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GUIDE TO STARTING AN ANIMAL CLUB

YOUTH HELPING ANIMALS

School Club Manual

BC SPCA School Club Manual 2

Acknowledgements

The BC SPCA School Club manual was written and designed by, Paula Neuman, Humane Education Manager, BC SPCA,

Many thanks to our Funding Partner

1245 East 7th AvenueVancouver, BC V5T 1R1phone: (604) 681-7271 fax: (604) [email protected] www.spca.bc.ca

© 2009 BC SPCA. The BC SPCA retains all copyright for the club guidelines and tip sheets. All rights reserved. Permission to reproduce these pages is granted for home or classroom use only. For all other purposes, permission must be requested in writing from the BC SPCA.

For more information contact:


The BC SPCA School Animal Club was created to help students who care about animals to take action for animals. This manual contains background information (via web page) on nine different topics as well as some suggested activities that can be used for these topics or any other topics your club chooses. The goal is to inspire club members to use their skills and cre-ativity to share information about animal welfare issues with their peers and their community.

To the Club Advisor:

There are many different activities for young people outside of regular school programming. But there are very few opportunities for students interested in animal welfare to share their knowledge, passion and creativity with others or to learn new skills and take action to im-prove the lives of animals. The BC SPCA animal club can provide students with an outlet to exchange ideas with their peers, gain an understanding of how the environment, animals and humans are interconnected, learn how their actions can make a difference in improving the world and empower them to take action and educate others. Mission:

Through educational, cooperative and fun learning experiences, club members will learn to evaluate their own decisions and others, be empowered to act upon their beliefs, to learn empathy for all living things and become compassionate, responsible citizens.

Goals: To help members understand

• the consequences of their actions/words by providing information and teaching skills

• how the environment, animals and humans are interdependent • how animals are used in our society• the similarities and differences between all living things• how the choices we make every day affect animals and others • how the media uses animals in their messaging• the responsibility humans have to the animals we’ve domesticated• to identify human impact on wildlife and the environment

Advantages:

• educating club members will help to solve problems in the future• empowering club members will encourage them to take action for animals• teaching new skills will help club members contribute to the community • supporting advocacy will help club members share these messages with

others in the school and community

Introduction


BC SPCA School Club Recognition

Each time an event or project is completed by the club record it on the record sheet (page 21). Once the record sheet is filled send a copy to: BC SPCA Education Department 1245 East 7th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5T 1R1

The BC SPCA looks forward to recognizing clubs for their efforts. Recognition materials will be sent directly to the school.

Send Photos

Take photos of events and projects. Send them to us and we may use it in our Bark! magazine or on our website. Please ensure that permission to use the photo for this purpose has been given by the parents.

Club Recognition

Chartwell Elementary School’s grade 5 class decided that instead of having a class pet, they would raise money for their local SPCA shelter. The students organized their own fundraising activities and took part in a flea market involving neighbouring classrooms. They raised $515.


Club Registration

To receive your ‘Welcome to the Club’ package please fill out the following form and send it to BC SPCA, 1245 East 7th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 1R1, Attention: Paula Neuman. You can also fax it to 604-681-7022 or scan and email to [email protected]

We encourage all club members to sign up for the BC SPCA’s e-Kids News at spca.bc.ca/youth/kids-news/e-kids.html

Date:

School or Club Name:

Address:

Club Advisor: Advisor Email:

Club Members:

First Name Last Name email address (optional)


Ideas for Club Projects and Events

PROJECTS Raise Awareness:

• Develop, design and produce a pet care display for school.

• Design an exhibit for the library, school or nature center on an animal issue such as pet overpopulation, littering, handling of urban wildlife.

• Develop a campaign to increase awareness of an animal issue (e.g. the impact of littering on wildlife, the ecological impact of helium balloons on wildlife, spay/neuter pets). Produce flyers for distribution through neighbor-hood stores and write articles for the local papers to increase awareness of the issue and promote the campaign.

• Write a script for an animal themed performance and perform it at a school assembly. Write a story from an animal’s perspective around an issue (e.g. abandoned cat, dog in hot car, hamster in small cage) and share with your class and/or reading buddies.

• Make announcements at school on seasonal pet safety issues (fireworks scare pets, use of pet safe antifreeze).

Take Action:

• Write letters to stores, corporations, city councilors, newspapers etc. to share your opinion. Ask them to make changes such as stop testing products/in-gredients on animals, products that have excess packaging, use of animals in ads, use of exotic animals in ads, or reinforcing of stereotypes of animals in ads (e.g. Rottweilers, snakes as mean and evil).

