Who is responsible for ensuring animals' needs are met?

Young people may become involved in cruelty to animals for a variety of reasons. The activities below address each of these contributing factors.

• Ground rules for pet animals

  In this activity, young people develop ground rules for owning and visiting pets, to ensure they are safe and well.
• Visit

  In this activity, young people have the opportunity to put into practice what they have been learning about taking personal responsibility towards animals.
• Ground rules for farm animals

  In this activity, young people develop ground rules for owning and visiting farm animals, to ensure the animals are safe and well.
• Be an RSPCA officer

  In this activity, young people discover the role an RSPCA officer has, and get the opportunity to consider the type of advice that an officer would give in two different situations.
• Taking responsibility

  In this activity, young people are asked what society would expect them to do if they came across animals that were not theirs, but were obviously suffering.
• Ground rules for wild animals

  The young person will learn that if we own an animal, or come into contact with one, we are responsible for its needs and society expects us to be responsible for it.
• Categorising animals

  In this activity, young people begin to understand the relationship between the role of animals in all our lives and our responsibilities towards them.