THETeach animal rights, their respect and their protection in schools, transforming the care of dogs and cats but also horses, goats and hamsters into educational programs. To promote this objective, theInternational Organization for Animal Protection (Oipa) organized a conference in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Merit.
The appointment, open to all, is for today, Tuesday 30 January at 5pm in the Aldo Moro Hall of the Dicastery in viale Trastevere 76A, in Rome. But you can follow also in streaming on Youtube and connecting to the website of the Ministry of Education and Merit.
Respect for animals must be taught in school, the proposed law
It will be an opportunity to discuss the reform of Article 9 of the Constitution. But also of proposed law Amendments to the laws 20 July 2004, n. 189, and 20 August 2019, n. 92, regarding educational activities for the protection of ecosystems and biodiversity and respect for animals. Deposited at the Chamber of Deputies in 2022, lThe proposed law calls for the inclusion of topics regarding respect for animals in educational programs in schools of all levels. The first signatory of the PDL is the deputy Michela Vittoria Brambilla who will speak together with the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Education, Paola Frassinetti.
From mistreatment of the dog Aron and the cat Leone to bullying and cyberbullying
As Arianna Fioravanti, head of institutional relations at Oipa and moderator of the conference, explains, «Education in a culture of respect towards other species can lead to greater sensitivity towards one’s own kind too». That is, it can also help reduce the phenomenon of bullying and cyberbullying.
The news of recent days is marked by episodes of violence against defenseless animals. «Among these the one of which he was the victim the dog Aron, tied to a chain and set on fire by his own owner. A man who constitutes a danger to the whole of society.” But there was also the case of the Leone cat, skinned alive and left dying on the street in Angri, Campania. And of another kitten, kicked into a fountain by a girl in Alberobello, Puglia.
But also the little goat thrown from the balcony of a farmhouse on the border between Anagni and Fiuggi. Violence filmed with a smartphone, amidst loud laughter, and then published on social media. It’s not a detail: as in the case of bullying against our fellow human beings, bullying against animals also occurs a sounding board on the web. With the risk of producing emulation.
Cruelty to animals, training in cruelty to humans
“Cruelty towards animals is the training for cruelty against men” (“Saevitia in bruta est crocinium cruellitatis in homines”), we read in an aphorism attributed to Ovid.
Teaching respect for animals in school means doing an important preventive action, that undermines the habit of exercising the brutality of the strong on the weak. To prevent innocent beings such as the dog Aron, the cat Leone and many others from being victims. But also so that in general those who are fragile and vulnerable no longer have to fear, and our society is able to achieve higher moral and civil goals.
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