What is Humane Education? Humane education is the act of educating people about how to accept and fulfill their responsibility to companion animals, such as cats and dogs, and all forms of animal life. It explains the
consequences of irresponsible behavior and encourages people to see the value of all living things. |
Children who act violently toward
any animal, without intervention to learn to behave properly, may never develop a healthy, empathetic disposition toward any life — be it plant, animal or human. These children may ultimately become a danger to our society
Animals Voice, www.animalsvoice.com - · Kip Kinkel decapitated cats, dissected live squirrels and blew up cows
- · Andrew Golden shot dogs before he turned his guns on his classmates
- · Luke Woodham beat and burned his own dog, Sparkle, describing his dog's painful and tortured death as a "thing of true beauty"
- · Michael Carneal threw a cat into a bonfire
See http://www.psyeta.org/beyond_violence.html for more compelling evidence | Animal Abuse and Youth Violence There has been a reborn interest in the relationship between cruelty to animals, or animal abuse, and serious violent behavior, especially among young offenders, has occurred in the past 20 years. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) presents Animal Abuse and Youth Violence, a report on the psychiatric, psychological, and criminological research linking animal abuse to juvenile- and adult-perpetrated violence. It addresses the challenge
of defining animal abuse and examines the difficulty of deriving accurate incidence and prevalence data for this behavior. Additionally, it explores the relationships between animal abuse and conduct disorder, analyzes the motives of child and adolescent animal abusers, and considers the contexts that may lead to the emergence of animal abuse as a symptom of psychological disorder. The importance of including information about animal abuse in assessments of youth at risk of committing
interpersonal violence is emphasized throughout, and a list of national organizations with programs related to the link between animal abuse and other violent behavior also is provided. For a copy of this bulletin, call the Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse at 800-638-8736 or access OJJDP’s Web site at http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org. |
