Karen and Alicia, two vegetarian students from Zaragoza committed to animals
What challenges do our students face when adopting a lifestyle free from animal exploitation? Why do they decide to stop consuming animal products? How do their classmates and families respond to this decision? Karen M. y Alicia, dos alumnas vegetarianas de un instituto público de Zaragoza, nos responden a estas preguntas en una doble entrevista. Primero […]
Tilikum has died
The orca featured in the shocking documentary Blackfish has died after spending thirty years separated from its family and the ocean where it was born. Desperation drove it to kill three people, but this did nothing to restore the freedom that had been stolen from it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOL0hU3klnk
“Do I have to give my daughter vitamin B12? It’s unnatural!”
“If you observe what happens in nature, you’ll see that the mouse eats the worm, the stoat eats the mouse, the fox eats the rabbit, and the wolf eats the lamb. We should eat a natural diet.” How many times have we heard that? If you don’t consume animal products, you probably couldn’t count them. […]
How to avoid conflicts with families
One of the most common questions in the teacher training courses offered by Aula Animal in conjunction with CGT Enseñanza Aragón concerns how to avoid problems with families. This concern is understandable, as controversial topics can generate tension, and no sector of the educational community benefits from this situation. Speaking in favor of animal rights […]
Let's think and write about the feelings of animals
As has been mentioned before, the official Biology and Geology curriculum doesn't include any content related to how animals feel, which I consider a significant omission, since you can't truly understand animals without understanding their feelings. In fact, I consider this aspect more relevant than the physiological, anatomical, cytological, histological, and other approaches that the […]
Get in the mud
All teachers want to make a difference in their students' lives. But that can't be done by limiting ourselves strictly to our subject, and that's why we assume we must express our opinions on social issues. The problem is that simply reproducing the positions that society already accepts isn't enough either. In all schools, the […]
How your dog changed my (our) life
Javier Ruiz acaba de publicar su libro How animals live and die, que trata sobre la relación que mantenemos con otros animales, y cuya lectura recomendamos. La misma editorial publica en el siguiente enlace una selección de textos suyos de free download. Entre sus escritos destaca una carta que escribió hace un año a quien […]
Interview with Alejandra, a veterinarian
Hace unas semanas publicamos an article sobre el estudio de la carrera de veterinaria. Hoy encontramos esta entrevista donde Alejandra nos cuenta su experiencia en la facultad de veterinaria y en su vida profesional. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXDYwyKBdbw&feature=youtu.be&t=9
The animal emotionary
By María Ángeles Martínez This time, María Ángeles shares an experience she carried out with 6th grade students during her school's cultural week. The goal was to create a final product, in this case a mural, that would guide the children in identifying and describing the feelings of animals, empathizing with them, learning about and […]
Animals in the wild
It's easy to understand the suffering of caged pigs, cows separated from their calves, or sheep in slaughterhouses. But we tend to consider the lives of animals in the wild idyllic. In the classroom, we explain relationships within the ecosystem without expressing feelings: "The lion preys on the zebra." There's no mention of the suffering […]