts. In 1974 G. 0. simply express opinions about animal • • 0 ~ • How does a child's sex affect his or her Sanders conducted a study to determine preferences. The fact that females scored • • attitudes toward animals and animal the impact of several variables, including higher on the attitude surveys that \f welfare issues? Unfortunately, the sex, on the stated concerns of secondary involved greater degrees of moral • research in this area is sketchy and school students about particular animal reasoning supports psychological studies limited, and it is difficult to make broad welfare problems. Students were asked to that suggest that women's moral volunteers, animal control officers, or nature center staff generalizations from the existing studies indicate their level of concern about judgments are linked to empathy and _;by=---C_h_ri_s_ti_n_e_D_o_n_o_v_a_n _____ members to participate in the festivities. alone. Nevertheless, current research does specific problems reflected in a series of compassion to a greater extent than are ---l, )]J suggest certain relationships between sex thirty-one statements. The issues men's. Party Plans and attitudes toward animals. contained in the statements included As humane educators, we are, of September: The first few days of a school year can be a In 1976 Michael A. J. Collins designed trapping, pet overpopulation, hunting, course, limited in the ways we can attempt ou don't have to wait until Be Kind To Animals Week stressful time for students and their teachers. Help students a study that primarily attempted to zoos, rodeos, and others. Sanders found to overcome the differences between boys' Y to have a classroom party that celebrates animals. relax and get to know one another (and you) by giving a determine if there were differences that on twenty-eight of the thirty-one and girls' attitudes toward animals. Since Anytime is a good time to combine a humane education Getting To Know You Reception. Write the names of animals between young men's and women's items, there were significant differences in most of our groups or classes contain program with some good old-fashioned party fun. The on name tags. Give one to each student and wear one yourself. animal preferences. Collins developed an the stated concern of males and females. both male and female students, it may be classroom party can become one of your most successful Provide animal books, dictionaries, and encyclopedias and have animal opinion questionnaire containing In all twenty-eight of these cases, girls inconvenient and even unwise to direct a teaching tools. Traditional holidays take on new meaning when each student briefly research the animal on his or her name tag. the names of thirty well-known (mostly expressed a higher degree of concern than particular lesson to one sex or the other. animal-related activities are included in the festivities. But Ask each child to write down three outstanding characteristics wild) animals. Students in first- and did boys. Nevertheless, there may be times when we don't wait until a special occasion to make a humane education of the animal, to list the animal's favorite foods and where it second-year university biology classes Research conducted in 1982 by the want to help some female students program special. Children love parties any day of the week! lives, and to think of at least one word that describes the were asked to complete the questionnaire Biological Sciences Curriculum Study become more familiar with and, animal in a positive way. For instance, students might describe by indicating whether they liked, disliked, showed similar results to those of Sanders, consequently, less afraid of reptiles, for Party Preliminaries a wolf as wise or a snake as graceful. Have the students write or were neutral toward each of the thirty In this study secondary school students instance, by assigning a project on snakes When you're planning your humane education parties you down the same type of information about themselves. Each animals. The results suggested clear were asked to agree or disagree with a or lizards. Other times we may want to may want to consider the following suggestions: student should also think of an adjective that describes himself differences between male and female series of statements organized into six stress to the class (especially the boys) the • Schedule classroom parties regularly so students will have or herself in a positive way. (You may want to provide forms attitudes. Of the first-year students, for categories, including general attitudes importance of empathy and compassion in something to look forward to all through the year. or work sheets to make this project easier.) When the example, females disliked almost half of toward animals, attitudes toward farm our relationships with animals. Role-play • Let children know about your plans in advance. A poster information has been compiled, have students take turns the animals, while male stude.nts disliked animals, and attitudes toward the use of activities