Annotation4-Do human really have right to decide the life and death of stray dogs? How can we improve death and living of stray dogs?

 Source: The controversy and reflection of relevant disposal of the stray dogs’ issue now in Taiwan

http://writing.wwlc.nthu.edu.tw/writcent/index.php/uploaded_files/view/618

The main idea and purpose of this article:

 現今處置流浪動物的辦法

1. How do we deal with the stray animal’s problems?

More descriptions:

First one which mainly used: euthanasia (death)

1.安樂死的爭議 the controversy of euthanasia

Holland’s law which deals with euthanasia

2. Tom Regan’s book

 THE CASE FOR ANIMAL RIGHTS

How can we regard animal and human beings the equal?

3. 《動物倫理與公共政策》book: The ethics of animal and public policies

The definition of euthanasia and the connection to Tom Regan

Second one which mainly used: TNR- trap(捕捉)、neuter(結紮)、release(放養) (living)

1.      Introduction of TNR

Why is it common used and what is its shortages?

2.      Transformation to CNR- Catch(捕捉)、Neuter(結紮)、Return(放回原處)

The reason of changing and the introduction of CNR

台灣政府與民間團體的配合

2.      The cooperation of Taiwanese government and civil society organizations

More descriptions:

1.      The formulation of policy in Taiwan

The lack of efficiency

2.      The exertion of civil society organizations

Their devotion

3.      The leading role of scholar institution

How can their profession have devotion?

被放生的動物

3.      animals being free captive

More descriptions:

The problem of abandoning

國內與國外政策之比較與批判

4. Policy comparison between native and abroad

More descriptions:

Differences and possibility of improving

Revised annotation3-Do human really have right to decide the life and death of stray dogs? How can the technical personnel and thesystem of euthanasia be improved?

 Stacey L. Conarello and Mary Jo Shepherd(2007)
Training Strategies for Research Investigators and Technicians.ILAR Journal,48,120-130

Revision1. the abstract view, development of training program

2.the hardship which program encounters anbd their effort to improve

3.Personal oponion is to urge the government and public to gather their effort to the field.

Training Strategies for Research Investigators and Technicians(Conarello& Shepherd,2007)talks about the more ideal way to do euthanasia. There are several parts of analyzing the problem in euthanasia in different aspects. What this paper focuses most is on the training of technical personnel of euthanasia. If technical personnel can be trained professionally, euthanasia can truly be painless. First, it points out the abstract view of the training program. “Training programs for research personnel are discussed as a key resource that must be part of an effective animal care and use program”. (p.1) It simply makes people focus on the training programs for research personnel again. The euthanasia is a big issue which has been discussed for long time, and if the euthanasia has to go on, it has to be improved. The very first one which has to be done is the training program on technicians. Then the goal of improving training program is also mentioned.” Effective training programs for research personnel must meet the needs of the client base (research scientists and staff) so that they are relevant, practical, and timely.”(p.1)

  This paper then mentioned about the reason of techniques of euthanasia. “Research investigators and technicians can be the most challenging group to train because often they have not had formal training in animal care and use such as that required for a master’s degree in laboratory animal science (Mason and Silverman 2001)”. The difficult part of this thing is about education. In the society which focuses on education of high quality and record of formal schooling, people who study in this field is too little and can only be compensated with afterward training. However, to make this program continue, there must be people devoting to. Besides personnel, there must be a relationship between personnel and so-called “client” to support the program. “It is essential to develop training programs with the client in mind. The goal of a program should be to meet the needs of the particular audience: students, investigators, and technicians” (NRC 1991). To complete the program, it lists a format of this program. (p.4) It will be a doable program.

  After seeing this program plan, I can make some questions for our present policy on stray dogs. It is much harder to find a local testing or complete program in Taiwan. Our society ignores this problem for such a long time. It may be hard when you try to practice the program you camp up in your mind. However, the worse thing is people who are willing to devote in this field are so few to support the improvement. Without improvement, things will only remain the same. On the contrary, if more people can devote to this field, things can change with gathered power.

