Kind Education Official Magazine of ThinkKind Inc.
Winter Issue 2014
MEET OSCAR
The story that will inspire you and change the way you see pet shop puppies
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10 Ways You Can Become an AWESOME Pet Owner! For Parents:
Discussing tough moral subjects with kids
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EDITOR’S NOTE What have you been up to since the school holidays? I’ve definitely been busy keeping warm, drinking lots of hot chocolate and cuddling up with my two amazing pets – Chico the dog and Lulu the cat!
Chico the dog and Lulu the cat
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Animal News
Let’s recap what’s happening in the world with humans and other animals.
10 Ways to become an AWESOME pet owner!
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What does responsible pet ownership mean? Find out how easy it is and learn how to keep your furry friend happy.
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COVER STORY: The real cost of pet shop puppies
Oscar was rescued by Debra from terrible conditions at a puppy factory in Victoria. Years later, his story sparked a movement aimed at ending the farming of puppies for profit.
Our issue this winter is all about pets. We love them, we care about them, and they have become an important part of our families. But did you know that there are thousands of abandoned dogs and cats right now in Australia who don’t have loving homes? Sadly, every year around a quarter of a million dogs, cats, puppies and kittens are killed each year in Australia. Most of these animals are healthy and know how to live with humans, but because there are so many of them, pounds and shelters are always full and are forced to constantly make room to house more. But did you know that this problem can start ending with you? That’s what this issue is all about! Letting you know how you can become a champion for these animals. Our main story this issue is about Oscar, who was saved from a puppy factory and has become the ambassador for putting an end to puppy farming. Get ready to learn all about Oscar’s story and become inspired to make a positive change to the lives of thousands of animals in need! With kindness,
Richie
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The Activity Pages
Fun activities based around the stories featured in this issue - yeeeahh!
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Kind Ed Regulars
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Become a junior activist
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Check out 14 year old Madi’s powerful book about pigs raised on factory farms, and find out how you can also become a voice for suffering animals.
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Parents & teachers page
Discussing tough moral subjects with kids ThinkKind Education Officer Lucy Townsend discusses ways in which parents and teachers can introduce children to challenging subject matters. IN MY TEACHING experience, I’ve come to know that children are highly passionate individuals. Generally, they tend to have a very strong sense of what is just and fair and become highly engaged in conversations about big issues such as bullying, social injustice, environmental problems and inequality. According to children’s psychologist and author Dr Margot Sunderland, parents can help develop compassion and moral concern in their children by being emotionally responsive. Teachers can also play a similar role for their students, in order to help encourage socially responsible citizens. When teachers establish meaningful relationship with their students, respond to their joy and distress in a kind and understanding way, and show that they genuinely care about their thoughts and feelings, they are being emotionally responsive, encouraging their students to be the same. If a teacher has invested time and resources into creating an emotionally safe and secure environment, highly productive class discussions based around challenging moral topics will follow easily.
Teachers can guide a discussion by sharing a story from the media or from their personal experience, and then prompt students to share their reactions. Teachers can spark discussion by asking students what they would do, think, or feel if they were a particular person or animal from the story. The truth is that students are highly likely to be engaged and eager to share their thoughts and opinions. Strategies like ‘think, pair, share’ work well in encouraging this – once a teacher has asked a question, students are given time to think about the question, then to pair up and sit knee to knee with another student, followed by sharing and discussing their thoughts with one another. This helps them to think critically about complex topics, learn to respect different perspectives, and gain confidence in their own thoughts and ideas about the world around them, as well as their own potential to make a positive impact on the lives of others. Reference: Sunderland, M. (2006). The Science of Parenting. New York: DK Publishing.
Extending our reach IN OUR BID to reach more teachers across the country, our resources are now on Scootle! ThinkKind teaching resources are linked to the Australian Curriculum and can now be easily found by thousands of schoolteachers in the Scootle community.
New lesson plan: Australian birds A HIGH SCHOOL teacher in Queensland wrote to us about her students taunting local native birds at their school. She asked us if we had any resources that could help her students realise the importance of treating local wildlife with respect and compassion. At the time we didn’t, but luckily our Education Officer Lucy was on it right away, and developed a new resource that would encourage the students to see themselves as caretakers, and learn more about these amazing animals. Download it free on our website and get your class involved too!
