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Teaching children animal welfare is vital because it instills in them responsibility, compassion, compassion and self-confidence, enhancing their self-confidence and their social and emotional development, teaching them problem solving and creativity, contributing to a more humane and less violent society, health and physical benefits, enhancing communication skills, teaching problem solving, providing emotional support, and improving their social and religious behavior.
The importance of learning animal welfare:
Respect for the environment in which the child lives: animal welfare is one of the manifestations of adaptation to the environment in which we live, and control methods of dealing with this environment, and animal welfare develops in the child the tendency to preserve the elements of the natural environment threatened more than ever.
The torture of animals is an expression of the power possessed by man, and raising a child on the welfare of animals means raising him to control the use of force and intellectual and physical superiority ethically and humanely.
Compassion: Dealing with pets is a good way to develop empathy in a child, and some children who experience trauma need the presence of pets in their lives as part of treatment.
-Personal development: the way a child deals with animals and all their surroundings is integral to the development of his personality, concepts and moral system, and reduces behavioral and emotional problems through the development of social skills teaches empathy, non-verbal communication, and the formation of positive relationships with others.
Behavioral and social benefits: Instilling responsibility This requires caring for animals as daily tasks such as feeding, cleaning, and walking, which teaches children to take responsibility and commitment to a dependent organism. Developing social skills Children who grow up with pets are often better able to socialize and communicate with their peers. Reducing violence Research suggests that children who learn animal welfare at an early age are less likely to commit violence against people in the future, and respecting life-giving diversity.
The teaching of compassion for animals extends as a basis for compassion for all human beings, regardless of their race or culture, reducing violence where animal abuse may be an early indicator of violence, early intervention to teach compassion breaks this cycle, and environmental health where respect for animals contributes to the protection of biodiversity and the balance of ecosystems.
The Holy Qur'an and animal welfare: Many people abuse animals, but they do not know that these are spirits and there are many Quranic verses that urge to be kind to them and treat them well and take care of them. Animals have societies just like humans live and reproduce. In Surah al-An'am, verse 38: "There is no beast in the earth; there is no fly flying in its wings, but there is none like it." The verse describes that all animals live in a way that God placed them in communities under the obedience of God and the obedience of God's laws on earth. 41: Do you not see that God gives praise to him who is in heaven, earth, and air? Verse 10: "And he laid her to sleep."
Finally, teaching children animal welfare is very important, as it contributes to building their personality in an integrated manner and promotes many positive values such as empathy, responsibility and respect for life. Animal welfare may seem like a social luxury to some, but what you should know is that educating children is an essential part of raising them to respect the environment in which they live.
بقلم: ا.د/ عاطف محمد كامل أحمد-سفير النوايا الحسنة- مؤسس كلية الطب البيطرى جامعة عين شمس استاذ ووكيل الكلية لشئون خدمة المجتمع وتنمية البيئة والمشرف على تأسيس ورئيس قسم الحياة البرية وحدائق الحيوان – عضو اللجنة العلمية والإدارية لإتفاقية سايتس- والخبير الدولى في الحياة البرية والمحميات الطبيعية والتنوع البيولوجى باليونسكو وبرنامج الأمم المتحدة للتنمية والإتحاد الدولى لحفظ الطبيعة IUCN وخبير البيئة والتغيرات المناخية بوزارة البيئة- المستشار العلمى لحديقة الحيوان بالجيزة ولرئيس الهيئة العامة للخدمات البيطرية لحدائق الحيوان -عضو الجمعية العالمية لحماية الحيوانات -(WSPA)الأمين العام المساعد للحياة البرية بالإتحاد العربى لحماية الحياة البرية والبحرية- جامعة الدول العربية ورئيس لجنة البيئة بالرابطة المغربية المصرية للصداقة بين شعوب العالم
