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We have decided to help the SPCA by raising money/toys/food for them and maybe by helping the handlers with the animals. Group members-Ben Rm12, Bryce Rm 9, Shelton Rm 9


 * __Fundraising Ideas__**

-Sausage sizzle -Raffle -Selling drinks -Selling ice cream



Questions to help us find more about this issue.

http://www.spca.org.nz/general/home.htm || Email (see below) || SPCA manager || Email (see below) and SPCA manager || SCPA manager || SPCA manager ||
 * Question || Hypothesis || Answer ||
 * What is the SPCA? || A society that prevents cruelty to animals and tries to help abused animals recover. || Mission Statement " To encourage the humane treatment of all animals, and to prevent cruelty that may be inflicted upon them." The SPCA provides shelter and care for abused animals for permanent adoption. They promote proper care for animals through education and are funded by public donations. The SPCA do not get funded by the government. SPCA stands for **S**ociety for the **P**revention of **C**ruelty to **A**nimals.
 * How can we help the SPCA? || By cleaning out animals' homes, helping their handlers and feeding them. Also we could raise money for the SPCA. || We are too young to be handling animals, but we can fundraise and donate needed things. Toys and food in particular.
 * How much money does it cost to keep the Auckland SPCA running each year? || Around $2,000,000 altogether. || It actually costs **$5,000,000** to keep the Auckland SPCA running each year. The hositpal itself needs **$1,500,000** in the form of salary, drugs, maintenance, bills and equipment. The 5 million dollars comes from donations, trust funds, legacies, sponsors and other forms. They get no money from the government.
 * How many animals are abandoned each year and left to die? || About 150-200 animals. || The SPCA finds about 20,000 animals each year, as stated in the email. This doesn't necessarily mean that they are all abandoned though. They could have been reported by neighbours and had not been abandoned by that time. 18,000~20,000 is a rough estimate.
 * Why is the SPCA not funded by the government? || The government don't think that it is a worthy cause and doesn't want to spend money on abused animals. || Even the SPCA don't know the answer to this question. They say that every time they ask the government, the government say that they have more important things to do with the money.
 * Which kind of animal is most abandoned? || Dogs. Seeing that dogs seem to be the most popular pet, if we assume that all animals have the same chance of being abandoned, then the most bought animal would have to be the one most abandoned. We assume that all animals will have the same chance of being abandoned because all affecting factors will only occur if the owner has bought the animals because of the factors. E.g. people who are allergic to cats will not buy one to abandon. However, if they are not allergic to cats, they would buy them for some other reason, one that would not appear in a dog's, for instance. This will limit the reasons why an animal will be abandoned. || It seems that the time of year affects the kind of animals being abandoned. The manager of the SPCA stated that, near the summer, lots of kittens are left out. However, in the winter, puppies are more likey to be abandoned.

Reply from SPCA.

Hi Thanks for your email, you could help with cutting rags, we use these for cleaning animal cages, due to your age the animal side of things would not be possible, I also suggest you do some fundraising at school? bring a can day, mufti day and proceeds come to the SPCA?

Kind Regards Lorien Doherty

Another reply from the SPCA

Hi We would love to get toys for the animals and tinned dog food, the Auckland SPCa deals with 20,000 animals a year approx, re government funding not to sure why we do not get any, there are many organisations that are worthy and not much money to go around! Please let me know when you are coming in to deliver your goods and ask questions!

Thanks Lorien

=//**Action Plan**//=

__**ISSUE**__

Animal cruelty

__**WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO**__

Fundraise money, toys and food for the SPCA

__**HOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT**__

What we thought we would do was to get the students to donate as much tinned dog food and toys as they could and they would get something in return. We will also send letters to Countdown and the Warehouse asking for canned dog food and tennis balls.

