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There
are 600 districts in India. Each district should have at least 10 main animal
welfare organizations. These should include organizations like gaushalas , SPCAs, PFAs ,Blue Cross and
other private NGOs including
wildlife rescue organizations. These organizations could do different things:
general rescue and rehabilitation
, ABC , specialising on just one animal , wild life rescue , lobbying , law
enforcement etc. To run these
organizations it is necessary to create a core body of activists and to ensure
that they are effective , a training
workshop to educate them on issues should be organised so that their objectives
are achieved. Therefore
there must be a training workshop. The main aim of the workshop is
to convert the ordinary citizen to an active animal welfare
resource person. Knowledgeable about the local area and people, he may evolve into a leader through
the knowledge and confidence building of the workshop.
Workshops
can and should be held many times in the same district. The first and basic
workshop should be a general
one which identifies and trains potential animal activists and spurs them
to establish more animal welfare
groups. The other workshops could be more specific in nature and could include:
a.Bringing in outside vets to upgrade the skills of the district vets
b.Police training
c.Training of municipal workers
d.Training of village heads
e.Training of the SPCAs specifically
f.ABC
g.Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation
h.CPCSEA
i.Schoolteachers for kindness clubs
j.Farriers
k.Journalists
l.Gaushalas:how to run and manage cow centres and programmes
m.Training college students, whether for attending calls, cruelty cases
or holding demonstrations
For a workshop to be successful it must be carefully planned at least 3 months in advance. In this
manual
we will show you how to organise the basic workshop module of training people
to be animal welfare activists.
The minimum course should be 5 days
First
look at funding. This is the most important part as everything collapses if
there is no money. What are the
costs going to be ? This is divided into :
1.Travel: For yourself , the students and the teachers. If the
students are local then they are not paid travel costs. But if the workshop is a
state workshop then the students will have to be paid travel costs. The teachers have to be paid travel expenses
.
2.Venue:
should be free if the administration helps. Otherwise factor it in
3.Boarding:
If the students are coming from outside , they have to be given a place to
stay. Choose a YMCA/YWCA or ,
if the workshop is held during college /school holidays , a college hostel
can be taken. The teachers coming
in from outside will have to be given accommodation. If the local administration
agrees , the circuit house or any guest
house of the district can be taken.
4.Food
: If the students are from outside the district then you will have to arrange
3 meals a day. If not , then
one meal ( lunch) and two teas – one at 11 a.m. and at 4 a.m.
5.Stationary:
Each student gets a notepad and pen. The attendance Register should be available.Exam
questions and other forms and
the certificates at the end of the course will have to be printed.
6.Honorarium
of teachers. To be fixed in coordination with the AWBI or whatever the sponsor
can afford
7.Publicity,
posters: The preliminary press conference where you announce the course ,
the posters that you put up at
various sites asking for applicants ; the advertisement that goes into the local papers
8.Letters:
Letters telling the applicants whether they have been chosen for the course;letters
to the DM and other VIPs in the
district inviting them for the course or asking that they nominate people.
Invitations for the valedictory
function.
9.Materials
for teaching: Board, chalk or pens, video rental , slides, books , pamphlets
for distribution. Blackboards,
portable easels have to be present. Books may have to be bought to be distributed.
When
you have made a budget add 10% for unforeseen expenses .
The
next necessity is to organise
funding. Funding can be given by the Animal Welfare Board if you are a Master Trainer and the job has been assigned
to you. Otherwise , if you are doing it on your own or you are doing it as an animal welfare organization
that wants to expand its base in the area and needs to bring in more trained activists, then these
are potential sources of funding
a.The
government departments of Animal Husbandry
and the Ministry for Environment and Forests. Both have schemes for the spreading of awareness.
Take their forms and apply. The Education Ministry also has schemes.
b.
Foundations that have the spreading of awareness, education and workshops
as part of their brief.
c.Companies that sell products/medicines for animals and can be given publicity via banners, press
conference
or on the material given for the workshop to the attendees.
d.Banks:
Each bank has money kept aside for a social welfare component. Also since
they loan money for buying animals
they might be interested as a large part of rural bankruptcy is caused when
the animal dies. If the proposal
includes this , then they might see it as a way of safeguarding their own
loans
e.
