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For immediate release:
May 25, 2021
Contact:
Nicole Meyer 202-483-7382
Frostburg, Maryland. – Following reports of two local teenagers facing felony charges after being charged with killing a cat and leaving the body of an animal in a playground, TeachKind – PETA’s humane education division – sent a letter to Allegany County Schools Superintendent Jeffrey Blank this morning with a call to implement the lessons of compassion.
“If these reports are correct, these teenagers tortured the cat to death and threw away the animal’s body like a broken toy,” says Martha Holmberg, senior director of PETA’s youth programs. “TeachKind PETA is committed to helping schools teach students that violence is bad, whether the victim is an animal or a classmate.”
Maryland’s code requires district councils to develop a “bullying, bullying, and bullying prevention education program for students, staff, volunteers, and parents.” TeachKind is sending a Empathy Now guide for teachers to the school district to help tackle and prevent animal violence among young people, as well as the free High School Social Justice Curriculum Hard Assumptions and the Share the World package which is suitable for small children.
TeachKind notes that, according to leading mental health and law enforcement officials, perpetrators of animal violence are often repeat offenders who pose a serious threat to society as a whole. Its staff – former classroom teachers – can send materials to schools, offer lesson plans, and even give virtual classroom presentations to students – all for free.
TeachKind – whose motto, in part, is that “animals are not ours to abuse them in any way” – opposes racism, a worldview of supporters of human superiority. A letter from the group to Blank is available upon request. For more information visit TeachKind.org.
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