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"Pets for
Kids"
HOW
PUSSY WILLOWS GOT THEIR NAME
Many
Springtimes ago, according to an old Polish legend, tiny kittens
had been chasing butterflies at the river's edge and fell in. The
mother cat, helpless to save them, started crying. The willows at
the riv er's
edge swept their long graceful branches into the water - the
kittens gripped on tightly to the branches and were rescued.
Each springtime since, goes the
legend, willow branches sprout tiny fur-like buds where the tiny
kittens once clung.
Children we need your
Help!!!
If you have animals or
fish in your class room, don't let this happen!
Please read this story!
Fish have feelings too
 Recently,
one of us received a Betta fish who had lived in a Grade 5 classroom,
presumably for educational reasons, and was no longer wanted at the end of
the school year.
People often feel comfortable entrusting the
care of small animals, like fish, to children. But looking after a
helpless living being is a huge responsibility--while it's nice if
children can be involved in an animal's care, ultimately it is the adult's
responsibility to make sure that the animal's needs are met.
In the case of this fish, the water in his
tank was filthy and had evaporated to only 1/3 of its original depth. The
poor fish didn't even have room to stretch his fins!
What did the children in that classroom learn
about fish--that's it's okay to neglect them and leave them to live in
their own filth, then discard them?
A much better way to watch fish:
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