While workshops are not currently in the MPLADS scheme , the MP / MLA might
have money to fund the workshop
and could officially be the patron.
f.Gaushala
funders:Every district has generous people who fund gaushalas. They may be
approached.
g.Jains:
Communities like the Jains often fund animal welfare schemes. Find out who
the Jains are in the chosen district
and if there is a Jain community group that can be asked. Often they have
trusts. If they have shops that
need publicity then they could be advertised .
h.Local
social organizations like the Rotary, Lions or the Nehru Yuva Kendra fund
workshops under their own patronage
Presume
that it is a new district and you know no one. How would you go about it ?
It
will require a preliminary trip on your own for several days.See if you can
find a local person that you can
stay with so that you do not get nervous about the money being spent.
As
an authorised trainer of the Animal Welfare Board of India, take a letter
from the AWBI to the local administrative
head of the district – the district magistrate or the district/deputy collector.
Inform them that you would like
to hold a workshop , take/give a date and ask him/her to help you with the
venue and give you a junior official who could help
with the publicity so that people can apply for joining the workshop. In most cases the DM/DC will help.
The venue chosen could be a local auditorium or the lecture room of a college/school/library/public
institute that will be free for a week. It should
have audio and video projection facilities. Should have a potable water supply nearby and be well ventilated. As all
trainees have to sit from 9.30 in the morning to 6.P.M. If a single one misses
any session , he is removed from the course, made to pay the monies incurred and the organisation is blacklisted.
Make that VERY CLEAR from the beginning. Try to have the participants stay in the place where the
lectures are going to be given so that it becomes a captive place
Then
ask for a list of the names and addresses/phone numbers of the prominent social leaders , clubs
like the Rotary, Lions, Nehru
Yuva Kendra , NGOs, Mahila groups and the principals of the main colleges
and if possible the local MLA/MP and Zila
Panchayat head. Go and see as many as you can. Take the help of local leaders. Certain animal welfare
concepts such as stopping animal sacrifice or tackling illegal butchershops or stopping overloading on
draught animals may be alien to the local society but their acceptance becomes easy if the local leaders
accept it. You can make them
special guests at each session
and give them a special honorary certificate at the end of the course.
This
exercise should be at least 3 months in advance and the last day for the applicants
to enter should be a month before commencement. Acceptance letters
of people selected for the programme should be sent soon after to each participant so
that he/she can make arrangements to attand the course , specially if they have to come from other
places.
If you try and get trainees only through the press conference and poster route , you will get only a
handful
of applications in. It has to be an aggressive campaign to get applications
as word of mouth is slow. You
have to
a.ask
Principals to announce it in their colleges
b.
vets to pass the word round to people who bring their animals to them
c.write
letters to village heads asking if anyone in their village is interested and
enclosing forms
d.
write to all the social organization heads and asking them to announce it
in their weekly meetings
e.
write postcards to as many people as you know or know of in the district asking
them to pass the word around
f.
write to all the political party offices in the area asking them if they can
ask their own cadres
g.
write to Jain and business associations as they normally know people interested
in animal welfare.
This
will take some time so it should be started a few months in advance. Obviously
you will have written an address
where the applications can be sent.
Then
when you start getting letters from people asking to be included , start selecting.What
is the size of the workshop ?
Should it be 100 people on the
belief that even after the workshop 10 will be active and the rest will spread the message ? If 100
is too much for you to handle then would 60 be a more manageable number ? Both large numbers
and small numbers of participants have their own advantages. Small, because you can concentrate better
and each trainee becomes known to you. Large , because they get to know each other and the network
spreads quickly. Do not go below
50 as then it is a waste of money
and teachers. Whatever the number , always choose 50 % more because there
will be that many dropouts .
If 60 is the number you want then 100
people should be chosen. Many will also drop out if they are asked for registration
money as a lot of people come to workshops to be fed, get a certificate, meet VIPs and that’s it, specially
if they are free. It would be good if you could get two or more officers deputed
from the animal husbandry department- people who could become allies in spreading
the movement. Even retired people who have been officials and
now want to spread the cause could be considered.