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Creating young storytellers and truth seekers
Neroli Colvin, a former Fairfax Media journalist who now works as a training and communication consultant, explores the value of equipping young students with important journalism skills to help develop their critical thinking, written communication and media awareness. By turning students into ‘cub reporters’ for a few weeks, children picked up some very valuable life skills. WE’RE USED TO thinking of schools’ main role as being to produce literate, numerate and well-socialised citizens – and, nowadays, citizens who are technologically competent as well. The new national
curriculum recognises that critical and creative thinking, ethical understanding and intercultural understanding are also essential for living and working successfully in the 21st century – yet often these capabilities don’t get the same attention as more ‘traditional’ skill areas. Students have to think for themselves more than ever before – not only during class activities, but in their lives outside the classroom. Rule books have been replaced by tool kits – the aim being to equip students with a range of resources they can draw on in different educational and social contexts. Things that used to be left to the adults are now recognised as the concern of children, too – issues such as financial responsibility, sustainability and social cohesion. A pilot program run at an independent school in Western Sydney in 2012-13 set out to enhance students’ critical and creative thinking, ethical understanding and intercultural understanding by turning students aged 10-15 into ‘cub reporters’ for a few weeks. Over the course of several workshops, these journalists-in-the-making were coached on how to research and write articles on school events, their own interests Kind Education Magazine
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and issues they felt passionate about. They then worked together to edit and publish news reports, feature stories and opinion pieces on their own website. In doing so, they learnt how to interview people, take notes, distinguish fact from comment, question their assumptions, engage with different perspectives, and consider publishing ethics. In the end, they built their own website and earned a huge sense of accomplishment. If you’d like to know more or are interested in programs for your school in 2015, please contact Neroli Colvin at nerolicolvin@me.com.
Hey kids, that’s enough for the grownups. Let’s get reading!
Animal news
CROWD RESCUES BEACHED MANATEE
W hat’s been happening in the world of animals?
SILENCING ANIMAL ACTIVISTS
Image sourced from www.ecorazzi.com
Image: Australian piggeries have been forced to shut down due to cruelty filmed by activists
When humans work together to achieve great things – the results can be phenomenal! Recently in Florida, the United States, several beachgoers spotted a stranded female manatee. They immediately rushed to save her, proving shade, cool water and even fresh oxygen from one of their scuba tanks. They stayed with her until a team of experts arrived, and helped them carefully lift her into a stretcher and release her back into the sea! It is estimated that there are only 10,000 American manatees left in the wild today. Google search: manatee rescue in Florida
An activist is a person who opposes a cause or issue, and takes action to put an end to it. Maybe you yourself are an activist if you’re reading this magazine right now! Animal activists oppose cruel treatment of other animals, including the animals we eat. Sometimes activists break into farms illegally and take video footage of animals being treated badly to show to the public. In the last year, this has caused many operations to shut down in Australia. Our politicians have called to introduce new laws to punish animal activists who obtain secret footage of animal cruelty and publish them for the public to see. These laws are known as ‘ag gag’ laws, and animal protection groups are trying to stop these laws from coming into place. Google Search: ag gag laws Australia
HELPING OUR OCEAN FRIENDS
LETTER
‘WE CAN ALL MAKE A DIFFERENCE’ Dear ThinkKind, I have been reading your magazine since the first issue and printed your posters about helping animals. My favourite one is the ‘5 Freedoms for Animals’ poster and I show it to all my friends. Some people don’t know that animals feel things the same way we do. My dog Roland gets sad when we leave him outside for too long, so we always make sure we play with him and let him inside when it’s cold. I want to make a difference by teaching other people that animals need to be cared and looked after. If we all work together, we can all make a difference.
Image: Pacific bluefin tuna, sourced from www.abc.net.au
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, announced in June that he plans to create the world’s largest marine sanctuary in the south-central Pacific Ocean. This will protect the area from destructive human activities, such as commercial fishing. Commercial fishing causes incredible damage to the ocean’s biodiversity – humans are killing fish in such great numbers, and many species of fish are now endangered. We’ve already lost 99 per cent of European eels as well as 95 per cent of Southern bluefin and Pacific bluefin tunas. A massive problem is the methods of fishing we use today. Trawlers are huge fishing nets that are pulled along the bottom of the sea to catch everything that gets in the way. Sometimes other animals get stuck in them and die, such as dolphins, turtles and seals (called bycatch). Google Search: trawlers, overfishing, Obama marine sanctuary Kind Education Magazine
– Samuel, aged 10, Townsville
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are you will just make them scared and even more confused. Show them that certain behaviours are wrong by praising them when they behave in the opposite way – this is called positive reinforcement. 5. Checking for signs of stress and anxiety Some people laugh at their dog when they do funny things, like attacking its own foot! But this can mean that your dog is very stressed, and laughing makes them feel worse. When dogs are stressed they lick their lip and nose, yawn and pant a lot, pin their ears back or lower their tails. Cats show stress by crouching, keeping their tails close to their bodies, pinning their ears back and acting aggressively, such as hissing and growling. Be gentle and caring when your pet is stressed – shouting at them will only make it worse.
