The initiative of the Education and Citizen Security departments will cover the 4th and 5th grades of Primary School and seeks to improve the relationships between children and animals
The K9 Unit of the Local Police is visiting all the schools in Benidorm
The Paw Patrol of the Local Police has resumed the initiative that was started last year to visit all the schools in Benidorm to teach schoolchildren to interpret the language of dogs to improve the relationships between children and animals. Last year the initiative was carried out in municipal nursery schools, and with primary school students from six years old, this year the focus is on fourth and fifth-grade students from all the schools in the city.
For this reason, the Councillor for Education, Maite Moreno, and the Councillor Public Service, Jesús Carrobles, have visited Nuestra Señora de los Dolores school today, where the campaign has begun. “From today the Paw Patrol will begin to visit the 14 educational centres in Benidorm” explained Maite Moreno.
The councillor has specified that the sessions have been designed so that groups from “at least” two classrooms can participate in them and that the City Council has “made a calendar of visits” with the availability of the Local Police officers and Hanko, a dog from the ‘K9’, the Paw Patrol of the Local Police that was already there last year, to specify the dates and “so that the experience can be enjoyed by everyone and in all the schools in Benidorm”.
Hancko has amazed students and teachers with its skill, obedience and savoir-faire, which would not be possible without the constant work of the officers and, at the same time, trainers, with whom they share most of their time providing their services to the city. A Local Police officer has explained to the children how they should behave with a dog, what they can and should not do and the signals that the animal sends to humans.
For his part, Jesús Carrobles has specified that the activities last “around 45 minutes” and in each session “a couple of classes can participate, approximately 50 minors” and that “only” the centre has to make available to the K9 Unit “a room with a projector in which the talk can be held and the dogs can show their skills”.