 

Annotation3-Do human really have right to decide the life and death of stray dogs? How can the way of euthanasia improve, what do others do?

Source:Training Strategies for Research Investigators and Technicians
http://dels-old.nas.edu/ilar_n/ilarjournal/48_2/pdfs/v4802Conarello.pdf
Abstract

1.     Training programs for research personnel are discussed as a一key resource that must be part of an effective animal care and use program.

The importance of training research personnel and technical personnel

2.     Effective training programs for research personnel must meet the needs of the client base (research scientists and staff) so that they are relevant, practical, and timely

What is effective training?

Introduction

3.     Research investigators and technicians can be the most challenging group to train because often they have not had formal training in animal care and use such as that required for a master’s degree in laboratory animal science.

Personnel are important because they are the sources of improvement both in the concepts and techniques, but why is the training process hard?

Assessment of Training Needs Through

Targeted Surveys

4.     It is essential to develop training programs with the client in mind. The goal of a program should be to meet the needs of the particular audience: students, investigators, and technicians.

Who can support the relationship between personnel and clients?

Training Coordinator Position

5. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee(IACUC)

Why is this institution important

The problem talking in annotation1

6.

Basic training protocols are typically species specific and may include methods of restraint, use of anesthetics, monitoring anesthetic depth, blood collection techniques, dosing routes, institutional standards for dosing volumes, and accepted euthanasia methodologies.

 Dealing with the problem about the method of euthanasia which Taiwan used

There is a list for the problems discussing in annotation3, in this article, we can see what the others who care about euthanasia try hard to do about this problem, and we can look back ourselves and reflect what we have done so far? Do we really raise focus of people on this issue, or we just let things going like what is it going from before to now? Reading this article what the great things others have achieved, and how can we learn from and find the way which fits our own condition.

Reflection1

 When I first decided the issue I’m going to talk about, I had thought of many possibilities. Although I love dogs much, I am not really sure that I will be able to talk about this issue deep enough. At first, I had thought about some science topics. However, I finally decided my topic will be focused on stray dogs after I found that a piece of news which is many dogs died because of poison happened again. I have seen such things for many times, nevertheless, this news can be a spur to encourage me to go into this topic.

  After I decided the topic, another problem came out to make me confused again. Issues about stray dogs are too many for me to choose one to talk. Then I read a book which talks many things about stray dogs. I have to admit that it is a complicated book, and I felt even more confused about this big topic. After I read this book, I start to think about this question: Among so many aspects about stray dogs, which one can make me most curious about and can make me have enthusiasm to write about? I finally found about I’m interested about problems about life and death; therefore I choose euthanasia on stray dogs to be the issue I will take about during this semester.

  When I start searching for the sources I want to use for my annotation1, I feel quite nervous that my clip can not grasp the main idea about what I want to talk about. I simply want my readers to think about reasonability of euthanasia. Then I think about the way of euthanasia in shelter, after I watched my clip, I think that shocking facts revealed in this clip maybe can also change people’s original thoughts about euthanasia. Maybe people can also change their opinions about euthanasia. I tried to focus the cruel aspects about this clip. For the reason that I think human being are rational animals. Such things like that may be able to touch people’s hearts, raise their sympathy. This spur of sympathy can make me a chance to change their thoughts.

  When I write my annotation2, I want to find something related to the euthanasia, and I saw this news clip. Then a question appears in my mind: A simple decision human beings made may be nothing or unimportant for them, but it is really a serious problem for animals being made decisions. Because these decisions are about their life, about whether they can keep living or they must die. It also related to the problems about education, so I tried to make it simple. There are so many things to say, but make it simple is what I tried to do. After all, I do not want my focus become obscure. However, after the meeting, I think my article can be more focused on the education of professional people who do stray dogs an euthanasia to change the situation about this in Taiwan now. The main idea is when we compare these things with Europe and America; we can find there is a tremendous gap lagged behind. What is the reason we can not improve?      