that emphasize similarities announcing a Farewell Party for Extinct Animals or a sharing their animal facts and description words. Don't forget only one-third. Collins also found that animals in research. The results of the between people and animals may be Vegetarian Thanksgiving stimulates students' imagination and to include yourself in the sharing session. You may even want the boys seemed to like a wider range of survey revealed that female students had particularly effective in these cases. The builds excitement. If you're a visiting humane educator, send a to go first to break the ice. With a little advanced .preparation animals and liked individual animals significantly more humane attitudes point to remember is that being aware of large invitation to the class a few days before your visit. you may be able to provide snacks appropriate for the animals better than did the girls. toward animals than did male students. factors that influence children's attitudes • Whatever your theme, serve a nutritious snack in in your menagerie (dried fruit for the primates, sunflower seeds The conclusions drawn from Collins' Although the results of the Sanders and toward animals, like the sex variable, can conjunction with the party. Even a small glass of apple juice for the rodents, etc.) or you can make cookies in the shape of research are supported by the results of an BSCS projects seem to contradict the help us to better direct our humane puts students in a festive mood and makes them feel special. animals. After the presentations, give students tags with their animal preference questionnaire contained conclusions reached by Collins and education efforts to the particular needs • Provide party favors whenever possible. Animal slogan real names and encourage everyone to wear them until you get in an extensive study of children's Kellert/Westervelt, their findings are of our audiences.\? buttons can be fashioned out of construction paper. Or you to know one another better. attitudes and behavior toward animals actually not incompatible. The two studies can use felt-tip markers to write humane messages on balloons. October: Halloween is a favorite holiday for children. conducted by Stephen Kellert and Miriam that showed boys' attitudes to be more For citations, copies of any studies Local animal protection agencies may be able to provide Announce a Halloween party with a poster that says, "Scary reported on in Research in Review, or for Westervelt. In the Kellert-Westervelt positive than girls' used animal preference further information on any topics covered, educational handouts that can be rolled up and tied with Animals Don't Scare Me" and invite students to come dressed as study, second-, fifth-, eighth-, and scales. In these cases students were merely contact Bill DeRosa at NAAHE, Box 362, ribbons or yarn. a scary animal (bat, wolf, shark, etc.). Ask them to read about eleventh-grade students were asked to asked whether they liked or disliked East Haddam, CT 06423. • When appropriate, invite special guests like animal shelter their animals in advance and be prepared to tell their classmates 22 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 23 something special about their choices-something that will increase appreciation for these often misunderstood animals. whom we will never see again. Have a Farewell Party for Make construction paper buttons that say, "I'm special, I'm Extinct Animals. Ask students to prepare a tribute to an extinct _____ ," and as the children describe their animals, have animal of their choice. If possible, provide an illustrated list for them decide how they will fill in the blanks. (A bat's button them to choose from. Have each student make up a song using might read, "I'm special, I'm the only mammal that can fly.") a well-known tune and his or her own words. Reproduce the November: Students who are concerned about farm animals lyrics to everyone's songs and have a song fest. and the ways in which they are raised may be interested in July: If you teach summer school classes or have shelter some alternatives to meat consumption. The first Thanksgiving summer programs, you may want to continue the party fun celebrated, among other things, a successful harvest. With your in July and August. Since summer students may be new to students, plan a Thanksgiving meal that uses only crops. Start each other and to you, you can repeat a Getting to Know You by having students discuss some meatless dishes traditionally Reception-or you might hold an Animal Housewarming. served by their families at Thanksgiving. Your school cafeteria Ahead of time, ask students to make replicas of animal homes may be willing to offer a vegetarian alternative for a and to think about how they would feel if they were to spend Thanksgiving-week lunch selection. See if students can be some time there. To get the ball rolling, show a picture of an responsible for planning the menu and preparing some of the animal home, such as an eagle's nest, and express your own