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21st Century CARES is
dedicated to supporting animal welfare,
operating rescue facilities for domesticated
animals, and teaching humane education to all
current and future guardians. 21st Century CARES
has
implemented a model program in instructing youth
about the humanitarian treatment of fellow
creatures.
This program primarily moves to reach all
students in grades 5-12, and targets troubled
and at risk teens by
introducing students to rescued companion dogs.
It delivers a comprehensive and innovative
program that
helps them learn empathy, understanding,
compassion and responsibility towards animals
and, by extension,
other human beings. 21st CARES partners with the
courts and public school systems to reach out in
a creative
way to young people who are in need of positive
role models and productive ways to channel their
energies.
The organization also assists animal protection
organizations and parent groups with
implementing humane education
The outrageous amount of unnecessary bloodshed
Americans levy against millions of healthy happy
dogs annually is
the Elephant in the room!!! Clearly, the larger
animal protection organizations are not going to
solve this problem -
none even have any 'boots on the ground' staff
nor volunteers to assist in the education of our
current or future
guardians.. By doing nothing to educate the next
generation of pet owners/guardians, we condemn
the millions
and billions of pets yet to be born, to the same
unforgiving fate. Very sad for a 'civilized'
society.
In 2010, adults in this country made decisions
that ultimately resulted in the unnecessary
killing of over 8 million
healthy companion animals! This is based on
simple ignorance. Our children could make better
decisions for the
future if only given the proper information on
which to base their decisions. We must only show
them that 21st
Century CARES!
By expanding the parameters of what people think
they know and showing what many refuse to see,
we can see
an end to animal abuse and pet overpopulation in
our lifetime. It is clear that the problems will
not be solved by
the large animal organizations, but, by thinking
outside the box. We provide the building blocks
to implement
your own humane education programs & to begin
making changes at the local level. With over
1,000 pages
of lesson plans for K-12, troubled and at risk
teens, humane religion & research articles,
we'll help you keep this
idea alive!!!
At some point in time, we must all make the
decision to stop exhausting our energies and
resources that place
their focus on only cleaning up yesterday's
messes and to decide we want to see solutions
that will protect the
animals yet to be born as well. We must not lose
perspective of our collective goals. We must
expand our horizons
to choose those campaigns that will help us to
accomplish the most and save more animals in the
long run.
The animals who exist today are a very tiny
percentage of the animals who will be abused and
ultimately killed
in coming years and decades. Paying excessive
attention to those who suffer today is
condemning millions
more to suffer the same fate - simply born from
human ignorance - and yet another blow to the
failing animal
welfare and animal rights movement's ultimate
goals. We can't begin to win the game if only
part of our team
understands the rules. These animals are DYING
for humans to learn how to work smarter and not
harder!
Humane Education is the best...... no, the ONLY
means we have of accomplishing these goals! |
On This Page, 21st Century
C.A.R.E.S.'
- History
- Mission Statement,
- Core Beliefs,
- Objectives,
- Board Of Directors,
- Budgets
- Our Future Plans |
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75% of all
pets acquired by animal control facilities are there due
to lack of follow through by humans, bruised ego when
their ‘training’ failed or just became too frustrating,
or a complete lack of a well thought out plan. I
listened to over 2,500 humans try to justify why they
were dumping their dalmatians at my door. Only 3 or 4
were remotely legitimate reasons. THIS CAN BE CORRECTED
THROUGH PROPER EDUCATION. In any case the humans go on
with their lives. The pets will likely suffer greatly
and die.
History of 21st Century C.A.R.E.S.
Randy Warner first began rescuing
Dalmatians in the 1980’s and discovered it was his
calling in life. He also discovered the overwhelming
need for such a service, because so many people adopt
animals without giving much thought to what is involved.
Once they realize the tremendous responsibility they
have unwittingly taken on, many reject it and either
give the pet to the pound, where it is usually
destroyed, or fail to provide adequate care and
attention, and itsuffers.
Randy’s first response to this every day tragedy was to
establish his own rescue and shelter. He quickly reached
the conclusion, however, that this no shelter could ever
resolve the problem. Instead, they actually increase the
problem by hiding it view and enabling people to assuage
their guilt with their wallets without addressing the
underlying causes. Millions of dollars are contributed
each year to organizations that try to manage the abuse,
neglect and over-population of companion animals. But
very little attention is paid to why this terrible
situation exists, and much less money is put toward
trying to change the human behavior that creates it.
