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10 TIPS TO HELP THE ANIMALS!
1. TOO MANY KITTENS AND PUPPIES
Help stop the overpopulation of cats and dogs by ensuring your
family cat or dog is desexed. Encourage others to do the same.
2. BIRD IN A CAGE
It might be fun to have caged animals but did you know it’s
miserable for them? Please don’t keep animals such as birds,
rabbits or guinea pigs in cages, coops or hutches. Why not
build a bird-feeder in your garden instead? Those with birds or
rabbits, ensure they get plenty of exercise.
3. ZOO ANIMALS.
WHY DO ANIMALS MATTER? People who like animals generally love zoos. But think of it from
the animal’s point of view. Would you like to spend your whole
6. KEEP IT CLEAN. RUBBISH CAN HARM WILDLIFE
Plastic bags, bottle tops, cans and balloons regularly end up
life in a cage? Please avoid going to the zoo. There are hundreds of in the ocean where animals can swallow them or become
amazing documentaries and films that teach us about animals in the entangled in them. Organise a beach clean-up to help keep the
wild. Check out Animal Planet online and on TV. oceans free from rubbish.
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Help out where you can with a donation or your time. animals need you more.
THEY HAVE EMOTIONS
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5. HARMING ANIMALS FOR FUN WE LOV S
excited – feelings we all know and share. 8. GO VEGETARIAN ANIMAL
Duck shooting, hunting and fishing harm and kill animals, which To make meat, animals must be farmed and
is not fun at all for animals. Try to avoid taking part in these killed. We can choose the type of foods we
THEY FEEL PAIN types of bloodsports. SAFE says feed the ducks and fish, don’t
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shoot or fish them!
headaches, flu, broken bones, scratches and bumps just like we
do. 9. ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS
Many household products are tested on animals in often painful
SIMILAR BRAIN POWER! or deadly experiments. Choose products that are not tested on
Y Did you know humans are animals too? animals.
All animals (fish, birds, reptiles, crustaceans
and mammals) have a central nervous Chimpanzee 10. BE READY TO HELP
system that sends a message to the brain. If you see an animal hurt or in trouble, know what to do. Small
When we hurt ourselves, it says ‘ouch’! animals can be wrapped in a towel and placed in a box that has
holes to let in air. Keep them warm and still, and contact your
local SPCA or vet right away.