On Friday, May 23, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Animal Kindness Program visited Acreage Pines Elementary School.
Students in fourth and fifth grades listened to a presentation from Barbara Masi about animal kindness and bully prevention.
The PBSO believes it is important to teach children to be kind to all animals, and if children learn to be kind to animals, kindness will spread.
Masi brought Sonic and Missile, two gentle, retired racing greyhounds, to meet the students.
As part of the sheriff’s bully prevention program, Masi shared information about the different types of bullies and what to do if a student is bullied in school or on the Internet.
The students enjoyed petting Sonic and Missile, and Masi also explained safety rules for when students approach dogs.