Randy decided to attack the disease instead of its
symptoms. He began delivering humane education programs
to schoolchildren in the Los Angeles area. He was
shocked at how little the participants knew, but
encouraged by their positive response to him, the dogs
he took with him and his message. This inspired him to
think bigger. In 1998 he launched 21st Century C.A.R.E.S.,
the United States’ first organization dedicated to
teaching people how to treat pets properly. He began to
plan a nationwide tour, the costs of which would be
covered by marketing campaigns. The goals of the tour
would be to speak with one million youth, and to
replicate the program in other areas. 21st Century
C.A.R.E.S. was built on the principle that people who
understand what is involved in caring for a pet will
either accept responsibility for treating the animals
they live with properly, or they will not acquire
animals to begin with. A corollary to this principle is
that people who have been taught how to treat animals
properly will be less tolerant of those who don’t.
Mission Statement
21st Century Animal Resource and
Education Services combats pet overpopulation, abuse and
neglect by delivering humane education programs to
school-aged children and promoting awareness among
people of all ages about how to live with and behave
responsibly toward companion animals, other animals,
and, by extension, each other. Millions of dollars are
spent each year in this country managing the
consequences of our mistreatment of animals. 21st
Century C.A.R.E.S. takes a different approach, striking
at the causes of such mistreatment, instead of trying to
mitigate the effects. We believe it is better to attack
the twin diseases of ignorance and apathy than to try to
cope with the disregard for fellow creatures that is
their most prevalent symptom. We do this through
education and empowerment.
Core Beliefs
That the problems of abuse, neglect and overpopulation
of companion animals are solvable in our lifetimes.
That most people will do the right thing when they are
made to understand what the right thing is.
That investing in education and awareness is less
expensive and more effective than is intervening
continuously to alleviate suffering caused by people who
don’t know any better.
That funds and energy spent on education pay tremendous
dividends: “if you give a person a fish, you feed one
person once. If you teach a person to fish, you feed
many people over and over again.”
Objectives
1. To combat abuse and neglect of
companion animals, whether caused by deliberate cruelty
or ignorance.
2. To discourage accidental or recreational breeding
of companion animals and to promote the compassionate
sterilization of cats and dogs to reduce their
overpopulation.
3. To provide humane education programs throughout
our nations' schools.
4. To deliver “ train the trainer” programs to reach
those we cannot reach directly, both in the U.S. and
abroad.
5. To work especially closely with troubled youth and
at-risk teens because of the improved self-esteem,
leadership ability and non-violent conflict resolution
skills that humane education programs instill.
6. To encourage the creation of humane education
clubs in communities across the country and around the
world.
7. To inform all government officials about the
direct and indirect advantages of providing humane
education in schools, and supporting it elsewhere.
8. To increase public awareness of the gross
maltreatment of animals in this country through media
coverage and to inform people of how they can help put a
stop to it.
9. To provide guidance, information and materials to
anyone who wishes to learn how to live with and behave
toward companion animals. To help everyone understand
the responsibilities associated with having pets and
give them the tools to determine whether they should
undertake such responsibilities.
The Problem
The three reasons most commonly cited
reasons for relinquishing dogs to the pound are:
difficulty housebreaking the pet; the pet jumping up on
people; the pet not walking nicely on a leash. All three
of these excuses stem from lack of training. A person
who has not been trained to train a puppy often blames
the puppy for its lack of training. Of course, it is the
person’s lack of training that is the problem.
“In 1999 adults in this country made decisions which
ultimately resulted in the unnecessary killing of over 8
million adoptable pets! Our children can do better if
only given the proper information. We just need to show
them the 21st Century Cares! .
We need to break the chain of ignorance that allows our
youth to follow the irresponsible behavior of their
parents.
Before you get your next puppy, go to the local and area
dog pounds 2 – 3 times to look. You just may find the
dog of your dreams, dreaming of you!
Benefits
One of the most noticeable results of these programs is
the development of a more sophisticated and solid moral
structure for today's youth – providing them with a
clearer picture, or ‘direction' from which they will
navigate through life.
They will come to enjoy education more, resulting in
higher attendance, more participation in the field of
science, lower drop-out rates, etc
Those students who received the Humane Education program
had significantly higher knowledge scores related to
humane treatment of animals as well as humans and
suggested awareness, empathy, and adoption of
non-violent conflict resolution techniques.
Long-term change
Exponential Change
Positive influence on kids – leadership dev. Improved
social skills, compassion, non-violent conflict
resolution
Inexpensive
Little infrastructure required
Easy sustainability
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