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6. Regular check ups Take your pet for a yearly check up, even when they are happy and healthy. This way you can catch hidden problems early on, long enough for you to be able to help them. Make sure the vet checks their teeth, weight, skin and coat, ears and eyes. Pets also need to be immunised and given regular vaccinations, injections and worming to protect them from different illnesses. And remember to keep pets away from other animals before they have been properly immunised by your vet.
Ways to become an AWESOME pet owner!
We love our pets and want the best for them – but sometimes it’s hard to tell what this could be. Dogs and cats have some of the same needs as us, such as food, water, shelter and love. But they have other needs too that are different and unique. 1. Feeding Like humans, dogs and cats need a healthy and balanced diet. Choose pet foods that are labelled as providing ‘complete’ nutrition and dietary requirements. Try to give your pet a variety of dried and wet food, and remember pet treats are only ‘sometimes’ foods. Bad foods that pets should not eat include chocolate, cow’s milk, onion and garlic and cooked bones. Google Search: pet nutrition, healthy foods for pets, bad foods for pets 2. Cleaning and grooming It’s important to make sure your pets have a healthy coat, skin, feet, ears and teeth. Indoor cats generally keep themselves clean, and the only reason to bathe your dog is if they begin to smell bad, if their coat gets stuck with dirt, or if the vet says you need to for specific
health reasons. Once a month is fine in order to avoid letting their skin get dry, and use dog shampoo or human baby shampoo. Dogs and cats should have their teeth brushed regularly, but never use human toothpaste and always be gentle! Take your pet to the vet if they have very bad breath, excessive drooling or discoloured and broken teeth. 3. Spending time together Would you be happy if nobody played with you or gave you any attention? Dogs and cats are the same! Don’t ignore your pets for long periods of time and always make sure you have time to play with them, cuddle them, and spend time with them. Google Search: fun things to do with your pet 4. Communicating Talking to your cat or dog does not make you crazy – in fact, it’s a great thing to do! But remember that because they don’t understand your words, you need to communicate through body language and tone. If you don’t want your pet behaving a certain way, don’t yell, stomp your feet or hurt them. Chances Kind Education Magazine
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7. Exercise and stimulation Like us, animals need to keep active and stimulated! Take your dog for a walk around the block at least once a day and make sure your cat has space to run, play, jump, and explore (if this is outside, it’s important to supervise them). If nobody’s home, give your pets a toy to play with. Rotate their toys by giving them a different one every few days, so they don’t get bored.
8. Giving them space It’s tempting to wake up your pet when they are sleeping – but it’s important for them to get a good rest, just like it is for you. Wait for them to wake up and try not to annoy them when they are trying to relax. 9. Meeting other people Some pets get excited meeting new people, others want to run away! When your friends come over, ask them to let your dog or cat smell their hand before they give them a pat. This is your friend’s way of introducing themselves in a nice way, just like a handshake! 10. A pet is for life When you bring home a new pet – remember that a pet is for life. There are so many homeless dogs and cats that are abandoned because their families no longer want them. This is a stressful and very sad experience for them, and they can miss their families for a long time. Before you bring home a pet, make sure you will be able to do all the things you have just read here – for their entire lives! This means you are ready to be an awesome and responsible pet owner.
Cover story
Oscar was rescued from terribleconditions and suffered from malnutrition, mites and an ear infection
What do you see when you pass the pet shop window at the shopping centre? There’s a good chance it would be a bunch of cute, fluffy and playful little puppies of different colours, breeds and sizes. They definitely look happy, but the way that most of these young pups end up in the pet shop is much more troubling than it may seem. This is Oscar’s story, and it will give you an insight into how it happens.
