O problema do abandono de animais domésticos e a importância da educação cidadã em uma escola de Educação Básica de Timbó Grande, Santa Catarina

Abstract

The study shows that domestic animals are a legitimate part of Brazilian society, because when you have a domestic animal (for example), certain responsibilities are assumed, such as adequate food and veterinary medical care, the which is sometimes overlooked by its owners. Abandoning animals is characterized as a form of ill-treatment, becoming a typified crime. In this sense, the path taken in this work was to present, through Environmental Education, activities in the search for promotion in an elementary school, of educational and environmental issues related to the abandonment of animals through thematic workshops, demonstrating, for example, that this abandonment is very wide and with many consequences, such as overpopulation on the streets, attacks of angry animals on pedestrians, threats to public health, etc. The students involved in the study belong to a State Basic Education school in the municipality of Timbó Grande, Santa Catarina, and 20 students from a 6th grade class of the school, aged between 11 and 12 years, participated in the research. The data were collected through a questionnaire. The results sought to develop in the school students, a more humanized sense with regard to understanding the treatment and care of animals. Unfortunately, one sees a great contempt and abandonment of domestic animals in the studied city. It was necessary to create a different way of understanding the importance of the life of these animals in order to make students aware that every living being has the right to life and the necessary care.