Humane EDUCATION

"Children trained to extend justice, kindness, and mercy to animals become more just, kind and considerate in their relations to each other. Character training along these lines will result in men and women of broader sympathies, more humane, more law-abiding –– in every respect more valuable citizens.

Humane education is teaching in the schools and colleges of the nations the principles of justice, goodwill, and humanity toward all life. The cultivation of the spirit of kindness to animals is but the starting point of every race and clime. A generation of people trained in these principles will solve their international difficulties as neighbors and not as enemies."

– 1933, the National PTA Congress

The Washington Humane Society's Education program empowers students to speak up for animals rather than accept the role of passive observers. The program introduces students to the Washington Humane Society as a community agency whom they can contact when they see an animal - any animal - who needs help. Students participating in the Washington Humane Society's Education program become aware of the numerous responsibilities, costs and time commitment associated with caring for a companion animal. Ultimately, in time, students who participate in the Washington Humane Society's Education program will become the agency's animal adoptors and supporters rather than perpetrators of animal abuse and neglect.

Our Mission is to protect animals in the District of Columbia from cruelty and harm.

Shakela Brown
Humane Educator
Sbrown@washhumane.org
202-723-5730 ext. 133