What triggers cruelty?
- This activity is just one part of a range of resources addressing the needs of young people who have been involved, or who are at risk of being involved, in cruelty to animals. Our online assessment tool Developing a suitable intervention programme (Word 17KB) will help you create individualised intervention programmes from these resources.
- This is a good activity to do before you look at the young person’s own incident. It allows him or her to investigate some of the triggers of animal cruelty in a non-judgmental, objective way.
- In this activity, young people investigate what types of feelings or events might trigger an animal cruelty incident. They think about how these might be managed to prevent one from happening in the future.
- Young people will develop the understanding that:
- there is a range of events, feelings and emotions that may trigger an animal cruelty incident
- there are ways to manage strong negative feelings
- by managing feelings in a positive way, there is a better outcome for both the animal and the young person involved. The animal does not suffer and the young person does not get into trouble.
