A British school pupil has been allowed to identify as a wolf.
The youngster is suffering from “species dysphoria”, a condition where a person feels their body is part of the wrong species.
Teachers are said to be supporting the decision of the youngster to be the beast. The local council in Scotland, which has not been named, said the secondary school kid belongs to a group called “furries” and identifies with an “animal persona”.
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Growing numbers of schoolchildren are said to be taking on the personalities of foxes, dragons, birds, snakes, sharks and dinosaurs.
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But one expert said the pupil needs to “snap out of it”. Clinical neuropsychologist Dr Tommy MacKay said: “There is no such condition in science as ‘species dysphoria’.
“It’s not surprising that we are seeing this in an age when many people want to identify as something other than they are.
“Now we have a council which appears to accept at face value that a child identifies as a wolf, rather than being told to snap out of it and get to grips with themselves, which would be the common-sense approach.”
The local authority said it follows the GIRFEC (Getting It Right for Every Child) Scottish Government guidance. The wellbeing framework ensures children’s voices are heard and helps them “overcome inequalities”.
It added it offered personal support and “more specific support” including a “wellbeing worker”, counselling and help with learning, adding: “There is very little specific guidance on species dysphoria.”
Meghan Gallacher, a Conservative MSP, said: “Teachers who are already under significant pressure due to SNP cuts should not feel like they have to tiptoe around issues in the classroom.
“With all the other challenges facing schools, ministers should ensure that teachers feel confident that they can take a common-sense approach when these situations occur.”
Christopher McGovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, said: “Accommodating and excusing naughty behaviour by dressing it up in pseudo- medical terminology is all the rage amongst educators across the UK.
“It is part of the ‘woke’, politically correct, victimhood industry that currently defines too much schooling.”
Last year, a school was forced to deny its pupils identified as cats following reports that kids were “pooing on the floor”.
Claims swirled on social media that students at Banff Academy in Aberdeenshire wanted to be felines. The local authority said the rumours were false.
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