food. (Perhaps you can coordinate this with the school feelings about staying there. For instance, "It looks as if it dietician or refer to Frances Moore Lappe's book Diet for a would be exciting to live here, but I'd be afraid to be up so Small Planet for nutritious vegetarian menu ideas.) Hand out high." Or in describing the home of a wild horse, for example, colorful flyers that explain the vegetarian diet and include a you might say, "The prairie would be a perfect home for me. I recipe for one of the dishes served. love being outside in all kinds of weather.'' At the In the classroom you can have your own celebration. housewarming, display the homes and see if students can guess Perhaps a parent or the chef from a local vegetarian restaurant what animal lives in each one. Ask volunteers to offer their can demonstrate his or her cooking. Or you and your students own feelings about the different habitats. Ask students to vote can whip up a vegetarian snack yourselves. Students can make for Nature's Prettiest Home, Nature's Most Complicated peanut butter balls by combining Y2 cup of peanut butter with Home, or Nature's Most Spectacular View. 2 tablespoons of honey and 2 or 3 tablespoons of nonfat dry August: Have a Surprise Party for Endangered Species. Ask milk. Have them mix in Y2 cup of raisins, divide the mixture students to bring a present to the party. Presents might include into bite-sized balls, and roll the balls in shredded coconut. something they have written, such as a poem, story, or report, Enjoy a taste now and let children take a sample home to their or something they have made, like a picture, cartoon, families. sculpture, or photograph, that will help people understand the December: Traditionally, December is a time for gift-giving. February: Valentine's Day is an ideal time of year to do plight of endangered animals. You may want to display the send an announcement to your hometown newspaper.) Ask Talk to a local wildlife expert and see if there is a gift your something special for a local animal shelter. Have an I Have a collection in your school, shelter, or community library. Since students to think of a slogan for the event and make up printed class could give to area wildlife. (You may be able to make bird Heart for Animals Party. Invite someone from an animal children may not realize that some of our best animal friends balloons ahead of time. feeders or nest boxes for a wildlife refuge, pick up litter in a shelter to speak to your class about how children can help are in danger of becoming extinct, compile a list of easily local park, etc.) Invite the wildlife authority to be your homeless animals-by volunteering at an animal shelter, April: Unfortunately, one of the largest groups of animals in recognizable endangered animals: alligator (American), turtle need of a day of recognition are laboratory animals. World classroom guest and to accept your class gift on behalf of wild helping stray animals, or keeping their own pets safe. Make (green sea), wolf (red), crane (whooping), for example, and let animals. (This would be a good time to give your students a heart-shaped buttons that say, "I have a heart for animals, I Day for Laboratory Animals will be held in April this year, and students take turns representing each one. Have the other you can plan your own Day of Remembrance in honor of these special treat-a wildlife poster or calendar perhaps.) _____," and ask students to make a commitment to students ask questions that require only yes or no answers. animals. Help students investigate state laws regarding the use If you have a classroom Christmas tree, consider making animals by filling in the blank with their own words. ("I have a ("Do you live in the jungle?" "Can you fly?") Be prepared to animal-theme ornaments. Some possible themes include: local heart for animals, I walk my dog on a leash." Or "I have a of animals in school science fairs, contests, classes, etc. Ask assist as the questions become more specific. Give out wildlife, students' pets, endangered species, or United States heart for animals, I volunteer at an animal shelter.") Make a children to come up with some alternatives to using animals in construction paper buttons that say "Surprise, the these areas. Compile a list of their suggestions and have birds. special button for your guest speaker that says, "I have a heart -----is an endangered species" to the students who January: What would students think if you invited them to a for animals, I tell children how they can help." Serve heart students compose a letter to state senators and representatives. correctly guess an animal's identity. birthday party for someone who was 10,000 years old? You can shaped cookies and be sure to ask your visitor to take a batch Encourage legislators to work for more stringent laws regarding find out if you have a Birthday Party for Man's Best Friend. back to the other people who work at the shelter. animals in classroom experiments. If a government official (or Learning Is Fun For