The Real Cost of Pet Shop Puppies
THE BEGINNING It all started one day when a Victorian woman named Debra, received an anonymous phone call back in 1993. The caller told her that there were 1000 dogs being kept in very bad condition on the outskirts of the country town of Ballarat. They said that the owner of the property was running a puppy factory – a facility where dogs are forced to breed so that their puppies can be sold to pet shops. Debra wasn’t sure if the phone call was just a hoax – how could anybody ever do that to so many dogs? But something in the caller’s voice convinced her that she should go and check it out. She spent 3 months working with a friend to try and find where this place was. Finally, one day they stumbled across a pine plantation, and were heartbroken by what they saw. Debra and her friend stood on top of a cliff and looked down at hundreds of dogs – matted, sick and in bad health and condition. After overcoming their shock, Debra decided to take action and help these dogs in any way she could. She knew that she couldn’t rescue each one. And if she called
the police, they might not care enough to help the dogs, and might even tell her to keep off the property. After all, in Australia the law says that puppy factories are perfectly acceptable, and the industry is very rarely regulated by inspectors to make sure dogs are treated well. So she spent the next 5 hours filming what she saw and taking photos. That night, she went home and typed a media release to send to journalists across Australia. The next day, the secret footage she had taken made headlines around the country.
“Every time I enter a puppy factory I make a promise to those dogs that I will not turn my back on them; that I will do everything in my power to expose what they are enduring. Puppy factories are the ultimate betrayal of our best friends and I will not stop until this brutality is abolished.” – Debra Tranter Kind Education Magazine
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Oscar today after being adopted by Debra
SAVING OSCAR After seventeen years of trying to save dogs from puppy factories, Debra met Oscar, who she found one night in a puppy factory shed in Central Victoria. His fur was so matted he couldn’t even move. He was malnourished, had fleas and mites on his skin, an ear infection, and his teeth were so infected that he couldn’t eat properly. Debra took Oscar home to help him recover over the next week. She took him to the vet to get lifesaving surgery and treatment, and called the authorities so that they could help all the other dogs left behind in the shed. But instead of helping her save the dogs, the police raided her house at midnight, while Oscar was still recovering. They took him out of her arms and returned him to the puppy factory owner. Debra was arrested for theft and fined $1500 for breaking into the shed and taking Oscar away. When Debra was released from the police station, she became so upset and began sobbing for hours. Oscar was only able to experience love and care for a few short days. Now he will be given back to the people who mistreated him. (continues next page) Kind Education Magazine
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(continued from previous page) But luckily for Oscar, Debra didn’t give up. She thought about all her hard work up until then – she spent 18 years trying to save dogs in need, and worked hard showing the public images of inside puppy factories. Although she had made a huge impact convincing many people to stop supporting puppy factories, she knew that something else needed to be done to save even more dogs – a new campaign. It was then that she decided to try and create a new a law, so that puppy factories were not allowed to exist anymore. Police would stop arresting people who try to save dogs from puppy factories, and instead, the
How you can help save more dogs like Oscar ADOPT, DON’T BUY Every year 250,000 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens are killed in Australia because nobody can find them loving forever homes. At the same time, breeding factories continue to breed more dogs and cats to sell to people in pet shops. By adopting a homeless pet from an animal shelter, pound or rescue group, you are saving the life of a perfectly healthy animal and giving them a new home, while saying ‘no’ to supporting breeding factories.
people who were mistreating them would be punished. She wanted to call it Oscar’s Law, after her lost friend. It’s not easy to create a new law, especially if you’re only one person. But not many people know that humans are capable of doing things that are not so easy. Even things that may seem impossible. All they need is determination, hard work and patience. OSCAR’S LAW In July 2011, Debra dressed up in a disguise and made her way back to the shed where Oscar was kept. She found Oscar in a cage, trembling with fear. The owner agreed to sell him to Debra because he WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR LOCAL SHOPPING CENTRE Write a letter or send an email to your local shopping centre and tell them how thousands of dogs in Australia suffer in puppy factories every day. Ask them to stop selling animals, or instead, to work together with the many animal rescue groups who desperately need to find homes for their abandoned pets. START COLLECTING SIGNATURES FOR A PETITION To make sure Oscar’s Law happens, our politicians need to know that enough people want it! You can create a petition, Kind Education Magazine
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had now been desexed and couldn’t breed anymore. Finally, Oscar was safe and living with love and care with the person who fought so hard to save him. In the same year, the Oscar’s Law campaign spread across social networking sites like Facebook and inspired thousands of more people from all over the country to help Debra make Oscar’s Law happen. But like any good campaign, they could do with an extra voice – somebody like you. To learn more about Oscar’s Law and to download leaflets, posters and cards to help end puppy factories, please visit www.oscarlaw.org. and ask as many people as possible to sign their names if they want Oscar’s Law, too! Visit www.oscarslaw.org to download a petition and find out where to send it to. ASK QUESTIONS AND DO YOUR RESEARCH Don’t be afraid to ask questions, and when you get the answers, do some research to back up people’s claims (including what you hear from us – this is a very important habit to make!). If a pet shop tells you that their puppies are from ‘good’ puppy factories or breeders – ask them how, and decide whether any place that forces dogs to breed for profit is ever a worthy cause to support.
