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Educational Resource LO1

What are animals for?

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Learning objectives1. Explain the different ways animals are used by people

and identify appropriate animals for each activity.2. Be able to outline some good and bad aspects of our

different uses of animals.3. Explain why some animals might be more suitable as

pets and why some would not be suitable at all.4. Outline and explain the basic needs of animals, in

particular lions and donkeys.5. Be able to link knowledge about animal needs and the

needs of humans.

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Why do animals exist ?

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Why do animals exist ?

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What do people use animals for ?

The Donkey Sanctuary

West Midlands Police

Carl Wholey

Brian Tomlinson Mutyalarao

SloobyUSDA

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The Donkey SanctuaryCarl Wholey

West Midlands PoliceBrian Tomlinson Mutyalarao

Slooby

Working

Farm

Sport

What do people use animals for ?

USDA

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WorkingPet / Companion Farmed

Animals in the UK ?

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Why do people keep

pets ?Pets

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friends funhobby

company

cute / cuddlyloveprotection

Pets

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Why do people use animals to work with them ?

Working

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help usstronger

better senses

faster

companionearn more

do more

Working

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Why do we farm animals ? Farmed

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food

earn money

enjoy animals

breeding

other products

jobs

land

culture

Farmed

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WorkingPets Farmed

How many of each type of animal can we name ?

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WorkingPets FarmedDogsCats

HorsesGuinea pigs

DonkeysBudgies

Police dogsSheepdogsCart horses

Police horsesBeach donkeysCustoms dogsRace horsesGreyhounds

Helping animals

CowsSheep

ChickensPigs

TurkeysDucksGeeseBees

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Pet animals in the UK

• Sort the animals

• Why would they make a good pet?

• Why would the others not be suitable?Public Domain

Petr Kratochvi

Petr Kratochvi

George Hodan

George Hodan

Deskana

Evelyn SimakSarah Nichols

Hannes Grobe Bernard Dupont

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Donkeys as pets ?

Would donkeys make a good pet ?

The Donkey Sanctuary

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Needs ?

Donkeys as pets ?

The Donkey Sanctuary

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Needs ?

food water shelter

carelove

friends

environmentbehaviour

Donkeys as pets ?

The Donkey Sanctuary

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Food

The Donkey Sanctuary

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Care The Donkey Sanctuary

The Donkey SanctuaryThe Donkey Sanctuary

The Donkey Sanctuary

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Care The Donkey Sanctuary

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Working Donkeys ?

The Donkey Sanctuary

The Donkey Sanctuary

The Donkey Sanctuary

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We have looked at animals that humans use, what other types of animals do we have in the UK?

Richard Croft Richard Bartz Tony HisgettPixabay

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We have looked at animals that humans use, what other types of animals do we have in the UK?

Richard Croft Richard Bartz Tony HisgettPixabay

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What is a wild animal ?How many UK wild animals can you name ?

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HedgehogSquirrel

DeerOtter

DormouseFox Rat

MouseVole

BeaverRabbitDuck

Shrew MoleBatSealStoat

BadgerDolphin Kestrel

OwlSnakeFrog

Ladybird

WhaleLizard

Slow wormNewt

SticklebackSalmon

Bee

HareToad

ButterflyMoth

BlackbirdCentipede

Crab

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How many wild animals can you name from Africa ?

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LionGiraffeGazelleMeerkatZebra

CrocodileGorilla

CheetahElephant

AntelopesBaboonLeopard

HippopotamusRhinocerosPorcupine

VultureHoney badgerChimpanzee

OstrichWildebeest

Wild AssPythonBongo

SpringbokStorkEagleLizard

MonkeyMongoose

Parrot

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How could we group these animals?

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How could we group these animals?no legs, two legs,

four legs, more legsbird, mammal, reptile,

insect, amphibiancarnivore, herbivore,

omnivore

can fly, cannot fly size, length, height, weight lives in water,

lives on land

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What do wild animals need ?

Clément Bardot

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food

water

habitatspace

protection

behave like animals

babiesclean air

shelter

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What does that mean for lions ?

Clément Bardot

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What does that mean for lions ?

habitat

protectionshelter

food

behave like animals

Clément Bardot

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habitat ?Not “king of the jungle”

flat lands near water dry hot

trees

grassland

bushes

space

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food ?

carnivore

meat smalleranimals

depends on the habitat

antelope

buffalo zebraClément Bardot

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shelter ?

shade

camouflage

trees

grassland

bushes

More shelter when having

cubsClément Bardot

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behave like animals ?

hunt

eat wild

resting

be with other lions

patrolling

keep pridecare for young

Clément Bardot

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protection ?

poaching

habitat loss

no space

less foodget ill

killing

climatepredatormore people

poisoned

Clément Bardot

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Wild donkeys?

Donkeys are domesticated, but

their ancestors were wild animals

The African Wild Ass (Somali and Nubian ass) are critically endangered species, living in

East Africa.

African Wild Ass Range Map

The Donkey Sanctuary C. Smeenk

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Animal needs task

• Sort the cards for each animal, showing what each animal would need

• Why do they need certain things?• Why are some of the items not needed?

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Why do animals exist ?

The Donkey Sanctuary Clément Bardot

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