Children for Animal Protection: Excursions for the conference in Vienna!

Children for Animal Protection: Excursions for the conference in Vienna!

Next week, more precisely on October 24, 2025, the2nd Children's Animal Welfare Conferenceinstead of. Six school classes from Vienna present their creative ideas on the topics of wild animals, farm animals and pets. The event aims to discuss animal welfare concerns with experts and policymakers and give children the opportunity to have their voices heard. How 5min reports, this conference will not only be a forum for exchange, but also a platform to promote democratic engagement among students.

Preparations are in full swing. During exciting excursions, the children collected important information that they can incorporate into their presentations. Two school classes attended“Wildlife Service Vienna”in Laxenburg, where they dealt intensively with wild animals. Here they learned a lot about the dangers to animals such as squirrels, hedgehogs, young brown hares and foxes in the city and about how these animals can be helped. The exchange with the wildlife service experts clearly left an impression. Today adds that the focus of the explorations was also to make the children aware of the habitats and needs of these animals.

Focus on farm animals and pets

But it wasn't just wild animals that were on the program. When visiting theTirolerhof in Schönbrunn ZooThe children learned everything about the animal-friendly husbandry of cattle, chickens and sheep. It is important that students understand how to treat farm animals with respect and the requirements of keeping them in a species-appropriate manner.

Another important point was “pets”. During her visit toTierQuarTier, the city of Vienna's animal shelter, the children were able to learn about the needs of pets such as dogs, cats and rabbits. Particular attention was paid to the discussion about torture, a topic that is receiving increasing attention today and about which it is important to raise awareness.

Student engagement and motivation

Lea Mirwald, MSc, managing director of the association“Animal protection sets a precedent”, emphasizes that through these excursions the students not only acquire in-depth knowledge, but are also motivated to develop their own ideas for better treatment of animals. Animal welfare councilor Jürgen Czernohorszky emphasizes how important such events are for the children: “The excursions motivate the children to come up with their own ideas for a better coexistence with animals, and the conference offers an excellent opportunity to experience democracy at school.”

The children's animal protection conference will therefore not only be an event for learning, but also a space for exchange and active participation in shaping a better future for our fellow creatures. It will be exciting to see what innovative ideas the young animal rights activists will present!