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Empathy Education for Animal Protection in Europe

This European project focuses on nurturing empathy and responsibility in students towards animals. Through interdisciplinary work involving Humanities and Sciences, students examine the human-animal relationship, wildlife habitat, and livestock breeding. The project aims to raise awareness about animal protection as essential for a fair and humane society. Activities include presentations on national parks, wildlife reserves, and threatened species in Bulgaria, as well as visits to nature and animal protection centers. The project emphasizes the interconnectedness of human and animal welfare, encouraging students to actively contribute to animal well-being. Collaborative efforts with veterinarians, rangers, and wildlife habitats provide practical experiences for students to advocate for animal rights. By fostering empathy and responsibility, the project aims to instill values of compassion and respect towards all living beings.

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Empathy Education for Animal Protection in Europe

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  1. European project: Vocational High School of Veterinary Medicine 2010 / 2012

  2. Lifelong Learning ProgramSection Program COMENIUS Vocational High School of Veterinary Medicine Dobrich, Bulgaria “Animal Protection in Europe” Partners’ schools Vocational High School of Veterinary MedicineStara Zagora Bulgaria Gymnasium am Mühlenweg WilhelmshavenGermany 1 Gymnasio Volou VolosGreece Agrupamento de Escolas Básicas do Forte da Casa Forte da Casa Portugal XI Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. W.J. Zembrzuskich Poznań Poland Ies Maria Cegarra Salcedo La Unión Spain Istituto Tecnico industriale Statale Pininfarina TorinoItaly Heybeliada Huseyin Rahmi Gurpinar Çok Programli LisesiIstanbul Turkey

  3. Empathy and responsibility are indispensable elements in a fair and human society, both in our single countries and in the EU as a whole. Our project aims at promoting these values by working on the topic ‘animal protection’. We will investigate and compare the human-animal relationship in each of our cultures and, if necessary, try to contribute actively to a change for the better. For a better understanding of the above-mentioned relationship in our cultures we will consult philosophical and religious positions and testimonies from our national literatures; in addition to that we will survey and compare, to what extent our mother tongues not only reflect, but also create our perception of the fauna around us. We will focus on wild animals and wildlife habitat, considering animal protection as connected to environmental protection, as well as on domesticated animals. Here we will survey both animals for production - especially animals kept in factory farming in comparison to traditional farming and the ethical and environmental consequences - and pets, stray animals included, as we assume, that “you become responsible (…), for what you have tamed" (Saint-Exupéry, “The Little Prince”). Our interdisciplinary work will combine Humanities and Sciences in theory and practice. Our students will work in/and outside school, cooperating with vets, rangers, working at ornithological stations and animal shelters etc. Thus they will experience how welfare of man and animal is connected and how, by responsible activity in the field of animal protection, they themselves can contribute to life improvement in general. Quoting the Alsatian theologian, philosopher and physician Albert Schweitzer's words, our project aims to show that “animal protection is education to humanity.”

  4. “Animal Protection in Europe” September 2010 • Presenting the project to the school community, website, local media

  5. “Animal Protection in Europe” October 2010 • Preparing presentations about students, schools, town, environment, country

  6. “Animal Protection in Europe” October 2010 • Creation of project logo suggestion 3 suggestion 1 suggestion 2

  7. “Animal Protection in Europe” October 2010 • Research work on stray animals

  8. “Animal Protection in Europe” October 2010 • Research work on livestock breeding

  9. “Animal Protection in Europe” October 2010 • Research work on wildlife reserves

  10. “Animal Protection in Europe” November 2010 • Presentation about the national parks in Bulgaria

  11. “Animal Protection in Europe” November 2010 • Presentation about Pirin National Park

  12. “Animal Protection in Europe” November 2010 • Presentation about Rila National Park

  13. “Animal Protection in Europe” November 2010 • Presentation about Central National Park

  14. “Animal Protection in Europe” November 2010 • Presentation about Bulgarian Fauna

  15. “Animal Protection in Europe” November 2010 • Presentation about Threatened species in Bulgaria

  16. “Animal Protection in Europe” December 2010 • Celebration the day of the veterinarian workers in Bulgaria

  17. “Animal Protection in Europe” January 2011 • Nature and animal protection center

  18. “Animal Protection in Europe” February 2011 Domestic shelter’s visit

  19. “Animal Protection in Europe” March 2011 • Work meeting in Portugal

  20. “Animal Protection in Europe” March 2011 • Presentation about wildlife habitat of the water basins Black Sea Region

  21. “Animal Protection in Europe” March 2011 • Presentation about wildlife habitat of the water basins Northern Black Sea Coast

  22. “Animal Protection in Europe” March 2011 • Presentation about wildlife habitat of the water basins Srebarna Nature Reserve

  23. “Animal Protection in Europe” April 2011 • Presentation about the Bulgarian mountains

  24. “Animal Protection in Europe” May 2011 • Work meeting in Italy

  25. “Animal Protection in Europe” May 2011 • Pet exhibition’s at school

  26. “Animal Protection in Europe” May 2011 • Project logo

  27. “Animal Protection in Europe” March 2011 • The school blog about the project

  28. “Animal Protection in Europe” June 2011 • Veterinarian job

  29. “Animal Protection in Europe” June 2011 • Evaluation list (first year)

  30. “Animal Protection in Europe” September 2011 • Funny pictures and caricatures for veterinarian job

  31. “Animal Protection in Europe” October 2011 • Beyond the Stereotyping, Prejudices and Clichés about veterinary profession

  32. “Animal Protection in Europe” November 2011 • DobrudjaAgricultural Institute

  33. “Animal Protection in Europe” December 2011 • Celebrating the day of veterinarian workers in Bulgaria

  34. “Animal Protection in Europe” January 2012 • Common story (Bulgarian chapter)

  35. “Animal Protection in Europe” February 2012 • Animals in Bulgarian mythology, folklore and literature

  36. ‘This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.’

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