Application
Form for Participation in Workshop
(
To be sent to the Director of the Workshop)
(All
in Block Letters)
1.Full
Name
2.Present
Employment/Designation
3.Present
Employer and address
4.Address
to which Reply should be Sent
5.Date
of Birth
6.Sex
M/F
7.Marital
Status
8.Are
you associated with any animal related organization
9.Have
you participated in an animal related course previously
10.Postal
Order No ------- dated ------- of Rs ----(Not refundable) for registration
of application
11.Academic
Record
Subject
Yr of Passing University
or Institution
High
School
Intermediate
Bachelor’s
Degree
12.Can
you organise your own stay
Signature
of applicant
Date
Place
Recommendation
of Sponsoring Unit/organization
Signature
Designation
Address
Date
Sample
Advertisement
The
Animal Board of India announces a --- day
“
“ course.
Curriculum:
.
Venue:
Course
Fees:
Schedule
of Classes:
Course
Incharge:
Method
of Application:
Last
Date of Application:
Course
is limited to ---- students on first come first served basis.
Sample
Letter to Applicants
Congratulations.
You have been chosen to attend the animal welfare course starting on -----------
at ----------time organised by
. Please be present half an hour before commencement so that you can register yourself.
Please
bring with you the following:
Notebooks,
pens and other personal belongings that you may need for the duration of the
course.
(OPTIONAL:
The course will be residential and arrangements for your stay have been made
at -------)
Before
you start the course , it is suggested that you look at the following things
in your district so that you
are aware of the issues that will arise:
The state of the slaughterhouses, butchershops, animals on the road, animal sacrifices,
transport
of animals, overloading of draught animals, animal welfare organizations in the area
Please
be warned that once the course begins you are required to attend all sessions.
If a single session is missed
, you will be expelled from the course and
you will be required to pay all expenses incurred on your training.
This is a very serious issue. Many of the people who would like to learn about animal welfare and are willing to put their lives into it have very little money. Most of them are young, some of them will be in college or even the last year in school. Their parents may not give them money for the course.
The
trainer could either fix a modest fee which is not too low to be considered
free. Or you could have the participants
sign a legal bond that if they do not fulfil the course and take the test
, they will be obliged to return
the money spent on them – and stipulate the amount. The conditions should be put clearly in the admission letter.
Keep the workshop in the local language. Get the manuals and
all backup papers in the local language. Remember that you will have to give a lot
of reading material to give the students. No one can remember very much in a few days workshop .
What books must you have for distribution :
The
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and all the attached rules( available at
AWBI)
The
Wildlife Protection Act ( available at AWBI)
What
to Do When You See Cruelty ( available at People for Animals, 14 Ashoka Road,
New Delhi 110001)
The
Animal Laws Book( available at
)
All
the manuals that have been prepared by the Animal Welfare Board of India.(available
at AWBI)
Animal
Friend: Ethnovet Approach to Animal Health and Management( available at AWBI)
You should also have a reading list of books to give the students and as time goes on give a list of
internet
sites that they can look at and email addresses of people in the movement
Here
is a reading list :
1.Heads
and Tails
2.Bezubano
ki Kahani
3.
4.
5.
What
Subjects Have to be Taught in a general Workshop
How
animal welfare can be a full-fledged career and the opportunities available
Importance
of animals in the rural economy
and the importance of the SPCA
a.Law: The main Acts PCA and WLP and all the peripheral laws e.g animal sacrifice, food
adulteration,overloading and the rules that come under the act. It has to to be a Q and A session. For instance madaris come under the Beggary act and can be picked up under that. Discuss innovative ways to stop overloading and animal transport - using the PCA and the anti-rape act and the harijan act.
b.How to make an animal welfare organization
c.How to hold village camps
d.Capaigns: how and whom to make allies, how to lobby , raise funds
e.Animal sacrifice
f.Checking of laboratories
g.Inspections of dairies and slaughterhouses
h.How to set up Kindness clubs
i.Wild animal poaching and how to stop it.
j.Organic farming:necessity aand overview of chemicals used
k.Implementation of ABC and how to work with municipalities
l.City animal management:dogs, pigs, monkeys, donkeys,tanga horses
m.Commercial animal management: piggeries, poultries,
n.First aid
o.Grants and how to fill in forms
p.
