A Question For The Rescue People

[Guest lavendergirl]

Maybe a few well placed TV ads on shows the masses apparently like e.g. Big Brother and other reality shows would start to get the message out there - rescue really needs to secure some high profile backers too. All easy to say I know. I don't know why the RSPCA - for example - does not spend more of its budget on properly targeted information campaigns. All I ever see are the fund raiser ads but nothing to actually show the reality of where the puppies may come from.

There is an Australian website called Get Up! where you can sign petitions for various causes... They placed the one page ad to 'free' Julian Assange in the New York Times. If a petition gets enough signatures, then Get Up! will run a campaign for that cause. I think the problem is there are a number of petitions on their website against puppy farming/asking for it to be made illegal - there really should only be just one that everyone signs

http://www.getup.org.au/

Yes that is the trouble with the "Puppy Farm" petitions - there are too many and what happens to them? The RSPCA in Qld had one going as well - don't know what happened to that one either. The thing is that these petitions are accessed through sites that basically are preaching to the converted - they are not "in the face" of the puppy buying public. I think petitions like that are just broad statements against an evil trade but what is the targeted outcome for those petitions? There needs to be "in your face" advertising along the lines of showing the cute puppy in the window and then cross to some puppy farm footage and shots of dogs in shelters - the life journey of many of these dogs.

The message is not getting out to people and I don't know why the appropriate media channels are not being used. I despaired at the wasted opportunity of that SBS program which should have at least started some discussion in the media but instead lacked any coherent focus. I guess the reality is that society deep down does not really care about dogs or animals in general. We had a horrific case of cruelty up here where two Llamas were bludgeoned to death by two lunatic men - some people were outraged of course but what were the "Letters to the Editor" all about - more crap about Julia's misogyny speech.

[Guest Labradork]

Maybe a few well placed TV ads on shows the masses apparently like e.g. Big Brother and other reality shows would start to get the message out there - rescue really needs to secure some high profile backers too. All easy to say I know. I don't know why the RSPCA - for example - does not spend more of its budget on properly targeted information campaigns. All I ever see are the fund raiser ads but nothing to actually show the reality of where the puppies may come from.

There is an Australian website called Get Up! where you can sign petitions for various causes... They placed the one page ad to 'free' Julian Assange in the New York Times. If a petition gets enough signatures, then Get Up! will run a campaign for that cause. I think the problem is there are a number of petitions on their website against puppy farming/asking for it to be made illegal - there really should only be just one that everyone signs

http://www.getup.org.au/

Yes that is the trouble with the "Puppy Farm" petitions - there are too many and what happens to them? The RSPCA in Qld had one going as well - don't know what happened to that one either. The thing is that these petitions are accessed through sites that basically are preaching to the converted - they are not "in the face" of the puppy buying public. I think petitions like that are just broad statements against an evil trade but what is the targeted outcome for those petitions? There needs to be "in your face" advertising along the lines of showing the cute puppy in the window and then cross to some puppy farm footage and shots of dogs in shelters - the life journey of many of these dogs.

The message is not getting out to people and I don't know why the appropriate media channels are not being used. I despaired at the wasted opportunity of that SBS program which should have at least started some discussion in the media but instead lacked any coherent focus. I guess the reality is that society deep down does not really care about dogs or animals in general. We had a horrific case of cruelty up here where two Llamas were bludgeoned to death by two lunatic men - some people were outraged of course but what were the "Letters to the Editor" all about - more crap about Julia's misogyny speech.

Me too - that show was so depressing