[Animal welfare in schools--experiences from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania]

More and more our schools are asked to include questions of animal protection in their curricula. So far animal-related topics have only been dealt with in the subjects Biology and "Sachunterricht" from a more ecological and/or economical point of view. Many teachers lack sufficient knowledge to teach their pupils topics of animal protection in a practical and interesting way. Moreover there exist various obstacles such as red tape problems and missing curricula that make it difficult to integrate questions of animal protection in our schools. That is why a workable structure for in-service-training including experts, teachers and politicians is being developed to improve the situation.