q.Each of the subjects except for law and first aid should be taught for 11/2hr hours each. A q& a
at the end of each session is important. Printed matter of the main points discussed in the session
must be made from before of the main points discussed in the session. Students will also have to
take notes.
r.Every evening for one hour the law and other films should be shown .These are available from
the AWBI.Arrange a bus for one day to take them to places for a change of pace so that
interest does not flag .The students should be taken to specific areas to learn , a local shelter,
zoo,livestock,poultry,slaughterhouse, animal market raid etc .One of the exercises should be for
them to point
out what they saw was illegal and how they could change it.
For
instance , the workshop itinerary could look like this :
DAY
ONE
9
A.M. registration
9.30 Introduction and purpose of the course. Importance of animals in the rural economy and the
importance
of the SPCA
11.00 Tea Break
11.15 Animal Welfare as a Career We need to
disseminate information on why Animal Welfare is not a hobby or passion done by a few "volunteers"
but one which can work like an organised industry with great career opportunities. We could get
speakers from Institutes of Social Research/Welfare, motivational experts.
12.30
Grants and how to fill in forms
1.0 P.M. Lunch
2.0 Laws
5.0 Q & A
6.0 Films
DAY
TWO
9.00How
to hold village camps
10.Q
& A
10.30
Animal sacrific
11.
Tea break
11.15
Continue animal sacrifice
12.0
Q & A
12.30
Kindness Clubs
1.30
Lunch
2.00
Commercial animal management: piggeries, poultries
3.30
Examinations of dairies and slaughterhouses
5.P.M.
Q & A
5.30
Films
DAY THREE
9.
00 AM How to make an AWO;Campaigns: how and whom to make allies, how to lobby
, raise funds
10.30
Q &A
11.00
am Tea break
11.15City
animal management:dogs, pigs, monkeys, donkeys,tanga horses
12.30
Q & A
1.0 Lunch
2.0 Wild animal poaching
and how to stop it.
3.0 Q& A
3.30 ABC and how to work with municipalities
4.30 Q & A
5.00 Organic Farming : An introduction, reasoning and booklist
5.30 Films
DAY FOUR
9.a.m. Lab checking
10.30. First aid
1.30 Lunch
2.P.M. Tour of slaughterhouse/wildlife market/animal shelter
DAY FIVE
9.a.m. Exam
1.p.m. Lunch
2.00 Wrap with speeches. Get local VIPs to give some speeches.
Here is a possible breakup for a specialist workshop on gauseva
a)How to manage a gaushala
b)How to grow fodder
c)How to interact with the community to protect old cows
d)How to remove oxytocin
e)How to make a good dairy
f)How to catch cattle trucks
g)What to look for in fairs
h)simple cow diseases/injuries and their cure
i)What to do with bulls
and whatever else you can think of
Cyclostyle the exam paper form before the course begins. Everyone has to give an exam on the last day for 3 hours. Only those that pass will get a certificate of attendance.
Here are some sample questions:
Start with an objective test to see whether you have made the students understand the basic concept of animal welfare: Some questions are:
Please answer Yes or No
a. Animals were put on this earth to use by humans
b. Animals who cannot be of any use should be eliminated
c. Animals should be given freedom to live in a natural way
d. As far as possible we should avoid hurting or killing any living creature
e. People who don’t eat meat are the friends of all creatures
f. Some animals eat each other so it is alright for us to kill animals
g. Hens should be put in cages because otherwise they will run around and be a nuisance
h. Cities are not meant for animals
i. Animals that are potential threats like snakes should be eliminated
j. People who are kinder to animals are kinder to people as well
k. Animals in the zoo are wellfed and well watered. They do not miss the outside life where they would starve
l. Intensive farming produces cheap meat. That is important
m. Some people like cheap meat. Others don’t mind paying more if the hen is free range. The choice should be left to the customer
n.Employment is a more important issue than animal welfare so it is alright to kill animals to provide
employment
o. Eating meat is a religious issue and we should try to tamper with it
p. Animal welfare people should not be militant about their demands. They should be more practical.
q. It is alright to overload trucks because the animals are being taking to a slaughterhouse to die anyway
r. Madaris are poor people and they should be provided alternative employment before we take away their animals
s. If we don’t kill animals they will be so many that they there will be no place for humans
t. Dogs should be killed because they might bite someone
u. Animals do not have emotions or feel pain like human beings
v. Children should be taken to zoos on their holidays as they have fun
w. Vegetarians are going against the laws of nature: man was meant to kill
x. Animals can be sacrificed in temples for the sake of human welfare
y.We should not go against any practices that are hundreds of years old
z. Animal testing in laboratories should be done as it is good for national interest.
