Humane education curriculum expanding into public schools (10/31/2003)

Animal rights groups are backing the development of "humane education" as it branches out into public school systems across the country.

A school board near Sacramento became the second in the nation to establish an entire school based on the humane education curriculum. The curriculum emphasizes an animal rights philosophy including compassion for animals. The Humane Society of the United States, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and other animal rights groups support the new taxpayer-funded Humane Education Learning Charter School.

U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance President Bud Pidgeon said, "Animal rights groups support the schools because they make it easier to get an anti-animal use message to our children."

Ann Silberman, a parent in the district where the new charter school is scheduled to open, thinks it outrageous that such an educational institution be part of a taxpayer-funded public school system. She has threatened legal action against the district over the planned charter school.

Seventeen states mandate aspects of the humane curriculum. A school in Harmony, Florida was the first devoted entirely to teaching it.

Sportsmen must remain vigilant and be aware of which curriculums are taught in their school districts. Report concerns about humane education in your schools to the school board and the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance. Tell the school board that tax dollars should not be used to fund a curriculum that promotes the agenda of a political movement.

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