over 10,000 years, the domestic dog has played a part in March: In the spring young people's thoughts invariably turn someone from his office) can visit your classroom, present him Not only are humane education parties fun to attend, they're humans' lives. Celebrate with a cake and all the traditional to the outdoors. Many youngsters don't realize that many with a scroll of your ideas. Suggest that interested students fun to plan, so let your imagination roll. You might want to party trimmings. You can make a dog-, bone-, or heart-shaped plants, as well as animals, are endangered. Talk about the food volunteer to give a speech or a slide presentation for the event. include a Bon Voyage Party for migrating animals in the cake and use one candle for every 1,000 years. (See if students chain and why it is so important to protect plant and animal Invite area science teachers to attend. autumn or a Welcome Home Party when animals return in the can guess the total number of years indicated by the candles.) species. In addition to food, plants also provide habitats for May: The first full week in May is Be Kind to Animals spring. Another special group of creatures that deserves a day Read aloud a tribute to the domestic canine. The Literary Dog, many animals. Check with a local horticulturist or university to Week, so you may want to plan a week-long series of humane of honor are those that have been brought back from the brink edited by William E. Malony and Jean-Claude Suares, is a find out what plants are native to your area and which ones education programs. Divide your class into four or five groups. of extinction, like the American buffalo. You might also helpful resource. You may also want to try this party game: could use some helpful bolstering from the human species. Ask each group to plan and host their own celebration based consider having a party for students and their parents that Draw a dog on a large piece of cardboard, cut out the dog and Wild animals depend on the plants within their ecosystems. on the theme People Helping Animals. At the end of the week revolves around the theme of animal offspring. color it in. Then cut up the cardboard like a jigsaw puzzle, Keeping native plants native is one of the simplest ways to let students know how much you've enjoyed their ' Humane education parties teach children about animals. presentations. Make up thank-you notes on small pieces of making enough pieces for each student. On the back of each contribute to the preservation of local wildlife. If March is not They also teach children that learning can be fun. Humane piece, write a canine attribute that has contributed to the dog's too early to do so in your area, have students raise money to paper and use popsicle sticks or straws to fashion them into education parties can do the same thing for you the educator as lasting popularity, such as faithfulness, playfulness, or bravery. purchase a shrub or tree and arrange to plant it in the small flags. Write a different message on each one and give well. Make room on your calendar for some classroom parties Pass out the puzzle pieces. Have students work in teams of schoolyard when the weather is suitable. You may want to seek them to your students. Such messages might include: ''Thank that focus on animals. You'll get a chance to use your you for teaching me about wildlife rehabilitation." Or "Thank twos-one as master, one as dog-and act out the different professional advice on how and where to plant it. You can use imagination and to get to know your students better too. Best you for teaching me about animal-related careers." dog characteristics. Afterward give students a chance to put the tree-shaped paper for invitations and invite parents and other of all, you'll be giving youngsters the opportunity to build puzzle back together again. guests to join in the tree-planting celebration. (Don't forget to June: The end of the school year might be a good time to appreciation and respect for the animals with whom they share talk about separations and reunions-and about those animals their world. \1 24 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 25 bor-or a story character. ships and some problems this and past issues of ( World War 1. In 1954 Presi freedom to worship as they humane objective in mind. panda was imported to the Have students describe the animals suffer. Have stu HUMANE EDUCATION will dent Eisenhower signed a chose. Design a humane Start by having students list United States from China on IIER ways in which the owner is dents make lists of all the provide helpful ideas for bill calling tor recognition of education activity using the individual acts of responsi this day. Take time to in responsible. animals that they encounter young haiku writers. soldiers who died in World theme Thanksgiving is a ble dog care. Have them troduce the plight of this on a particular day. These War 11 and the Korean War. time to say thank you. Begin answer: How could each ac endearing endangered ani IIIIIIII could