GENERAL QUESTIONS FROM WHICH YOU CAN CHOOSE
1. WHICH ARE THE MAIN RULES AND ACTS THAT CAN BE USED TO FILE AN FIR AGAINST CRUELTY?
2 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ANIMAL RIGHTS AND WELFARE.GIVE EXAMPLES ?
3 WHAT IS 51(A)g OF THE CONSTITUTION
4 NAME 10 COMMON CRUELTIES THAT ARE OFFENCES UNDER THE PCA ACT
5 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COGNISABLE AND NON COGNISABLE OFFENCES
6 WHAT ANIMAL WELFARE ACTIVITIES CAN BE TAKEN UP BY A STUDENT OF 12 YEARS OLD
7 HOW DO YOU START A KINDNESS CLUB IN A SCHOOL
8 WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY IN THE VETERINARY COLLEGE SYLLABI
9 WHAT IS THE LACUNAE IN THE WILDLIFE PROTECTION ACT AND WHAT SUGGESTIONS DO YOU HAVE
10 HOW WOULD YOU RESCUE A SNAKE AND WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT AFTERWARDS
11. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT LAWS PERTAINING TO CATTLE
12.WHAT WOULD YOU LOOK FOR IN A DAIRY AND WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO CORRECT THE PROBLEMS
13. WHAT IS THE ABC PROGRAMME
14 HOW WOULD YOU START THE ABC PROGRAMME IN A TOWN/CITY
15.HOW WOULD YOU START AN ANIMAL WELFARE GROUP AND MAKE MEMBERS
16. NAME 10 THINGS THAT SHOULD BE PART OF A NEWSLETTER
17. WHAT WOULD YOU LOOK FOR IN A ZOO
18. WHICH STATES HAVE ANTI- ANIMAL SACRIFICE ACTS AND WHAT ARE THEIR SALIENT POINTS
19. HOW DO YOU RAID AN ANIMAL /BIRD SELLING MARKET
20. WHAT MUST A TRUCK HAVE BEFORE IT IS ALLOWED TO CARRY ANIMALS
21.WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT CRUELTIES THAT ARE ILLEGAL FOR A PET ANIMAL
22. LIST 10 ITEMS IN THE MARKET THAT ANIMAL WELFARE GROUPS CAN MILITATE AGAINST
23 WHAT IS THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF HUMANENESS AND THE COST OF CRUELTY IN THE CASE OF
A) CATTLE
B) VULTURES
C) SNAKES
D) BATS
E) MONKEYS
F) HORNBILLS
G) TIGERS
24. WHAT ARE THE LAWS GOVERNING SLAUGHTERHOUSES
25.WHAT ARE THE LAWS GOVERNING TRANSPORT OF CATTLE BY FOOT
26. WHAT ARE THE NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF LEATHER AND MILK
27. WHAT SHOULD A FIRST AID BOX CONTAIN
28. IN WHICH CASES IS EUTHANASIA ALLOWED AND WHEN FORIDDEN
29.HOW DO YOU CURE MANGE
30.HOW DO YOU CURE BLOAT
31.HOW DO YOU REMOVE TICKS/FLEAS/MAGGOTS
32.HOW DO YOU TREAT MASTITIS
33. HOW DO YOU PICK UP AN INJURED DOG OR CAT
34. HOW DO YOU HEAL WTH BURNS CAUSED BY FIRE,HOT OIL,BOILING WATER OR ACID
35 WHAT SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR WHILE INSPECTING A LABORATORY
36. WHAT ACTION CAN YOU TAKE AGAINST A LABORATORY/COMPANY THAT IS USING ANIMALS FOR EXPERIMENTATION BUT IS NOT REGISTERED.
