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| 1.designer 2.technology 3.dog 4.stray 5.problem 6.euthanasia |
7.help 8.adopt 9.animal 10.help 11.kill 11.pet 12.New York |
new york city kills 35.000 animals a year
and 100 dogs a day get a shot of sodium pentobarbitol and it`s called humane destroy
and they not just stray or visious dogs- they are all dogs that comming to shelters and not adopted in 30 days
and in fact most dogs killed in shelters are purebreds
persenaly i do not think it is humane at all
thats why i want to get attention on that problem
proejct contains a website with summary of the research on that problem, data visualization, built using code and processing,
with possibility of adoption
and a list of many other possible ways to help, like donation, volunteering and participation in other programs.
the approach of this website is completely different, because it is using the actual data, actual numbers of dogs being killed,
adopted and returned to owners each month for past 5 years, and it`s showing the real issue.
scenarios for 3 user- groups
1. first scenario- dog-lovers
2. second scenario- people who`s interested in that issue
3. third scenario - people who`s looking for information on shelters and adoption system
1. shanon, 32,is a manager at the flower-design studio, divorced and loves dogs very much.
she wants to learn more about existing problems. so she comes to my website to get involved
and meet other dog-lovers. here she found all the information and shocking data and decided to donate
to the new york animal control center certain amount of money.
under the request page she finds that blankets and towels are needed for her local dog shelter
and she will help with that. viewing my data visualization she finds a dog she wants to adopt.
at the dog shelter adopting the dog she meets jim,
who becomes her new friend and in some time after a new boyfriend.
2. mia, 21, student at parsons the new school for design. she`s been walking to and from her university for a month
passing by the dog shelter every day. one day behind the window she`ve noticed a cute little dog that was
available for adoption but every other day there was a new dog behind that window.
so she comes to my website to find out what is happening with all these dogs behind the window. >br/>
here she had found all the information she was interested in, left a comment and an e-mail to participate to the
program that we had that time. she also volunteered as a dog walker at the nearest shelter.
3. jim, 42, carpenter. he has found himself a new well paid job in las vegas and he is moving there. but he has an old
dog that he doesn`t want to take with him because of expenses. so hi comes to my website to find out more about
dog shelters and procedure of adoption and what`s going to happened with his labrador mojo. here he found out all about
shelter`s polices on not adopted dogs, looked at my visualization and found a dog looks just like mojo .
after short calculation he decided to leave some of his old stuff in new york so he can take mojo to las vegas
and adopt mojo-look-like dog to save it from euthanization. also he leaves his e-mail to get involved in latest project
and a picture of him and his new happy dog family with comment.
$5.000- advertising of the website
$5.000- advertising of the campaign against euthanization of dogs in new york city
$5.000- developing of the website: building blog, mail system and mailing lists
