Final 3-Column Chart

BLOG 22

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvUf7yrwuYvwdDZQaU1uMk4zaDcwOFY5NG1fZDRzbXc#gid=0

BLOG 20: Three Column Chart First Draft

Animal Control: Three Column Chart

BLOG 19: Senior Project and ESLRs

1. The biggest ESLR that i have excelled in for my senior project is being an effective learner.

2. By keeping in touch with my mentor, going into the station once or twice a week and keeping up with weekly blog updates/ emails from my house teacher I am being both independently successful and communicative.

This is my sister just a few days ago visiting the Police Station when as I was volunteering that day. 

BLOG 18: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #3

1. What is the best way to reduce the overpopulation of animals in animal control?

2. Permitting humane euthanizations in animal shelters as long as the animal is under severe health obstructions or cannot be helped by a veterinarian. 

3. Details:
-According to PETA, an animal organization, an animal may be permitted to be euthanized humanely only if the animal is aged, sick, injured, dying or too aggressive. 
- According to the ASPCA, they say an animal has the right to be released from suffering if such cruelties like malnutrition, disease or trauma have been encountered by the animal. 
-According to the AHC, or Animal Healthcare Center, euthanasia is a pain-free and stress- free experience for an animal in a shelter. 

4. An article I found by PETA, one of the most extreme animal rights groups titled, "Why We Euthanize" lay over the extreme conditions in which they euthanize animals. They say, if only an animal is dying, severely injured, too aggressive shall it be put to sleep humanely. Even though many see euthanizations as an inhumane act, even PETA consider euthanizing at the worst possible consequences, which does reduce overpopulation. There are so many injured dogs that come into shelters that are either too injured to help, or the costs are too high to risk, so by humanely euthanizing, this will reduce that strain of overpopulation. 

5. I plan next to look into other well know animal organizations and see their point of views on euthanizing, how many euthanizations they produce and look into kill shelters on why they do not euthanizing humanely. 

BLOG 16: 2-Hour Meeting Answer #2

1. My essential question is, 'What is the best way to reduce the overpopulation of animals in animal control?'
2. My second answer to my essential is question is, we need to increase the adoption rates in shelters, rescues and animal control centers  throughout the United States.
3. Details:

 -According to the American Humane Society, only 3.5 million people or 20% of pet owners in the U.S. adopt from shelters.
 -According the the ASPCA, there are approximately 5000 animal shelters in the United States that have over 5 million dogs  come in every year and typically 3.5 million of the dogs are euthanized or never adopted out.
- According to my mentor, Jolean Miller, an animal control officer at Glendora PD, the biggest reason for why people do not adopt dogs is because of their age, typically shelter dogs are over the age of 2 and when people get a new dog they want it to be a puppy or young. 

     4. Some sources that helped me prove that this answer was justified was organizations such as PETA, the ASPCA and the Humane Society because they have graphs/facts/statistics on overpopulation problems in shelters and rescues that show why people aren't adopting and what we can do to improve adoption rates. 
     5. For my second answer I plan on working with my mentor at the Glendora animal control department to see how overpopulated the facility is and also, see how many dogs she picks up and takes to the kill shelter, which is also overpopulated and low on adoptions. 

Senior Project Update

Blog 10:

(1) Currently, for my independent component I am doing exactly what I stated in blog 7. Working at the Police Station with animal control is where I am getting most of my hours. I am working there twice a week for up to 3 hours every week, mostly with my mentor, Jolean Miller. 

(2) See blog 9b. This piece of research is helping move forward in my topic because first off, it is a possible hypothesis for my science project. Then, it is also a possible answer to my essential question. By looking at this research it helping me move on with finding more research on spay/neutering and other answering to my EQ. 

(3) See blog post " Photo's of Glendora Animal Control Volunteering"

Blog 9: Working EQ and Possible Answers

Blog 9

What was the working EQ you used during your presentation?

The working EQ that I used during my 10 minute presentation was, ‘What is the best way to reduce the overpopulation of animals in animal control?’

Did you decide to revise your working EQ after your presentation? If so, write your revised EQ here. 

I am not going revise my EQ at this time.

What are possible answers to your current working EQ?

Possible answers to reducing the overpopulation of animals in animal control would be reducing the amount of puppy mills and breeders in the US, increase the amount of adoptions from shelters and humane societies, advise the public about law enforcements on breeding, neutering, ect and lastly, neutering or saying your animals. The biggest issue and the ones that I have found a lot of research on would be spay/neutering your animals and adopting more domestic animals from shelters. 

Blog 2: Topic Choice

Content:

A.   My topic is Animal Control, I chose this topic because of the hard work, dedication and drive I have for helping all types of animals. Choosing this topic I thought going into it, I would mostly be seeing my mentor capturing animals, but there is a lot more than that. Animal control does investigations, adoptions and the seizing of all different types of creatures. I love animals so, knowing that animal control helps dogs, cats and other animals find homes, saves their lives and keep them safe is very appropriate for my senior topic.

• iPoly Citizen:  I plan to rescue, save and adopt out as many animals as possible when mentoring on animals control. This will help me improve an iPoly citizen because every time I share a story about a dog being saved, a cat being adopted out or a animal finding its right owner, it will make myself even more committed to my topic. I’ll enjoy the project more and hopefully that will carry on to others as well.  
• Effective Communicator:  I plan to focus hard on what my mentor is teaching me or what I will be learning throughout my mentorship volunteering. This will help me as a more effective learner because I will appreciate what I am being taught a lot more and also a value other people’s ideas. I won’t just focus on what needs to get done, but the artwork of the job and how to be great animal control officer.
• Effective Learner:  I plan to get as many service learning hours in as possible and be with my mentor as long as possible to learn as much as I can about animal control for my project. By doing exactly this, I cannot just learn more for myself but can teach others about my topic. I will be able to try and do my best on my work because I know I’ve learned as much as I can.
• Effective User of Technology: I plan to document all of my learning and keep track of what I learn for future reference. This will make me more effective as a user of technology because I can look back at what was document, when it was document and where for future projects and for a future career possibly. I’ll be able to document everything and share it with others, teach others and even learn from what I may not have remembered.