• make changes to an issue at school (e.g. ban field trips to zoos, provide vegetarian options in the cafeteria or at school events) make a presentation to the teachers at recess or at a staff meeting or create a petition to collect signatures from students that support the change you want to make.

Ideas for Club Activities


EVENTS

• Invite a guest speaker to your school assembly to talk about animal related issues.

• Hold a fund-raiser such as a bake sale, flea market, etc. and donate the

money you raise to your favorite animal charity.

• Create “ads” for TV, radio or newspaper. Use them for your school newslet-ter, assembly or over your intercom system.

• Hold a talent show. Make up songs/jingles by changing the words of songs or TV jingles to have animal themed words. Write a skit on the life of an ani-mal kept in captivity (zoo, circus, etc), or about animals at the shelter looking for new homes and perform these at a talent show or assembly.

• Have a movie hour at lunch time. Discuss any stereotypes of animals or how the movie would positively or negatively impact animals (i.e. demand for a certain type of animal or breed of dog portrayed in them move may go up though many people may not realize the commitment required to care for these animals).

• Ask your librarian to promote good animal stories/books and display them during the month of May as part of Be Kind to Animals Month.

• Collect towels, blankets, toys, goodies, etc. for donation to the BC SPCA.

• Create a scavenger hunt involving animal clues around your community or within an enclosed space. Have prizes for the team that finishes first.

• Hold an animal festival or day at your school. Have displays, games, guest speakers or a movie.

OTHER:

• Make clay/paper mâche animals as a prop for a fundraiser or display.

• Develop a bird friendly nature space.

Ideas for Club Activities


Display Tip Sheet

Tips for Creating a Great Display

1. Make it attractive. • Colour and clear large text draw people to your display. Keep it simple. The

idea is to interact with visitors and talk to them about your message. The text should contrast with your backdrop so it stands out.

• Use a backdrop. This will make your display more effective and give you more room to display material. The backdrop should be a solid colour that will look good with the other colours you use in your display.

• If you have a table display you may want to cover the table with a cloth or hang a banner at the front of the table. Use this extra space to display your message.

• If you are using photographs back them on slightly larger piece of paper in a contrasting colour. This will give the photo a framed look.

2. Handouts.

• Have something to hand out (a brochure, mini poster, fact sheet) that peo-ple can take with them if they are interested. Save paper - give them only to people who express a genuine interest in your project.

3. Simple is better. • Use easy to read fonts.• Keep it simple and concise. • Use minimal text. Have detailed text on a handout that interested people

can take home to read. Most people will not stop and read detailed informa-tion at a display and if they do they will block the display for others to enjoy.

4. Interact with the crowd. • Include something interactive at your display such as a quiz, a PowerPoint

presentation or a scheduled demonstration. This is a way to get your mes-sage across in a fun way that will attract attention.

Ideas for displays

Hot dogs in carsPet safe antifreezeWhy exotic animals don’t make good petsPet care (specific to one animal)Pet safety tipsPlight of animals used in entertainment


To the Honourable Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, in Legislature Assem-bled:

Don’t risk this puppy’s life!

Switch topet-friendlyantifreeze.

www.spca.bc.ca/antifreezeBC SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

Regular ethylene glycol antifreezeis so toxica mere tablespoon will killa cat or dog.

Ask for pet-friendly,propylene glycolantifreeze at your service centre or automotive retailer.

The petition of the undersigned, concerned citizens, of the Province of British Columbia, states that:Antifreeze containing ethylene glycol should not be sold in British Columbia. Antifreeze containing ethylene glycol is a major cause of poisoning deaths in companion animals, wildlife, and livestock; is a poison to humans; and is also an environmental toxin. It is unacceptable that companion animals, livestock, wildlife, humans, and the environment are being needlessly harmed or put at risk.

Your petitioners respectfully request that the Honourable House pass legislation banning the sale of antifreeze containing ethylene glycol in British Columbia. Dated this ________ day of _______________, 20____.

Name Address (please print) Signature

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For more information please visit www.spca.bc.ca/antifreeze

Completed forms will be sent to MLA Scott Fraser at 3699 3rd Ave, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 4E7

The information provided will be used only for the purpose of the petition. The BC SPCA carefully protects the personal information it collects and that any other use other than those for which it was collected, will be disclosed, and subject to consent.

