Wings for Animals is also active in the field of education. Read this wonderful report of a beautiful and educational day in Rotterdam!
At Primary School Passe-Partout in Rotterdam, colleagues and volunteers Vivian and Margot gave their first enthusiastic guest lessons last Friday, 21 November!
This in the context of our educational program “wild animals in captivity as a revenue model in the tourism industry”
In collaboration with teachers, our volunteers Vivian, Margot and Isabelle have developed an interactive PowerPoint presentation.
107 enthusiastic children from groups 7 and 8 of primary school Passe-Partout in Rotterdam, received in this pilot information about how wild animals often are stolen from nature on very young age, in order to then be kept under unnatural and appalling conditions and be used as a revenue model in the tourism industry.
By attracting often uninformed tourists, we as Western holidaymakers are also perpetuating these terrible practices. From cuddling lion cubs, taking selfies with monkeys, snake and dolphin shows, to washing and riding elephants. At first glance, it may seem harmless, but there is a great deal of animal suffering behind it.
We let the children think for themselves and reflect on a piece of ‘animal ethics’, which led to some wonderful conversations and insights.
Wings for Animals is also committed to raise more awareness about what we as humans do to these wild animals, why this happens and how we actually look upon this in the year 2025.
The golden rule for travelling is to know when there is something wrong, like: “can you take a selfie with a wild animal”, or “can you touch the animal or does it have to perform tricks for you?” In that case something is wrong!
Detailed information about this is also available on the “Awareness” page of this website can be found here.
This was the official kick-off of our guest lectures!
Primary schools, teachers or parents who are interested can contact us and our education team (Vivian, Margot and Isabelle) will also gladly come by your school!
The lessons are developed for groups 7 and 8.