37. HOW DO YOU GET A CHILD TO OPT FOR “NO DISSECTION” IN A SCHOOL
38 WHAT SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR IN FILMS, ADVERTISEMENTS AND TELEVISION? WHAT ACTION CAN YOU TAKE?
39 .WHAT ARE THE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS TO BE VEGETARIAN
40. WHAT IS:
A) VEAL
B) PATE
C) RENNET
D) TROTTERS
E) CORAL
F) PEARL
G) LACQUER
H) SHAHTOOSH
I) KARAKUL
J) NACRE
H) SHELLS
I) SILK
J) HONEY
41) WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY,NATIONAL PARK AND RESERVED FOREST
42. WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF A BADLY MANAGED ZOO
43. WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OF ILLHEALTH IN A ZOO ANIMAL
44 HOW DO YOU MAKE OUT AN ELEPHANT IS SICK
45 WHAT ANIMAL SHOULD NOT BE IN ZOOS
46. HOW AND WHEN WOULD YOU CATCH AND RELOCATE MONKEYS
47. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN RESPECT OF ANIMALS
48. WHAT ARE THE RULES REGARDING DRAUGHT AND PACK ANIMALS
49. WHAT ARE THE RULES REGARDING REGISTRATION OF CATTLE PREMISES
50. WRITE AN ESSAY ON PESTICIDES, THEIR ALTERNATIVES & WHAT THE ANIMAL WELFARE MOVEMENT CAN DO.
51. LIST 3 T.V. ADVERTISEMENTS THAT USE ANIMALS ILLEGALLY.
52. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR SINGLE BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT IN ANIMAL WELFARE?
53. LIST YOUR PERSONAL/GROUP AMBITIONS, IN ORDER OF PRIORITY, AND TELL US HOW YOU ARE GOING TO ACHIEVE THEM.
54. AS A MASTER TRAINER, HOW WILL YOU START AN ANIMAL GROUP IN A DISTRICT WHICH HAS NONE. LIST THE PROCEDURE.
FORMING OF AN ORGANISATION AND HOW TO REGISTER IT.
1. WHILE FORMING AN ORGANISATION WOULD YOU TO CHOOSE TO FORM A TRUST OR A SOCIETY? WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR YOUR DECISIONS?
2. WHAT IS 80 G OF THE INCOME TAX ACT? HOW WOULD YOU REGISTER YOUR ORGANISATION UNDER THE INCOME TAX ACT?
3. IS IT MANDATORY TO HAVE YOUR ANNUAL ACCOUNTS CHECKED BY A CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT?
4. IS IT NECESSARY TO FILE A RETURN OF INCOME EVEN IF THE INCOME OF THE ORGANISATION IS BELOW TAXABLE LIMIT?
5. WHAT IS THE PENALTY FOR DELAY IN FILING THE INCOME TAX RETURN?
6. HOW WOULD YOU MAINTAIN RECORD OF MAJOR DECISIONS OF THE ORGANISATION?
7. IS IT NECESSARY TO REGISTER THE TRUST DEED IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR.
LEGAL ISSUES
8. WHAT NATURE OF MATERIAL WOULD YOU REQUIRE TO MAKE OUT A CASE AND FILE A PIL IN RESPECT OF THE CONDITION OF THE FOLLOWING :
i) VETERINARY CLINICS
ii) SLAUGHTER HOUSES.
iii) ZOOS.
iv) CONDITIONS OF TRANSPORT.
9. IF YOU COME ACROSS CASES OF COCK FIGHTING OR USE OF ANIMALS WHERE THEY ARE MADE TO FIGHT EACH OTHER AND BETS ARE BEING PLACED ON THEM, WHAT ARE THE PROVISIONS OF THE PCA AND WHAT STEPS CAN YOU TAKE TO PROHIBIT IT AND PROSECUTE THE OFFENDERS?