Activities
What did you read? How good are your reading skills? What kind of animal was rescued on a beach in Florida?
Name 3 types of animals besides fish that get caught in trawlers?
What do these words mean? Trawling a method of fishing that involves pulling a large fishing net through the water behind one or more boats. The net is called a trawl.
What do ‘ag-gag’ laws mean?
Name one sign of stress in dogs.
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Name two signs of stress in cats.
Bycatch the unwanted animals trapped by trawls during fishing for a different species.
Where did Debra find Oscar when she put on a disguise to get him back?
Biodiversity
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the variety of plants and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat.
Positive reinforcement a technique used to shape and change another’s behaviour by presenting something motivating after the desired behaviour has been displayed.
Malnourished to suffer by improper nutrition, lack of food or a poor diet.
Campaign a series of organised actions intended to achieve a certain goal.
Media release information given to media outlets to inform them about an event or issue. Its purpose is to reach the wider public through newspapers, television, radio or online media.
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Image courtesy of Gypsy Wulff, from the ‘I Love Animals’ series.
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14 year old Madi has written and illustrated a powerful story about a pig’s longing for freedom. Visit www.bit.ly/1q7Fj3Z to have a look. Madi is a passionate junior activist who spends time volunteering at shelters, rescuing and fostering animals, raising money for charities and speaking out at rallies. Keep up the awesome work Madi! In Australia, around 5 million pigs are killed every year for food. Soon after their birth, piglets endure painful surgical procedures without pain relief, such as having their tails cut off and being castrated. They are soon taken from their mothers and locked up in crowded enclosures with hundreds of other pigs. When they are just 4-6 months old, they are forced into trucks and sent off to be killed. This is legal and acceptable practice in Australia. Visit www.MakeitPossible.com for more information on how you can stop this.
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ONLINE RESEARCH TIPS Searching online is a great way to find different sources of information. Read some tips to help you carry out proper research online. 1.
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best to check different websites to make sure the information you find is backed up elsewhere. Websites that end as ‘.com’ are company and business websites which usually aim to generate money; ‘.org’ websites are not-forprofits and charities; ‘.gov’ websites are government owned and exist to provide information to the public. Note to parents and teachers: Visit www.cybersmart.gov.au to learn more about cyber safety.
Cruelty-free recipe ideas
Sweet Potato Salad with Apple and Avocado (Yummy lunchbox idea!)
What you’ll need: • 1 lb. sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½ inch cubes • 1 cup frozen corn • ¼ cup unsalted hulled pumpkin seeds • 1 medium red apple, diced (1 cup) • ½ small onion, finely chopped (½ cup) • ¼ cup chopped cilantro • ¼ cup lime juice • 2 tbs. olive oil • ½ avocado, finely diced
How to make it: 1. Place sweet potatoes in large saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil, and cook for about 3 minutes. Add corn, and cook 1 to 2 minutes more, or until potatoes are tender. Drain in a colander and rinse under cold water to cool. Drain well! 2. Toast pumpkin seeds in dry skillet over medium-high heat 3 to 4 minutes, or until seeds begin to pop. Transfer to plate and cool. 3. Combine apple, onion, cilantro, and lime juice in large bowl. Stir in sweet potatoes, corn, and oil, and season with salt and pepper, if desired. Stir in avocado and toasted pumpkin seeds just before serving! Serves 6 [Sourced from www.vegetariantimes.com]
Hearty Sweet Corn Soup What you’ll need: • 2 cans of corn kernels • 2 cans of creamed corn • 1 can of asparagus tips • Champignon mushrooms • 2-3 cups vegetable stock • 1-2 teaspoons corn flour • Salt and pepper, to season *Can be served with toasted sourdough bread or steamed rice/noodles How to make it: 1. Ask an adult to help prepare a large boiling pot and fill with water (4-5 cups) and the stock. Bring the mixture to a simmer. 2. Add in the creamed corn, kernels, asparagus and champignons and bring to a full boil for 5-6 minutes. 3. Watch the soup mixture carefully as it thickens up. If you want the soup to be thicker, mix the corn flour with a little water and add to the soup. 4. Once the soup is almost ready, season with salt and pepper. Serve with a piece of bread for a perfect winter warmer! Serves 8-10 people Kind Education Magazine
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