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At the Sanctuary - The Education Center
Education is the Heart of Sanctuary Let's face it, no one animal sanctuary can save every animal that needs help. Each sanctuary puts a dent in the manmade problems that animals face and saves a few of the many. For those few animals, there is nothing more important that we do than to save their lives and give them happy homes. But for every one that finds sanctuary, many more remain homeless, or in squalid conditions, or they're killed. The sad fact remains that the greater majority of animals that need help will not receive it. That fact makes our jobs much bigger than just providing safe haven for animals. So here's the good news -- we always like to deliver good news! -- our greater mission is humane education, raising awareness and proposing viable solutions to the problems of animal neglect, abuse and homelessness. Sanctuary is one immediately achievable solution, but it's not the only or final solution. Helping animals requires a multidisciplinary approach. To that end, the Sanctuary is a platform for education, an opportunity to explore the problems facing animal welfare, and a vehicle for action toward achievable goals and solutions.
Our Education Center teaches about domestic animals, from companion animals to farm animals to our native wildlife. It raises awareness about issues like options for the beloved pet that you can no longer keep, considering adopting mature cats and dogs when you're ready to expand your nonhuman family, spay and neuter to control animal populations and reduce homelessness, and caring for feral cats in your neighborhood. The bottom line is that all life is precious. If we're kind to animals, we're more likely to be kind to our fellow humans as well. After all, animals teach us to be better people. It's all about kindness and having heart. That's why education is at the heart of sanctuary.
With interactive displays, videos and hands-on activities this is a workshop that answers questions like "What is an animal sanctuary?", "What is a primate sanctuary?", "What is the need for sanctuaries?", as well as discussions of the importance of humane education and sanctuary as a first step in animal protection. As with all of our workshops and programs, it recommends ways in which each individual makes a difference for the futures of the Earth's animals and their habitats, and thereby ultimately for ourselves.
T his workshop and future exhibit illustrates how one species impacts an ecosystem with far-reaching and long-lasting affects -- whether alien species introduced into foreign ecosystems, the loss of a species endemic to an ecosystem, or the species that are suffering from either one of the two previous conditions. The workshop and exhibit includes an extensive video series that both supports the exhibit and stands on its own for outreach programs, presentations, events, and lesson plan kits. View our Power of One videos here.
T his will be series of rotating displays at the Education Center, each of which focuses on a specific primate species. The purpose of this exhibit is to illustrate the diversity of nonhuman primates and their specialized physical adaptations for the environments in which they live. This exhibit brings these primates to the public in innovative and unique ways without disrupting them from their natural ecosystems. Our goals are two-fold: to illustrate that these species belong in their habitats and to stir people to want to protect those habitats. Companion videos accompany some of the exhibits.
A stationary interactive display that illustrates the vast geographic distribution of nonhuman primates via a world map with representational photos of the faces of nonhuman primates that are endemic to specific countries and regions. This permanent exhibit illustrates the habitats that must be preserved to protect wild primates.
Accompanying the Worldwide Nonhuman Primate Distribution exhibit, this exhibit defines conservation statuses. A companion video provides lessons in IUCN conservation statuses, what they mean for our fellow primates, and what percentages fall into each categories. The video incorporates lessons about the diversity in nonhuman primate species as well in geographic distribution.
Founded in 1991 by Dr. Jane Goodall and a group of Tanzanian students, the Roots and Shoots program empowers youth to design and implement community-based service projects to make a positive difference for people, animals and the environment. With nearly 100,000 individuals in almost 100 countries, the Roots and Shoots network branches out across the globe, connecting young people of all ages who share a common desire to make the world a better place. New England Primate Sanctuary is a Roots and Shoot Team Leader. You will see Roots and Shoots curriculum integrated into our own at our Education Center at Winslow Farm. For more information about the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots program visit www.rootsandshoots.org. New England Primate Sanctuary is proud to be an affiliate of Roots and Shoots
Photo Gallery: Inside the Education Center Click on the thumbnails below to view larger photos.
Following photos by Dianne Harper
The Education Center behind a field of the giant sunflowers. The following photos by Debra Curtin and Vance Kiviranna
New England Primate Sanctuary's Education Center at Winslow Farm. The giant sunflowers are waking up! Following photos by Susan Poublon
The Education Center as seen behind the chapel. Watch the giant sunflowers grow over the next couple of months!
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Schedule
Your Group
Education
is the Heart of Sanctuary
New
England Primate Sanctuary Teams Up with the Jane
Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots Program
Program
Descriptions
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our Education Center Photo Gallery
Master of Their Habitats
New England Primate Sanctuary, Inc.
P.O. Box 520174, Winthrop, Massachusetts 02152 USA
Tel: (978) 834-3030 E-mail: info@neprimatesanctuary.org