Revised Annotation2-2-Do human really have right to decide the life and death of stray dogs? The inequity between human and authority decides stray dogs’ death

 Source: Youtube( The students who took care of stray dogs had been threatened to be punished by school)

  Revision: I try to explain the power structure and its inequality more clear by using a way which relate the reason and the result. I try to focus more on the change of doom of dogs’ and human‘s influence on them. Make the connection between imbalanced power and life more strong.

 The treatment to stray dogs in our society, it changes not simply because of the thoughts of individuals. On the contrary, it will be more complicated problem due to the structure of human society. The structure of human society nowadays changed a lot from the beginning. With more needs appear, the society becomes more complicated, and the gap between the poor and the rich get bigger and bigger. It not only has impact on our human beings, but also influences the solutions we use when the events about stray dogs happen. This video showed a part of this tremendous problem, however there is even bigger part that we do not see. The inequity do exists between human beings and stray dogs, and we already see this with so many dogs being abandoned and killed. In the mean time, there are still many dogs keep being breed to fulfill the need of people who want to have dogs with so-called noble filiations. On the other hand, people often ignore that the imbalanced structure in human society also has big influences on the inequity between dogs and human which already be there.

  We can think about pyramid-like structure in this film. Students have higher power than dogs, so they can take them in and think way to give them a place which can provide more comfortable life. The origin result will be that chance for dogs to survive will be bigger than the occasion they former be in. However, when authority, school in this case involves in, things become different and the focus of the problem change from dogs to the punishment which students had. The reason of causing this end is because who has more power to control (school) changes what the former controller (student)’s decision. We have to turn back to the beginning problem to reconsider the new difficulties so that we can take care of the both sides.

  The way which authority deals the problems should be more reasonable, no matter on their stands or the measure they takes. Being as a symbol of authority, you have to think on the stand of people who managed by you, and you should be reliable to them. These are two most important things. If you determine to carry the dog away and punish the students, you cannot later say that you are dealing with the problem of dogs. Actually, you do not think for the dog, but just to escape from blame which comes from throng. If you really want to deal with dogs’ problem, let them die with euthanasia is not a thoughtful conduct because you just want to take their lives away. Dogs cannot be taken or fed in the classroom, but you can a place for them. You can also use the devotion which students are willing to show to. Organize the students who want to do something for dogs, range their time to make a schedule to take care of them. When it comes to holidays, hire someone to take care of them. The measure will cost money. However, if you really want to respect their living dignity, there are many ways besides simply making them die or punishing students. It all depends.

Revised annotation1-2 Do human really have right to decide the life and death of stray dogs? Is euthanasia really painless?

 Source: Youtube( The truth of the euthanasia in Taiwan)

  Revision: I try to write my point in more rational way, throwing out the problems for reader to think. The paragraphs also are divided in more specific way, not so emotional, and try to be more subject

  All over the world, the problem of stray dogs has been a debating for a long time. Although many people have thought up many ways to try to resolve or ease the problem, there are still many dogs wondering on the road. This difficult problem needs resolving, and the one who is the most straightly powerful is our government.  When we focus on the policies which deal with the problem of stray dogs in Taiwan, we will find out that the main idea of these policies is similar: using killing to control the amount of stray dogs. Many people agree with it because they think it is a painless way for dogs to die and this may be a simpler and quicker solution. However, it is not actually a painless and reasonable way after we saw this film clip.