10. IN CASE YOU SEE ANY ACT OF CRUELTY WHAT ACTION CAN YOU TAKE TO PREVENT IT AS A CITIZEN?
11. IF THE STATE GOVERNMENT HAS AUTHORISED TO YOU TO INITIATE STEPS UNDER THE PCA, HOW WOULD YOU PREPARE A CHALLAN AND WHAT WOULD BE THE CONTENTS? IF AS A CITIZEN YOU GO TO A POLICE OFFICER TO FILE A COMPLAINT UNDER THE PCA, HOW WOULD YOU GUIDE HIM TO PREPARE THE CHALLAN?
12. CAN THE COURT ORDER FORFEITURE OF THE ANIMAL IN CASE OF A FIRST OFFENCE? IF YES WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE SUBSTANTIATED AND PLEADED IN THE CASE?
STREET ENTERTAINERS
13. WHY IS IT NECESSARY FOR THE KALANDHARS TO GIVE UP THEIR TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS AND NEEDS OF LIVELIHOOD?
14. WHAT ARE THE CRUELTIES INVOLVED IN THE TRAINING AND TRANSPORTATION OF BEAR CUBS BY THE KALANDHARS?
CHECKING LABORATORIES.
15. WHAT ARE THE THREE MAIN ASPECTS YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOU VENTURE FOR A LABORATORY CHECK? WHAT ARE THE DETAILS YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND?
16. HOW WOULD YOU RECOGNISE/ASSESS PAIN IN (I) PRIMATES (II) CATS IN A LABORATORY?
17. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THE THREE “RS” ? GIVE EXAMPLES
18. WHAT ARE THE THREE CATEGORIES IN ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION? DESCRIBE THEM IN DETAIL AND HOW CAN YOU HELP RELIEVE/RESCUE THE LABORATORY ANIMALS?
19. DEFINE FIVE PRACTICES WHICH ARE ILLEGAL IN ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION.
ANIMAL SHELTER AND FIRST AID
1. WHAT PRECAUTIONS DOES ONE NEED TO TAKE IN BURIAL OF ANIMALS SUFFERING FROM INFECTIOUS DISEASES OR DISEASES OF ZOONATIC IMPORTANCE?
2.A DOG IS BROUGHT TO YOU BLEEDING FROM BOTH NOSTRILS, HAS FEVER AND IS DULL AND LISTLESS:
a. HOW DO YOU BRING SUCH AN ANIMAL?
b. WHAT NECESSARY FIRST AID TO BE GIVEN?
3.WHAT ARE THE COMMON COMPLICATIONS SEEN WITH INAPPROPRIATE RESTRAINT OF AN ANIMAL? LIST THE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF CATCHING DOGS.
4.WHAT SHOULD BE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RANGE IN A COVERED AREA FOR A CANNINE?
5.WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF SETTING A SHELTER POLICY?
6.WHAT SHOULD ONE CONSIDER IN THE PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF A SITUATION WHERE ONE PLANS TO OPEN A SHELTER?
7.LIST THE PRIORITIES TO BE KEPT IN MIND WHILE DESIGNING A SHELTER.
8.WHAT ARE THE POINTS ONE NEED TO BE KEPT IN MIND WHILE SELECTING A SITE FOR A SHELTER?
9.ENLIST THE KEY POINTS TO BE KEPT IN MIND WHILE DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING AN AVIARY?
10.HOW IS IT IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN RECORDS?
GIVE EXAMPLES OF WEEKLY, FORTNIGHTLY AND MONTHLY RECORDS, COMMONLY MAINTAINED IN A SHELTER?
11.IF AN INDIVIDUAL HAVING UNDERGONE COMPLETE PROPHYLACTIC SHOTS AGAINST CONFIRMED CASE OF RABIES, WOULD HE REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHOTS, IF SO WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDED SCHEDULE BY THE W.H.O.?
12.ENLIST DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES OF CATCHING STRAY DOGS FOR STERILIZATION.
AWBI AND STATE ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD
2. WHAT IS THE CRITERIA FOR ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS BY THE BOARD TO AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATION?
3. WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISAITON FOR RECOGNITION BY THE AWBI?
SETTING UP AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATION
1. EXPLAIN IN BRIEF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRUELTIES AND MENTION THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACTS, UNDER WHICH THE OFFENDERS PERPETRATING THESE CRUELTIES CAN BE PROSECUTED?
