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| 12 Guiding Principles
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In 1963, Alice Morgan Wright wrote twelve simple principles to guide the humane care of animals. These principles have been the guiding light and fundamental underpinning of The National Humane Education Society (NHES). NHES 12 Guiding Principles To oppose cruelty in all its forms
To strive for an end to bullfighting, rodeo, and all cruel sports wherever performed and wherever represented as art or as entertainment
To strive to abolish cruel trapping
To discourage hunting, especially as a sport
To oppose all poisoning of wildlife
To protect and conserve wildlife for its own sake and not as a resource for Man’s exploitation
To aid or initiate programs for slaughter reform
To teach humane handling and care of work animals and food animals
To advance programs for the humane sterilization of cats and dogs in order to reduce their overpopulation
To provide for the rescue, housing and feeding of lost, stray or abandoned animals, until suitable homes are found
To urge that when it is necessary to put any tame animal to death, unless some better method of euthanasia is available, it be so arranged that the animal be held in the arms of some human friend while it is being given a painless, preliminary anesthetic, to be stroked and comforted with reassuring words until it loses consciousness, after which the lethal agent should be quickly administered
To recognize in animals their capacity for friendship and their need of friends. To befriend all Earth’s creatures, of the land, the sea and the air; to defend them against ravages by mankind, and to inspire in human beings compassion for all #
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