  Life is individual and must be treated in respect, no matter it is alive or dead. Stray dogs do cause problems, and some people agree with euthanasia to solve this problem because they think it is painless. Nevertheless, euthanasia is cruel and pitiless. If these dogs can not be treated with dignity and respect when they are put to death, no one will focus on the right of living. Furthermore, no one will want to think deeper about do they really need to be put to death, but if we see the cruel truth presented in the film, we can try to force some people to pay attention to this way of dealing with their problem. The main problem which causes this kind of problem is because we do not regard them equally. We think we are superior to them, so we use our improvement to control and change the condition to what we want. Therefore, we can try to explain why euthanasia is painful. We just focus on the results that they are dead in the end, but we do not pay attention to the process. We just simply think that the medicine which put into their bodies must worked, but we do not care about the pain they endured will be severer.

  Why do they endure such pain? We think we have right to decide their lives and death, so we use our thoughts to put them to death. Euthanasia seems a kind way for them to die in painless way. However, when we decide to put them to death, the owners of breeding grounds keep making puppies to sell. Although we use euthanasia to make them dead to decrease their amount, on the other hand, we use breeding to fulfill customers’ need. How does euthanasia work in this occasion? What is the meaning for us to decide their lives and death in this occasion?

Revised Annotation2-Do human really have right to decide the life and death of stray dogs? The inequity between human and authority decides stray dogs’ death

The treatment to stray dogs in our society, it changes not simply because of the thoughts of individuals. On the contrary, it will be more complicated problem due to the structure of human society. The structure of human society nowadays changed a lot from the beginning. With more needs appear, the society becomes more complicated, and the gap between the poor and the rich get bigger and bigger. It not only has impact on our human beings, but also influences the solutions we use when the events about stray dogs happen. This video showed a part of this tremendous problem, however there is even bigger part that we do not see. The inequity do exists between human beings and stray dogs, and we already see this with so many dogs being abandoned and killed. In the mean time, there are still many dogs keep being breed to fulfill the need of people who want to have dogs with so-called noble filiations. On the other hand, people often ignore that the imbalanced structure in human society also has big influences on the inequity between dogs and human which already be there.

  We can think about pyramid-like structure in this film. Students have higher power than dogs, so they can take them in and think way to give them a place which can provide more comfortable life. The origin result will be that chance for dogs to survive will be bigger than the occasion they former be in. However, when authority, school in this case involves in, things become different and the focus of the problem change from dogs to the punishment which students had. The reason of causing this end is because who has more power to control (school) changes what the former controller (student)’s decision. We have to turn back to the beginning problem to reconsider the new difficulties so that we can take care of the both sides.

  The way which authority deals the problems should be more reasonable, no matter on their stands or the measure they takes. Being as a symbol of authority, you have to think on the stand of people who managed by you, and you should be reliable to them. These are two most important things. If you determine to carry the dog away and punish the students, you cannot later say that you are dealing with the problem of dogs. Actually, you do not think for the dog, but just to escape from blame which comes from throng. If you really want to deal with dogs’ problem, let them die with euthanasia is not a thoughtful conduct because you just want to take their lives away. Dogs cannot be taken or fed in the classroom, but you can a place for them. You can also use the devotion which students are willing to show to. Organize the students who want to do something for dogs, range their time to make a schedule to take care of them. When it comes to holidays, hire someone to take care of them. The measure will cost money. However, if you really want to respect their living dignity, there are many ways besides simply making them die or punishing students. It all depends.     

peer responses

For Sue
I like the way which you arrange your article. It is convincing that you list some examples from this clip and describe in your view. I believe there will be more things to know in the future.Being a female, I think it is important issue for me to know more.
For Steambread
I have seen some films like CSI, and I aree with that  interrogation  is art. It is not only the conflicts between human, but also system and the institution. Institution is based by law and law has to be justice. However, justice needs to be found by people who will also sway in their heart. This is why this is hard.However, why do  many people not look at such point is interesting thing to discuss.
For Flora
The definition of normal is hard to saybecause it is not only about the shape it looks like, but also the things inside. There is where the conflicts occur. How is the normal  be defined, and how the function of family defined? How does it come out? And who creat them? The issue of family is big, and it all comes from parts of us.