At the animal shelter in Beilen, children can practice what it is like to work at the animal ambulance. For example, reading a cat’s chip, catching a hedgehog, saving a cat or putting a bandage on an animal’s leg. With cuddly toys, that is, not real animals.
And when the children have done all that, they receive a diploma. “We think it is very important that children become aware that animals can be injured and that they should then call the animal ambulance,” says Annemay Bock, coordinator of the animal ambulance in North and Central Drenthe. “The younger they learn it, the faster they know it. So it’s very important to do. And it’s fun.”
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