Creating a Petition

1. Clearly outline the issue you would like changed, and specify the recipient of the petition.

2. Set a deadline and the number of signatures you would like to collect. (this doesn’t have to be on the position but you should set a date as a goal).

3. Include a line that lets people know their information will not be used or shared with any-one.

4. Leave enough room for people to clearly print their name and address. A written signature is required.

5. Put the petition on a clipboard or hard surface in a location where people gather. Attach a pen.

6. Make a poster or brochure that explains why you would like to see change on the issue. Give factual information that will back your claim.

Be prepared for people to say no or refuse to sign your petition. Some may even debate the issue and disagree with you. Don’t take it personally or get into an argument. Everyone has a right to their own view.

See the BC SPCA’s petition to ban poisonous antifreeze, below.

Petition Tip Sheet


Ideas for Petitions

• offer alternatives to dissection in Science• stop your community pet store from selling animals • stop a store from selling fur and fur-trimmed products• stop a grocery store or restaurant from keeping live sea animals (lobster,

crab, fish)• get your school district to use only pet safe antifreeze in their vehicles

Petition Tip Sheet

TIP: If using another person’s or organiza-tion’s information on your petition make sure to give them credit.


Planning a Great Fundraising Event – Tip Sheet

Why Fundraise? The first step in planning a fundraising event is to decide what organization or cause you want to support. For example, if you decide you want to help save an endan-gered species there are several organizations that work on this issue. You may decide to fund-raise for one particular organization or split the money between a few. Donors will want to know why you are raising money and how their donations will be used.

Let the organization know that you are planning an event to support them. The event should be something that meets with their approval (for example, selling animal circus tickets, or using animals in a performance such as a magic show would not be approved as an BC SPCA fundraiser).

Set a Goal

• Decide how much money you want to raise for a particular cause. It may be useful to find out how much something costs e.g., $130 to spay a cat. Brain-storm ideas with friends about different ways to raise money. Make sure the activity you choose is realistic and enjoyable. Do some research to see how others have successfully raised money.

Plan• Decide how much you will charge for your event, sale, or service, and how

many things you will have to sell, or services you will have to provide, to reach your target. Then decide if you think you can reasonably achieve this.

• Make a list of the materials you will need. • If you are planning a fundraiser at school or in a public place make sure you

get permission before you go too far in your planning. There may be other events going on that will distract from your event, so look at what else is go-ing on in your school or community on the day you choose.

• Make a checklist of things to buy, make, or do, and who is responsible for each item. Check things off as they get done.

Set a Date• Setting a timeline will help you plan and organize the event. Have regular

meetings prior to the event to make sure everyone is on track and all jobs have been taken care of.

• Involve others. Fundraising events are always more fun if you get others in-volved. Determine each person’s job and set a timeline to complete certain parts of each job.

Fundraising Tip Sheet


Create a Budget• Is there a cost to putting on your event? If so, how much and how will you

get the money? Always add about 10 percent more for things you may buy that are not on your list. Make sure the money you will make at the event will be more than your costs.

• Talk to others who have done similar events to see if you are missing any-thing in your budget.

Advertising• Create posters, do PA announcements at school and place ads in the com-

munity events section of your local newspaper and TV stations. If you belong to a club, church or team, ask if you can put an ad in their newslet-ter. Tell everyone you know. Create an email invitation and ask everyone on your email list to pass it on to friends.

• If you are fundraising for a particular organization e.g. BC SPCA, let them know. They may put up a poster about your event and let others know about it as well.

Ideas for fundraising

Walkathon/bike-a-thon - Map the route for the event. People can sponsor participants per/kilometre or make a direct donation.

Spell-a-thon - Challenge classmates to a spell-a-thon of animal themed words. Have partici-pants get sponsored per word spelled correctly or get direct donations.

Fashion/Talent Show – Do you like to create your own fashion statement or want to be a rock star? Get your friends together and plan a show for the school lunch hour or evening. Sell tickets to the event.

Car Wash – Hold a car wash in your school parking lot. Ask for a minimum donation for each car wash. You may ask more for bigger cars.

Theme Day at School – Get students to dress up as their favorite movie star or have a pajama day at school. Students have to buy tickets in order to wear their costume. Offer a prize for best costume.

Book or toy sale – Ask students to donate books or toys for your sale. Sell items during the lunch hour.

Bake sale – Ask your friends and family to bake their favorite cookies, muffins or cupcakes. Usually if you ask people for a donation rather than specify a price you will raise more money.

