Animal Bite Prevention

Third-grade classes at Spring Lake have been writing informational reports on animals they have researched. Each student picked an animal to write about and then researched to find information telling about the animal’s description, what it eats, its habitat, and other unique qualities. As an extension of this research they were fortunate to have Kierstan Munford, with the North Utah Valley Animal Shelter, come and give them a presentation about animal bite prevention. Ms. Munford’s son, Riley Van Nosdol is in third-grade at Spring Lake. She taught the students safe behaviors for being around animals, especially stray animals or animals that belong to someone else. One important lesson she taught was what to do when an animal is in the school yard. Students are to leave it alone, not to chase it or touch it, and to tell the office so they can call someone to take it off the property. She said when animals are frightened, sick or injured they are more likely to bite.