"Schoolboy Granted Permission to Identify as a Wolf"Schools

Schools which allow children to identity as animals are putting them at risk from paedophiles and failing to prepare them for adulthood, parents have warned.

The UFTScotland group, which represents parents, said it was 'completely insane' for teachers and council education officials to let pupils self-identify as animals.

The Mail yesterday revealed that a pupil at a Scottish secondary school is being allowed to identify as a wolf – and is being supported using SNP government guidance.

UFTScotland said some people who dress up as animals in online videos are taking part in adult sexual fetishes – and paedophiles could use this practice to start targeting animal-identifying youngsters.

These are known as therians – a subset of otherkins, who identify as partially or entirely non-human – while 'furries' see their 'animal persona' as a character.