Odd Jobs – Offer your services to family and neighbors. Dog walking, mowing lawns, washing windows or shoveling snow are just some ideas.

Fundraising Tip Sheet


Letter Writing Tip Sheet

Information to Include in a Letter

Date

Your Name and address Recipient Address which should include:

• The name of the organization• Contact names and their position• Full mailing address

Salutation: (e.g. Dear) Use proper titles and last names. Do not refer to the recipient by first name unless you know him or her personally.

Body: • Introduce yourself and state why you are writing. • Give the reasons why you feel strongly about the issue at hand. • Be brief and to the point.• Personalize your letter by explaining how it affects you and what actions you

will take to show your support for the issue. • Invite the recipient to learn more about this issue. Include website, books,

etc. or invite them to speak to you personally.

Signature:Sign your name and print or type it underneath.

Tip: A handwritten letter gets more attention than one that is printed on a computer. Make sure your handwriting is legible.


Ideas for Letter writing campaigns

• write to companies that test products on animals and ask them to stop• write letters to companies to ask them to reduce the packaging of their

products• write to your mayor and city council to let them know you are concerned

about the sale of exotic animals• write to your mayor and city council to ask them to ban circuses that use

animals as part of their acts.• write to the premier and your local MLA to voice your concerns about the

lack of habitat protection of an endangered species• write a letter to the newspaper editor to inform people of the dangers of

leaving pets inside cars when the weather is warm or leaving their animals outside during cold/wet weather

Letter Writing Tip Sheet

Letters to Government Officials

Letters and e-mails may be structured basically the same way. Here are some tips for writing to your Member of Parliament (MP) or your Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to ask them to support an issue you care about.

1. If your MP or MLA is a minister of a department, address him/her as Honourable (i.e. Hon. John Baird)

2. State your purpose . Do this in the first paragraph. For example: As a Member of the BC SPCA, I urge you to strengthen animal cruelty laws so that the punishment is more reflective of the crime.

3. Explain the importance of the legislation.

4. Tell the MP or MLA who you are (a volunteer with the United Way, the director of the local child abuse shelter, an interested citizen) and be certain to mention that you are one of his or her constituents.

5. Keep it simple. Address only one issue in each letter. Keep your letter short in an easy-to-read format with only a few sentences in each paragraph and a space between each para-graph.


Designing a Stand-out Poster:

Layout • Eyes usually focus first at the centre • left to right • top to bottom

Size and Style of Text• legible• readable• important words large (e.g. title)

Images• Clear• Large • Background should not be busy

Limit to Two Fonts of Text

• Keep headline/title fonts the same• Only use a second font for text

Title• Keep the title short and catchy• Size – visible from 5-6 feet away

Neat and Simple • Layout should have an imaginary

line to follow

• Look organized• Use of white space• Limit text and grab attention.

Colour • use complementary colours• colour can affect mood

Message – do you want to . . .• Inform?• Persuade?• Request?• Oppose?

Poster Tip Sheet

TIPS Use pictures. Draw or look for pic-tures in magazines or catalogues to glue to your poster.

Try using the computer to draft posters instead of the pencil drafts.

Ask yourself, whether your poster would offend anyone? Offensive posters will not be welcome in public places.

Ask for approval before putting your poster up in a school or public place.

• adopt an animal at the SPCA• pet care tips (on a specific

animal)• why exotic animals don’t

make good pets• things to think about before

getting a pet• pet hazards• risks for dogs in the back of

pick-up trucks• emergency planning for

your pet• plight of circus animals

Ideas for Posters


Creating a Skit or Video to Show in Class or at an Assembly

Has a movie or commercial ever changed the way you think about something? Most people learn more by watching than reading or listening. Why not create a skit, public service an-nouncement (PSA) or a short movie about a topic you are interested in? Enlist your friends as actors, costume designers and scriptwriters.

Think about what kind of advertisements or movies that you remember and why you remem-ber them.

• What made them stand out? • Was it a shocking image or a simple message? • Did it start out as something you didn’t understand but made sense in the

end?

Remember that PSAs and commercials are only 20-60 seconds long. This is surprisingly lon-ger than you might think. You have to be very selective about the information your want to share. Strong imagery and simple messaging can have a powerful impact.

Step One: StoryboardPlan your PSA, skit or short movie using a storyboard. A storyboard is a visual sketch of the actions. Practice creating a storyboard using the following link. www.plugincinema.com/plugin/film_school/interactive.html

Sketch your own storyboard for your project. Review your storyboard and take out anything that really doesn’t help tell your story.