include family pets, a Today we observe Veterans by having students tell tion be portrayed in a pic mal to your class. Save the ~OCTOBER Day by honoring all who neighbor's pets, wild. animal~, about something that some ture? For instance, the need Panda, a striking film avail or insects. Then, usmg their have served in our armed one has done for them re to have pets inoculated able from the National Geo IEGIIII lists have youngsters write forces. cently for which they would against disease might be il graphic Society, focuses on brief essays examining their Many people are aware like to say thank you. Next lustrated by showing a vet efforts to rescue this en Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi that dogs and horses have have each student imagine erinarian giving the pet a dangered species. Discuss relationships with these ani Halloween "The greatness of a na been used in battles through that he or she is an animal shot. Next put examples of with your students: Almost mals. How do they feel Halloween traditions con tion and its moral progress out history. However, ani- either domestic or wild. En the Peanuts comic strips on everyone loves pandas-so about these animals? Encour tinue to malign bats, among will be judged by the way it courage each youngster to an overhead projector. Allow why are they endangered? age students to consider other animals. In the late fif treats its animals." think about the things that students to refer to these What is the panda's main each relationship from the teenth century, Prince Ulad Born on this day in 1869, their animal needs from comics as they design their food source and what is cur animal's point of view. Is the of Walachia went mad, Mahatma Gandhi helped to pie. For instance, a pet dog own cartoon characters en rently happening to that relationship a positive one executed 23,000 Turkish shape a nation and left a needs food, shelter, medical gaged in acts of responsible food source? What is being from the animal's viewpoint? prisoners and then grimly legacy of nonviolent wisdom care and companionship. pet ownership. done to save pandas? Refer for the benefit of all. Have displayed their heads out Adopt-A-Dog Month mals are still used by the Hav~ students make special young students to the June students research Gandhi's side his castle. Ulad's father Sponsored by Dog/overs armed forces today-in buttons out of construction 1984 issue of Kind News or attitudes toward animals. OCTOBER was Dracul, meaning "The Farm, Inc. and the American TI bJ wound experiments. The Hu paper that read "/ am a DECEMBER Panda (New York: Delacorte Then discuss: What are Devil," and Ulad became Tirn Humane Association, Adopt -----. Thank you for Press) by Susan Bonners for some ideas for nonviolent known as Dracula, or "Son mane Society of the United a-Dog Month is celebrated ----~" For example: information about this en political action on behalf of of the Devil," tor his grisly States is one of a number of during October in animal "/ am a raccoon. Thank you dangered creature. the animals in your com deeds. organizations working to shelters throughout the National Poetry Day for not making a pet of me." munity? Students may want The bat, associated with stop these experiments. For IBir~hday 0 ~ Emily Di«::kinsm~ country. Actually, tor animal Haiku, an ancient form of "/ am a fish. Thank you for to design posters based on the blood-thirsty Dracula, is more information, students "To hear an oriole sing shelter personnel, every Japanese poetry, is often not 1itteri ng my stream." the above quotation in cele the frequent victim of hu may write to The Humane May be a common thing, month is adopt-a-dog written to highlight the When all the buttons have bration of the birthday of man misunderstanding. Bats Society of the United States, or only a divine." month. But during October, beauty, symbolism, and been completed, let each this important historical play an important role in the 2100 L Street, NW, Washing Celebrate the birthday of concerned animal welfare complex relationships in ton DC 20037. The materials student share his or her but this sensitive American poet figure. ecology. Have students re ton with the rest of the DECEMBER workers gain a little extra nature. You can use a study that youngsters will receive by sharing aloud a number search: What is this role? class and tell why it is im help and recognition as they unit on haiku to blend will help to generate class of her works devoted to OCTOBER What creatures are eaten by portant for people to con-. H<'lm!klkal1 a1mdl CluisimaJs strive to find loving owners L[} humane education with an expression of opini~ns o? nature and to animals. Have many species of bats? How Gift-giving plays a part in tor a portion of the 13 observance of National sider the needs of the am does this help humans? this subject. Followmg diS students read: "The robin is these two major religious million puppies and dogs Poetry Day. Share some ex mal he or she represents. As Have students read Randall