Sarah S.
West House
Animal Cruelty
EQ: What is the most effective way to take a stand against animal cruelty?

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Fourth Interview Questions

  1. What is the most effective way to take a stand against animal cruelty?
  2. How do can one report an animal cruelty or neglect situation in their area?
  3. How does one become an animal cop or care attendant?
  4. What other jobs are available that help animals?
  5. Is there any evidence of a link between animal abuse and human violence?
  6. How do I know if an animal is too thin?
  7. What constitutes animal cruelty?
  8. What constitutes federal cruelty to animals?
  9. What information should I have on hand when I make a report of animal cruelty?
  10. Do you believe animals should have rights? Why or why not?
  11. What are some ways to rehabilitate previously abused pets?
  12. What happens when authorities prosecute an animal cruelty case?
  13. What is the difference between a state humane agent and an animal control officer?
  14. What happens to animals who have been seized from an abusive home or fighting operation?
  15. What can someone do on a daily basis, that will not effect their daily routines, to help animals?
  16. Why is animal cruelty a concern?
  17. What is the penalty for animals cruelty in California?
  18. How many animals enter the Baldwin Park Animal Shelter every day? Week? Year?
  19. How many animals are euthanized?
  20. How long are animals kept in the shelter before they are adopted or put down?

Sunday, February 13, 2011

Independent Study 2

1. Discuss possible ideas you have to complete this requirement?
     I plan on doing another 30 hours at the animal care center.
2. How will this help answer your EQ?
     At the animal care center I have hands on experience with animals and am ale to work with animal care attendants and officer who know quite a lot about animal cruelty. One of my answers to my EQ is "join or form an organization or volunteer at an animal rescue or shelter to help educate people and care for animals," so this just makes me more positive and prepared for my EQ.

Final Draft

What is the most effective way to take a stand against animal cruelty?
(A) Introduction
1. Describe a general overview of your presentation.
     Ask what they already know about animal rights and clarify what it is, and various types of cruelty they have heard of or seen. I will then discuss various cases in the U.S. involving animal cruelty and the categories they are put into. My activity will be require everyone, and a partner, to identify a category of cruelty with an actual case. Afterwards I will give a brief description of the cases they were given.
2. Purpose or objectives of your presentation
     Purpose is to introduce what animal rights is and learn the different types of cruelty and cases they are filed under.
(B) Body
1. Major Point 1
     What is animal rights and anti-cruelty law statuses in the U.S. (5 minutes)
2. Major Point 2
     Different types of cruelty categories and cases in the U.S. (5minutes)
3. Major Point 3
     Activity: Partners will determine which cruelty categories go with which actual case. Afterwards I will give a brief description of the case and its current status.
4. Activity
    The class will get together with a partner to determine which cruelty categories go with which current abuse case in the U.S.
5. How will this activity help the students understand the major points you already covered?
      It will make them more aware of what they already have basic knowledge of but to actually hear what goes on in detail to animals by sick people and how the law affects it.
(C) Conclusion
1. Summarize the essential points and discuss how this is connected to the EQ
     Knowing various cases and laws helps individuals better understand how to fight for the strong passage of anti-cruelty laws.
2. What was your most important source for this presentation and why?
     pet-abuse.com is my most important source because it has provided with a full list of every abuse case in the U.S. and Canada and well as various graphs involving different types of cruelty.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Independent Study 1

1. Log
     Between January 14th and January 28th. Went to each sophomore and junior class more than twice a week to make announcements and updates, pass out flyers, and collect the donations.

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 3a.) I, Sarah Sartori, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

3b.) Throughout 2 weeks I worked with the junior and sophomore classes in an animal shelter drive. The students had a variety of items to choose from to help out hundreds of animals. Here are the results in total (including myself and family):
  • 17 blue medical clothes
  • 20 small towels
  • 4 large towels
  • 59 grocery bags
  • 3 hand sanitizers
  • 25 lidocaine injections
  • 17 povidone-iodine solutions
  • 21 cans of dog food
  • 28 dog bones
  • 4 bags/boxes of dog food
  • 19 bags/boxes of dog treats
  • 5 large bowls
  • 4 small bowls
  • 3 rolls of trash bags
  • 8 bags of cat treats
  • 4 bags/boxes of cat food
  • 5 gallon all-purpose bucket
  • pooper scooper
  • 2 pack oral hygiene kit
  • pack of ear cleaning wipes
  • dog shampoo
  • 5 pens
  • 10 pencils
  • tie out stake
  • 139 cans of cat food
  • roll of doggy clean-up bags
  • 4 leashes
  • bag of rabbit food
  • bag of aspen bedding
  • bandana
  • 2 cat toys
  • 16 tennis balls
  • 16 dog toys
  • small blanket
3c.) During both weeks I made plenty of flyers about the animal shelter drive, went to all of the classes to persuade people to stop by the shelter and adopt or volunteer and donate something since the shelter I volunteer at is the largest in L.A. county. I had more trouble trying to count and put everything together than anything else. I set my goal of having to take at least a truck load in, meaning I didn't want to be given enough to fit into a small car, and luckily my goal was met and I filled up the back of my truck and took it all in.

3d.) This component helped me with my EQ because it showed a great example of what people can do to help animals. One of my answers to my EQ is "volunteer at a rescue or shelter in order to help educate  people and care for animals." Not only was I able to help and make a difference, but I was able to get a group of students to help donate and many were interested in becoming a volunteer like me.



Sunday, February 6, 2011

Presentation 2 Rough Draft

What is the most effective way to take a stand against animal cruelty?


(A) Introduction


1. Describe a general overview of your presentation
     Ask what they already know about animal rights and cruelty, clarify what it is, and define what my EQ means.
     I might also base my presentation on my first independent component and the service learning I have achieved so far or I'm thinking about discussing various cases in the U.S. involving animal cruelty and tying in an activity that involves cases what type of cruelty was involved and the status on the cases.


2. Purpose or objectives of your presentation
     Purpose is to introduce one possible answer to my EQ and teach the class about it. So "joining or forming an organization or volunteering at an animal shelter" is the answer I am thinking about discussing and i'm going to tie my service learning in with it.


(B) Body


1. Major Point 1
     What is animal rights and anti-cruelty law statuses in the U.S. (5 minutes)


2. Major Point 2
     different types of cruelty and cases in the U.S. (5minutes)


3. Major Point 3
     Activity: take the information taught and basic knowledge to play a jeopardy type game....not quite sure yet (5-10 minutes)


4. Activity
    quiz type game teaching the class different types of cruelty, actual cases that are in currently in progress, and their statuses.


5. How will this activity help the students understand the major points you already covered?
      It will make them more aware of what they already have basic knowledge of but to actually hear what goes on in detail to animals by sick people and what the law can do about it.


(C) Conclusion


1. Summarize the essential points and discuss how this is connected to the EQ
     Knowing various cases and laws helps individuals better understand how to fight for the strong passage of anti-cruelty laws.


2. What was your most important source for this presentation and why?
     pet-abuse.com is my most important source because it has provided with a full list of every abuse case in the U.S. and Canada and well as various graphs involving different types of cruelty.

(D) Materials needed