__**WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHICH JOBS**__

Ben will write and send letters to Coundtown and The Warehouse asking for food and toy donations. Bryce will Shelton will


 * ||  || __Timeline/Daily Reflection__ ||
 * //**Date**// || //**Name**// || //**What you did**// ||
 * 12/11/07 || Ben || Added three pictures (SPCA paint, milly dog and cat_mum). Included member names below brainstorm. Wrote '-TITLE-' at the top of the page to remember to finish the title. Made this table. Added a few horizontal lines to divide up the page. Made the 'questions/answers/solutions' table. Sent an email to the SPCA to ask for a list of all the jobs we could do. ||
 * 13/11/07 || Ben || Remade the Q&A table. Added first three questions and hypothesized. ||
 * 14/11/07 || Shelton and Bryce || Fixed and added the title. ||
 * 14/11/07 || Ben || Added room numbers on the members' names. ||
 * 15/11/07 || Ben || Answered the first question, added another photo-the one of the white dog. Made the Bibliography table. ||
 * 19/11/07 || Ben || Added the email from the SPCA. Took away the Bibliography table. ||
 * 20/11/07 || Ben || Added the other emmail from the SPCA. Started on the Action Plan. Added a hypothesis to a question. ||
 * 21/11/07 || Shelton and Bryce || We did the action plan ||
 * 21/11/07 || Bryce || I added another question. ||
 * 21/11/07 || Ben || Edited the 'How we are going to do it' section of the Action Plan. Started on the letters for Countdown and The Warehouse. Deleted a question and modified what we are going to do. Added another question. Met the manager of the SPCA along with people from other groups. Asked a few questions. Added the question 'which kind of animal is most abandoned' and added the hypothesis and answer. Changed another question-'In what ways do people abuse their pets?' to 'How much money does it cost keep the SPCA running each year?'. Hypothesised and answered the question. Looked at the clock. Yawned. Wished that the others would do some work. ||
 * 22/11/07 || Shelton and Bryce || Fixed the letter to Countdown ||
 * 25/11/07 || Ben || Finished the letters for Countdown and The Warehouse and sent them by email. ||
 * 26/11/07 || Ben || Corrected the 'Who will be responsible which jobs' section. Wondered when my group members would do some work. ||
 * 28/11/07 || Ben || Read the reply from The Warehouse-they cannot help us. Read the reply from Countdown, they cannot help us either. ||
 * 29/11/07 || Ben || Edited the 'How are you going to do it' section of the Action Plan. ||
 * 30/11/07 || Shelton || Typed in what I was going to do. ||
 * 30/11/07 || Bryce || Typed in what I was going to do. ||
 * 02/12/07 || Ben || Fixed a few minor errors. ||
 * 02/12/07 || Ben || Fixed a few minor errors. ||


 * 04/12/07 || Ben || Arranged for us to go to the SPCA on Wednesday 6th December. Made this table. Altered the 'How are you going to do it' section. ||
 * 05/12/07 || Ben || Made and printed the permission slips. ||
 * 06/12/07 || Ben || Changed the 'How are you going to do it' section. Though up of some fundraising ideas. Decided not to go to the SPCA. ||
 * 09/12/07 || Ben || Made the 'Fundrasing Ideas' section. Added a few ideas. ||
 * 11/12/07 || Ben || Made the 'Space for anything else table. Added an entry. Downloaded the reflection sheet. Filled in most of the reflection sheet by myself. ||
 * 12/12/07 || Ben || Finished and uploaded the reflection sheet. Corrected spelling mistakes. Made and added a voki. ||

A SPACE FOR DAILY REFLECTION

AN EVALUATION OF THE ACTION AND THE EFFECT

PEER REFLECTION

INDIVIDUAL REFLECTION




 * || Space for anything else ||
 * Date/Name || Comment etc. ||
 * 11/12/07 Ben || My group members are hardly doing any work and at this rate, we'll have nothing to send to the SPCA by the deadline. I've made most of the things on this page and wish someone will do something about this. ||


 * || Teacher feedback ||
 * 12 Nov || You have said that you want to help the SPCA, but you haven't outlined the issues. Do they need help? In what areas do they need help? What are the issues that affect the community? You need to find all this out. ||