cussion, students who feel the one," "A bird came holidays. Have your class that are left homeless each amples of traditional nature a follow-up activity, place Jarrell's The Bat Poet (New strongly about the issue down the walk," "A narrow sponsor a gift-giving cam year. Saint Francis Day haiku with your students. all the buttons facedown. York: MacMillan) for a fic may want to initiate a letter fellow in the grass," "The paign for the animals at Adopt-a-Dog Month can In many parts of the Haiku captures meaningful Have students group into tional bat's-eye view of the writing activity directed at rat is the concisest tenant," your focal shelter. Check be used to help students world, this day is set aside moments in time through pairs-one student to repre world that can help build ap federal legislators asking and "The bee is not afraid of with your shelter represen focus on the problems en as the Feast of Saint Fran the use of powerful visual sent an animal; the other, a preciation tor this maligned them to stop these experi me." Then discuss: What is tative first to learn the shel countered by dogs in a cis. Saint Francis of Assisi images. Point out the impor person. Let each pair pick a creature. Have each student ments. For a resource on the poet's attitude toward ter's current needs. Have human world. Encourage lived in the late tenth cen tance of the visual images button and silently act out bring in one favorite fact helping students to write snakes? toward rats? Are students create a bulletin students to discuss: What tury. He is remembered and in the examples you share the animal-human relation about bats. Allow time tor letters to senators and these attitudes conventional board to alert other students problems can a dog encoun revered for his love of with students. Next, explain ship stated on the button for youngsters to illustrate their representatives, please see for the times in which she in the school to the require ter if it runs loose? Why is it animals. Saint Francis Day the structure of haiku: a the rest of the class to guess. facts and share them with our article "Before It's Too lived? Did the poet love ani ments of shelter animals. As important tor dogs as well is traditionally celebrated three-line poem in which the rest of the class. Late" in the June 1984 issue mals? How do you know? part of your display, have a as cats to wear identifica with a Blessing of the the first fine consists of five of HUMANE EDUCATION. Would students have liked list of shelter requirements tion? What happens when Beasts ceremony. Animal syllables; the second line, of NOVEMBER to have had Emily Dickinson printed in large type. Draw a there are more puppies born owners bring their pets and seven syllables; and the ~rn for a friend? Why or why not? box beside each item that than there are homes avail farm animals together to re third fine, of five syllables. TI TI NOVEMBER ~~NOVEMBER can be checked off as gifts able for them? Why is it im ceive a blessing. You might Finally, allow students time are brought in by f!l portant to spay or neuter want to share with your stu to create their own animal DECEMBER students. :f' your pet? To complete the dents Francis: Poor Man of related haiku. Use photo Birthday !Qif C!uuies S~Ch~i2 Tirn v exercise, have students Assisi (New York: Holiday graphs or drawings that sug Veterans Day The popular cartoonist lfiMmlksgiving Charles Schulz was born on write short compositions House) by Tomie De Paola. gest animal issues to spark Originally Veterans Day The first Thanksgiving this day. Have students describing a responsible Saint Francis Day repre students' creativity. Our was known as Armistice Day celebrated many things. The draw their own cartoon dog owner. The owner '?ay sents a good time to encour What's a Picture Worth? because it was the anniver Forst Gia~nt Pand~JJ Arfill'®s on Pilgrims gave thanks for a characters based on Snoopy be someone from real Ide age young people to thin~ department and the photo sary of the signing of the ar Ul® U.S. new way of life and the and Charlie Brown with a a family member or neigh- about human-animal relatiOn- on the inside front cover of mistice in 1918 that ended In 1936 the first giant 26 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 27 FILM REVIEWS~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;; by Argus Archives Recently I made a trip to the local II supermarket. A well-intentioned boy and girl had stationed themselves by the entrance with a covered box. I stopped and looked at the two puppies in the box. The girl said, "We're doing really well-we got rid of four already." She added, "If we don't get rid of these two by Friday, then they go to the pound. " I asked her if she didn't think that "we found homes for" rather than "we got rid of" might better describe her feelings. She thought for a second, seemed to get my meaning, and then agreed. In People Enjoy Pets: Pets Enjoy People, students learn that proper veterinary care is only one of the elements of responsible pet