Care and learning around the Birs shelter
Stiftung TBB Schweiz links animal care with public education in the Basel area. Tierheim an der Birs provides a setting for rehoming animals and for learning about their needs. The organisation also offers boarding for owners who need temporary care during holidays, training commitments, weekends or a hospital stay.
A club that began in 1995
PetKids has offered animal and nature activities since 1995. Its programme is intended for children aged seven to fourteen, with small groups generally involving ten to fifteen participants. Some afternoons take place at Tierheim an der Birs, while other sessions introduce children to animal-related work elsewhere in the Basel region.
Practical tasks make care visible
Shelter activities can include walking dogs, learning canine body language, cleaning small-animal enclosures and discussing nutrition. Children also make enrichment materials for cats and small animals and observe how those materials are used. These tasks connect an animal’s behaviour with the practical effort involved in providing an appropriate daily environment.
Learning beyond the shelter
The programme describes excursions to places such as a guide-dog school, a hippotherapy centre and animal parks. Different visits introduce different relationships between people and animals. Within shelter sessions, learning can also extend to reptiles and their particular needs, broadening the programme beyond the dogs and cats most children may already know.
How families arrange participation
PetKids activities require club membership and a separate online registration for each child. Places are limited and sessions become available progressively on the programme page. The wider TBB calendar also lists public tours and introductory dog-walking courses. Families and prospective volunteers can choose the relevant route through those listings rather than assume that a shelter visit includes an activity place. Official programme information · AnimalProtech map.
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