Step Two: ScriptOnce the visual storyboard is created, write dialogue to go with your storyboard. Once com-plete it’s time to edit. Pare your message down to its essence.

Step Three: CastingDecide each group member’s role. Roles could include actors, camera operator, director, cos-tume design, script supervisor, and prop person.

Step Four: PracticePractice your scenes to work out any rough spots. You may need to add dialogue or sharpen your acting skills. This is where you can decide on angles and close-up or wide angle camera shots.

Step Five: Gathering MaterialsLocation, costumes, sound effects, etc. should all be in place before filming begins.

Skit/Video Tip Sheet


Step Six: Filming If you are doing a PSA or a short movie, you will need to film the scenes. If you are doing a skit, you will just need to rehearse. It may take more than one or two tries to get it right. Remem-ber that if you are filming you can edit your film later.

Step Seven: EditingThere are different software programs that can help you edit your project.

Ideas for skits/videos

• Spay/neuter your pet• Hot dogs in cars – the dangers of leaving pets in cars• End Animal Cruelty • Dangers of dogs in the back of pickup trucks• Adopt from the BC SPCA• Buy cruelty-free products• Pet-safe antifreeze• Stop the seal hunt

For more information on these and other issues go to www.spca.bc.ca/advocacy/default.asp

Skit/Video Tip Sheet

TIP: If you don’t like to perform, you could write a short “radio commercial” to read over the intercom at school or you could design a small ad to put in your school newsletter.


Amy Walsh began volunteering at the Comox Valley & District Branch in 2006 when she was nine years old. Accompanied by her mom, Tracy, she came every week to clean cat cages and walk the dogs. She soon joined the branch’s mobile adoption unit, known as the Pet Squad, and spent almost every Saturday in a busy mall trying to find homes for adoptable animals.

Amy’s dedication to animal welfare extends into her life at school. Amy often shares information about the SPCA and the humane treatment of animals with her peers. Recently, she made animal cruelty the topic of a class project and launched a com-munity petition to boycott Snow Buddies, the locally shot Disney movie that earned an “unacceptable” rating from the American Humane Society after several golden retriever puppies died during filming. Amy read about the problems with the movie in

Bark! - the BC SPCA’s Kids Club magazine - and was shocked that animal neglect could happen on a Disney production. She did more research into the film and when she shared her find-ings at school, her entire class got behind the petition, with students collecting signatures on their own from friends and family, at their extracurricular activities, and even recruiting their parents to take the petition to work. The class also successfully lobbied another district school to cancel a Snow Buddies screening on “Family Movie Night,” and replace it with another film.

In a letter to the SPCA, Amy’s teacher, Linda McDonald, wrote that watching Amy’s commit-ment to a cause reaffirmed her own belief that one individual really can make a difference.

In addition to her volunteer work for the SPCA, Amy is involved with campaigns in her com-munity to protect environmentally-sensitive river estuaries and she is dedicated to helping polar bears and other animals adversely affected by global warming.

The animals are truly fortunate to have this compassionate 11-year-old on their side.

Hanna Hughes, Mitchell Schulz, Riley Brennan and Clara Bruce from Prince George organized an Ice Skating Marathon to raise money for animals. They collected pledges/km skated and direct donations. They skated a total of 84 km and raised $403. They had fun skating and felt great about helping the animals. Half of the money they collected went directly to the shelter and used the other half to buy much-needed toys, food and supplies for the Prince George shelter.

Making a Difference

Comox Valley

Prince George


The grade 1 and 5 classes from Diamond Elementa-ry School held a bake sale to raise money for the BC SPCA. There were cup-cakes, brownies, popcorn, punch, cookies, and ice cream treats. A huge pile of old towels and blan-kets were also donated. It was a great success! The grand total raised was $206.50! Everyone was so happy to help the animals! The bake sale brought awareness to the whole school about animals in the Surrey community.

Tyler and Adam are regular volunteersat the Penticton shelter. What started as a communityservice requirement for a sash badge in Scouts,quickly grew to an awareness of animal welfare in their community.

On Christmas break, Adam asked the shelter manager if he could have permission to do a fundraiser at his school. He organized a fundraising raffle which raised over $270 for the shelter. They went to localbusinesses in town and got a prize package together consisting of theatre tickets, slurpees, video game rent-

als and pizza. For a dollar, kids had a chance to win it the prize package. The money they raised bought a “brick in the wall” at the new Penticton Shelter in their school’s name, Tuc-el-nuit Elementary. They brought awareness to other students at their school and en-joyed making a difference for the animals in Penticton.