ownership. Teaching young people about the importance of responsible pet ownership and the reasons for controlling pet breeding is important. Equally important ABOUT CATS (1978) is the need to discourage impulse buying This eighteen-minute color sound film is where pets are concerned. The films below an excellent resource for building are designed to make young people aware awareness of an appreciation for the cat. of the long-term responsibilities of pet The film introduces the history of human ownership and to develop an awareness of attitudes toward the cat, as well as the meaning of lifetime care for an animal. responsible cat care and the importance of spaying and neutering. Produced by Ralston-Purina Corporation, the film may PEOPLE ENJOY PETS: be rented for the cost of return postage PETS ENJOY PEOPLE (1980) and insurance from Modern Talking The ASPCA has designed this useful Picture Services, 5000 Park Street North, humane education program for elementary Saint Petersburg, FL 33709. students. The program includes an eighty frame filmstrip, a cassette, a teacher's SMILEY (1979) guide, four student activity sheets, and the Ten-year-old Jesse finds a stray dog and filmstrip script. The set is especially A boy and his pet are reunited in Smiley. The names her Smiley. Although he attempts helpful for developing awareness of the film can be used to stimulate discussion on the to find the people who originally owned needs of pets and of the problems problems encountered by stray animals. Smiley, Jesse becomes very attached to associated with pet overpopulation and the new dog. Smiley disappears for a time stray animals. This fifteen-minute ANIMALS AROUND US: but is eventually returned to Jesse by none filmstrip is available for purchase ($30) CATS AND DOGS (1977) other than her original owners. With from the ASPCA, 441 East 92d Street, Cats and Dogs is one of a set of five teacher guidance, this film may New York, NY 10028. filmstrips from the set Animals Around successfully be used to point out the Us. Featuring beautiful photography, this problems of stray animals and the ONE LITTLE KITTEN: WHERE IS IT? filmstrip focuses on responsible pet importance of leashing and licensing. This (1980) ownership, the need for proper veterinary twenty-minute film is available for Only three minutes in length, this colorful care; and it touches on the problems of purchase ($265) or rental ($25) from Third sound film has been created especially for stray animals. Twelve minutes in length, Eye Films, 12 Arrow Street, Cambridge, preschoolers to first graders. Without the sound filmstrip must be purchased as MA 02138.\7 narration, filmmaker Tana Hoban depicts part of the entire set. The other titles a curious kitten exploring its environment. included are Birds, Fish, and Other Pets, Additional films on pets and other animal A useful tool for developing pet Farm Animals, Zoo Animals, and topics are reviewed in Films for Humane appreciation on the part of young Animals Near Your Home. Animals Education, which may be purchased for children, the film is available for purchase Around Us ($110.95) is available from the $5.75 (postage included) from Argus ($190) or rental ($35) from Texture Films, National Geographic Society, Educational Archives, 228 East 49th Street, New York, Box 1337, Skokie, IL 60076. Services, Washington, DC 20036. NY 10017. 28 HUMANE EDUCATION/SEPTEMBER 1984 WHAT'S A PICTURE WORTH? ~ Autumn means many things to many people ... the beginning •• of school, the onset of cool weather, a time when birds • migrate and other animals prepare for the arrival of winter. What does autumn mean to your students? Is it a time for guns and traps ... or for cameras and binoculars? Is it a time to take life ... or to observe life? Use the study print on the reverse side of this page to illustrate differences in people's attitudes toward nature and wild animals. Discuss with students: What is a consumer? What does it mean to behave in a consumptive manner toward wildlife? How is the boy on the left a consumer of wildlife? What makes the two boys on the right nonconsumers? Help students make a list of human activities that involve wild animals, such as wildlife study, nature photography, fishing, bird-watching, hunting, and trapping. Have students identify which activities are consumptive and which are nonconsumptive. Then have students explore their own relationships with wild animals. Would students describe themselves as consumers or nonconsumers of wildlife? Why do they relate to wild animals in the way they do? AUTUMN Books, movies, newspapers, magazines, and television shows are CHO~CES filled with examples of people engaged in consumptive uses of wildlife. Ask each student to relate one experience in which he or she enjoyed wild animals in a nonconsumptive way. As a follow-up exercise, have youngsters make illustrations of people engaged in nonconsumptive activities that involve wild animals.v NAAHE A Division of The Humane Society of the United States Box362 East Haddam, CT 06423