The Surrendered Pet - Animal Humane Society
The Surrendered Pet - Animal Humane Society
The Surrendered Pet - Animal Humane Society
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Surrendered</strong> <strong>Pet</strong><br />
OBJECTIVE:<br />
To understand why animals are surrendered to the <strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Humane</strong> <strong>Society</strong> and how this adds to<br />
the problem of pet overpopulation. Students will also learn empathy for the animals while<br />
understanding how some of these situations could have been prevented.<br />
ACTIVITY OVERVIEW:<br />
Teacher will lead the students in a preliminary discussion about the surrendering of animals.<br />
Students will break into four groups and given a description about a pet that has been surrendered<br />
to the <strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Humane</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Each team will complete the questions on how each situation<br />
could have been prevented and present their answers to the class.<br />
MATERIALS:<br />
Sample situation worksheet copied for each group<br />
ACTIVITY:<br />
Preliminary Discussion<br />
Why are pets surrendered by their owners<br />
Ask the students if they know of any surrender situations they know of first-hand or<br />
those they believe could happen.<br />
Could any of these situations been prevented<br />
Pretend you were that pet being surrendered. How would you feel<br />
How does the surrendering of pets add to the problem of pet overpopulation<br />
Procedure<br />
Break the students up into four groups. Each group will be given a situation that describes a pet<br />
that has been surrendered by their family to the <strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Humane</strong> <strong>Society</strong>. Students must answer<br />
the questions on the worksheet and present their answers to the class. After each group presents,<br />
discuss with the class if they know of other ways each situation could have been prevented.<br />
Post Discussion<br />
How did each group arrive at their solution Did the solution involve making positive<br />
choices for the pets<br />
Discuss the commitment of adopting a pet into your family and what is involved with<br />
that responsibility<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Surrendered</strong> <strong>Pet</strong> #1 …<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Surrendered</strong> <strong>Pet</strong><br />
Read the situation and answer the following questions.<br />
A family adopted a puppy into their family. <strong>The</strong>y had two small children under five years old,<br />
which kept the parents very busy. <strong>The</strong>y didn’t have time to potty train the puppy which lead to<br />
the puppy going to the bathroom inside the house. Because of this, they left the puppy outside<br />
most of the time. When the puppy was inside, he jumped on everyone and knocked the children<br />
down. <strong>The</strong> puppy whined when he was outside and continually pawed at the screen door. <strong>The</strong><br />
family became of tired of dealing with the puppy and decided to surrender him to the <strong>Animal</strong><br />
<strong>Humane</strong> <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
1. What could this family have done differently to prevent this situation<br />
2. What feelings does the pet have<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Surrendered</strong> <strong>Pet</strong> #2 …<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Surrendered</strong> <strong>Pet</strong><br />
Read the situation and answer the following questions.<br />
A seven-year-old Husky-mix dog was owned by a man who kept him chained up in the yard his<br />
entire life. <strong>The</strong> dog wasn’t allowed in the house and the owner didn’t spend a lot of time with the<br />
dog. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Humane</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>Humane</strong> Investigation staff talked to him several times about<br />
providing his dog with water. <strong>The</strong> owner refused to cooperate, so they impounded the dog.<br />
When the dog was brought to the <strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Humane</strong> <strong>Society</strong>, he was afraid to walk on the floors and<br />
was unresponsive to staff members.<br />
1. What could the dog’s owner have done differently to prevent this tragedy<br />
2. What feelings does the pet have<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Surrendered</strong> <strong>Pet</strong> #3 …<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Surrendered</strong> <strong>Pet</strong><br />
Read the situation and answer the following questions.<br />
A teacher bought two gerbils, a male and a female. She kept them in an aquarium in her<br />
classroom. She wanted the pair of gerbils to have babies so her students could see the joy of<br />
birth. <strong>The</strong> gerbils began to breed and soon there were too many for the teacher to handle and<br />
she was unable to find homes for them. She brought three aquariums filled with gerbils to the<br />
<strong>Animal</strong> <strong>Humane</strong> <strong>Society</strong>.<br />
1. What could the teacher have done differently to prevent this situation from happening<br />
2. What feelings does the pet have<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Surrendered</strong> <strong>Pet</strong> #4 …<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Surrendered</strong> <strong>Pet</strong><br />
Read the situation and answer the following questions.<br />
A family had a cat they adopted seven years ago. <strong>The</strong>y lived in a house but needed to move into<br />
an apartment across town because mom and dad got new jobs. <strong>The</strong> apartments they liked in that<br />
area didn’t allow animals. <strong>The</strong> family decided to surrender their cat because they wanted to live in<br />
a nice apartment, close to where they work.<br />
1. What could the family have done differently to prevent having to give up their cat<br />
2. What feelings does the pet have<br />
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