My Human Family

Rescue Dogs Find a Home

Community Photographic Project 2012

Submission Dates: 1 January 2012 – 31 March 2012
Exhibition Dates: 4 – 14 July 2012
Open Day Launch: Saturday 7 July 2012, 12pm – 3pm (Deputy Lord Mayor Cr Robert Kok will be officially opening the exhibition at 12:30pm sharp).

Submit your entry online

Download the project flyer

View submitted photos and stories on image gallery

MEDIA

Listen to interview with project coordinators on Friday Breakfast 2SER 107.3

Read an article in Central Magazine about the project

With the aim of creating awareness about abandoned, surrendered and neglected dogs, the My Human Family community photographic project invites our rescued four legged friends and their humans to submit family photos and share their personal stories.

A selection of photos will be chosen by a panel of judges, and exhibited at Pine Street’s community gallery. The exhibition images and stories will also feature in a catalogue and a series of postcards. An enlargement of the photo, a catalogue and a postcard will be given to each family as a ‘thank you’.

All photos submitted will become part of the online image gallery (see link above).

The launch of My Human Family on Saturday 7 July 2012 will be a fun day out for all dogs and their families. Rescued and non-rescued dogs will have the chance to bring their families out and show them off, pose for a family portrait at the doggy photo booth, sniff old and new friends and create awareness for dogs that need a new home.

Presented in partnership with BUMP Productions
(Nick Baldas and Stuart Garske)

Bindi & Bobby

Pound-Dog Billy

Billy was an abandoned dog that nearly found a home. Due to an IT glitch, the pound staff didn't see the email that the adoptive family sent the night before he was due to be euthanased. Billy had a new home and family waiting for him, but by the time the email was read, it was too late.

Billy is no longer with us, but many of his canine brothers and sisters need a human family to love and be loved by. Add your doggie’s photo and voice to help others understand the joys of fostering or adopting a homeless dog. Show us the love. Don’t let other dogs die like Billy.

My name was Billy and I
was a good dog too.

Animals Australia is Australia’s second largest and the most dynamic national animal protection organisation, representing some 40 member societies and thousands of individual supporters. Animals Australia has an unprecedented track record in investigating and exposing animal cruelty.

Animals Australia believes that we can create a better world for all through promoting kindness to animals. Their goal is to significantly and permanently improve the welfare of all animals in Australia.

They are a non-profit charitable organisation financed through community support. Their important work on behalf of animals is reliant on the generosity of our members and donors.

For more information about Animals Australia please visit their website or Facebook page:

http://www.animalsaustralia.org/

http://www.facebook.com/AnimalsAustralia

Paws and Recover

Paws and Recover is a registered Not For Profit Organisation who are establishing an infrastructure of volunteers to support people by sharing the care of their pets during a health crisis and difficult times. Our aim is to alleviate peoples’ worries and fears during a health crisis or difficult times by helping and assisting in the care of their pets, when they are unable to.

Through a network of volunteers, Paws and Recover offers practical help such as dog walking, respite petcare, fostering, dog & cat grooming, transporting pets to vets and support in assisting people care for their animals during times of illness.

We aim:

• To offer an alternative to rehoming, abandoning, neglecting or destroying a pet during their owner’s period of ill health.

• To alleviate any anxiety for pet owners which enables them to focus on their own well – being and assists recovery.

For more information about Paws and Recover please visit their website:

http://pawsandrecover.org/

Monika's Doggie Rescue is a private registered charity that believes in saving and
re-homing as many dogs as they can from the council pounds. For many years Monika Biernacki and a group of volunteers have been rescuing dogs from death row and successfully re-homing them with permanent and loving owners.

Monika's Doggie Rescue has a NO KILL policy so all dogs they get from the pound are
re-housed. They usually place on average three dogs per day and at any one time they have over 200 dogs up for adoption. Over a year they save about 1,000 dogs - nearly 10,000 have been saved since the charity started.

For more information please visit their website: http://doggierescue.com/

Or email directly to: admin@doggierescue.com

Links to other Animal Welfare Shelter and Rescue Organisations: http://doggierescue.com/links.htm

Lawyers for Companion Animals is a private law firm whose aim is to provide pro bono information on issues relating to companion animals and their welfare. They advocate for reform to unjust laws, policies and practices on issues affecting companion animals and engage with those who create or administer laws in Australia in an effort to strengthen legal protection for companion animals.

It is the only law firm in Australia to focus exclusively in the practice of Animal Law for companion animals. They fight for the underdogs, the victims of injustice, the cats and dogs failed by humans and the weak and/or nonexistent regulatory system (that fails to protect many animals).

We are very pleased to announce that Anne Greenaway, Principal of the firm, will be an official speaker at the exhibition launch on Saturday 7 July.

Letter to the Yass Tribune editor from Anne on 16 February 2012 in response to an article about the Greyhound racing industry

The article Anne was referring to

For more information please visit: http://lawyersforcompanionanimals.com.au/