Interpretive Educational Programing Incorporating Animals

For most of human existence contact with animals has been an essential and integral part of our daily life – whether the contact was for consumption, labor energy, hunting skills, or companionship. For a large majority of contemporary urban and suburban populations it is that last category, companionship, that has come to form the bulk of personal, daily animal-human interaction. Programming that is able to ethically incorporate animals in presentations to the public help to remind that public that they are not far removed from a more visceral, multi-species lifestyle – and perhaps be more mindful of the fact that modern lifestyles are still dependent on animal-human interaction that goes far beyond companionship.

Below are images of a few examples of the types of animals History Now’s Ken Johnston has worked with in educational programs and presentations for the public.