Surrey

Penticton

Making a Difference

Diamond Elementary grade 1 and 5 classes with guest dog, Millie.


When eleven-year-old Justice Janveaux-Huolt, a BC SPCA Kids Club member from Campbell River, heard about the antifreeze campaign introduced by MLA Scott Fraser, she knew it was a way she could make a difference for animals. Together Justice and her family canvassed neighbourhoods collecting signatures and went to pet stores, gas stations and other retail outlets

throughout Campbell River asking if they could leave a petition at the front counter. Justice also took her cam-paign efforts to school, where she made a presentation on the dangers of ethylene glycol antifreeze to her class and put up posters and other campaign materials to raise awareness about the issue.

In March 2007 Justice was invited by the BC SPCA to present her petitions to Scott Fraser at the BC Legisla-ture. This caught media attention and brought even more awareness to the campaign. Viewers from all over the province learned about Justice’s campaign and the dangers of ethylene glycol antifreeze and the alternative pet safe propylene glycol antifreeze.

Campbell River

Making a Difference

Students from Ecole Baker School in Quesnel helped clean up around the shelter, raked dog pens and walked dogs. The extra pairs of hands were greatly ap-preciated by the Quesnel branch manager, Barb Onciul.

Back row: Noah, Nanake, Colleen, Paige, and Anne.

Front Row: Nicole Megan, Chan-telle and Parker - the dog.

Quesnel


Making a Difference

Maddie Clerides, Christina Bradley, Jes-sica McMillan and Breanne Wood started their own club called S.A.V.E (Save Ani-mal Victims Everywhere) and organized a dog show at their school, West Point Grey Academy. Students paid a small fee to enter their dogs in different compe-titions including the fastest dog, best ball catcher, most obedient and most accurate in the agility ring. Even in the pouring rain, over 20 dogs entered the competition and raised more than $1600 for the SPCA.

Vancouver

In an effort to make her mom’s walk with the dogs more pleasant in the cold weather, Emma created Mitt Mates. Mitt Mates are hand warmers stuffed with rice and oatmeal that you heat up in the microwave and put inside your mitts. She sells Mitt Mates at True Carnivores, a pet supply store in Vancouver. Emma shares the proceeds from the sales with the SPCA. So far she has donated $100 to the Vancouver Shelter.

Vancouver


Project Record Sheet

School: Address:

Club Supervisor

Date:

Project/Event:

Description:

Number of Club members involved:

Project/Event:

Description:

Number of Club members involved:

If possible, please send high resolution photos and permission form (see next page) to use the photos of anyone in the picture. Send the photos, permission form and record sheet to [email protected], or fax them to 604-681-7022, attention: Paula Neuman


Photo Permission Form

Photography Release Form

This is an agreement between you and the British Columbia Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BC SPCA) regarding the use and ownership by the BC SPCA of your photograph (the Photographs). For valuable consideration received, you grant to BC SPCA the right to use and incorporate (alone or together with other materials), in whole or in part, and in any man-ner as the BC SPCA may desire, photographs taken of you as a result of your participating in BC SPCA activities.

You agree that you will not bring or consent to others bringing or making any claim against BC SPCA and you release BC SPCA, its directors, officers, successors, assigns and employees from any claims associated with the BC SPCA’s use of Photographs.

This agreement shall not obligate BC SPCA to use the Photographs.

AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED this ___________day of _________, 20__

Participant’s signature

Signature of Parent or Guardian if participant is under 18.

Print name of Participant:

Telephone Number:


Information on the following topics is available at spca.bc.ca/kids/animalissues/default

Pet Overpopulation• need for spay/neuter

Pet Safety• Antifreeze• Hot dogs in cars• Dogs in pick-up trucks• Indoor/Outdoor cats• Hazards for pets• Emergency preparedness

SPCA• Facts about the SPCA• Working as an SPCA con-

stable• reducing stress for shelter

cats

Wildlife/Environment• Urban wildlife• Pollution• Endangered species

Animals in Entertainment• Circuses• Rodeos• Zoos

Cruelty to Animals• Backyard dogs• Abandonment• Neglect• Puppy Mills• Hoarding

Farm Animals• SPCA Certified program• Egg-laying chickens• Dairy cows• Pigs

Pet Care• Dogs• Cats• Rabbits• Small Animals

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