2. WRITE A SMALL NOTE ON FUND RAISING BY AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATON?
3. MENTION THE PROCEDURE AND THE ACTS UNDER WHICH AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATION CAN BE REGISTERED?
5. WRITE A SMALL NOTE ON HOW TO CHECK THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN WILDLIFE PRODUCTS?
6. WHAT ARE THE COMMON PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED IN SHELTERING WILD ANIMALS?
7. WHY SHOULD WILD ANIMALS BE RELOCATED IN THE WILD AS SOON AS THEY ARE FIT FOR RELEASE?
8. WRITE A BRIEF NOTE ON THE BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE OF GAUSHALAS. ALSO MENTION THE IMPORTANCE OF UTILISATIONI OF COW DUNG AND URINE IN THE ECONOMY OF THE GAUSHALAS?
9. WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT CONSIDERATIONS NECESSARY FOR MAINTAINING A GOOD ZOO?
10. WHY IS IT NECESSARY TO INSPECT LABORATORIES USING ANIMALS FOR EXPERIMENTATION? WHAT ARE THE BASIC CHECKS TO BE CARRIED OUT WHEN SUCH LABORATORIES ARE INSPECTED?
11. WHAT ACTION IS TO BE TAKEN IF THE OFFICER INCHARGE OF THE POLICE STATION REFUSES TO FILE AN FIR?
12. HOW WOULD YOU EDUCATE PEOPLE TO PREVENT THEM FROM COMMITTING ANIMAL SACRIFICE?
13. WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT POINTS TO BE KEPT IN MIND WHILE CHECKING A DAIRY?
QUESTIONS ON WILDLIFE TRADE
1. AFTER NARCOTICS, WHAT IS THE LARGEST ILLEGAL OCCUPATION IN THE WORLD?
2. WHAT IS THE END USE OF THE ILLEGAL TRADE IN BONES AND OTHER BODY PARTS OF THE TIGER?
3. NAME THREE MAJOR INDIAN SPECIES IN THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE?
4. WHAT ARE 65% OF ELEPHANT DEATHS IN SOUTH INDIA BELIEVED TO BE DUE TO?
5. NAME 3 CITIES IN INDIA WHICH ARE CENTRES FOR THE ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE?
6. NAME THE TWO MAJOR CONSUMER NATIONS FOR WILDLIFE PRODUCTS FROM INDA?
7. WHICH COUNTRY HAD THE WORLD’S FIRST WILDLIFE CONSERVATION LAWS?
8. WHICH IS THE PRINCIPAL BODY FOR WILDLIFE PRESERVATION IN INDIA, AND WHO HEADS THIS BODY?
CHECKING ZOOS
1. WHAT ARE THE OBJECTIVES OF ZOOS? IS IT MORALLY JUSTIFIED TO HAVE ZOOS?
2. WHAT ARE THE MINIMUM STANDARDS/FACILITIES THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN ZOOS?
SCHEMES OF ANIMAL WELFARE AND HOW TO CONDUCT
INSPECTIONS
1. WHAT ARE THE SCHEMES THAT THE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED FOR ANIMAL WELFARE?
2. WHAT ARE THE ASPECTS TO BE CHECKED WHILE CARRYING OUT AN INSPECTION OF AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATION BEFORE SANCTIONING A SHELTER, AMBULANCE OR ABC PROGRAMME?
3. WHAT ASPECTS WOULD BE CHECKED OF AN ACCOUNT OF AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATION BEFORE SANCTION OF ANY PROPOSAL?
SETTING UP AN MONKEY SHELTER
1. WHY ARE MONKEY SHELTERS NEEDED? SUBSTANTIATE YOUR ANSWER?
2. WHAT ARE THE SPECIAL FEATURES THAT SHOULD TAKEN CARE OF WHEN BUILDING A SHELTER FOR MONKEYS?
MANAGEMENT OF ANIMALS DURING DISASTER
1. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT PROBLEMS FACED BY ANIMALS DURING DIFFERENT TYPES OF CALAMITIES?
2. WHAT SHOULD AN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATION DO FOR THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF ANIMALS DURING CALAMITIES?
3. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT EQUIPMENTS AND ITEMS REQUIRED DURING NATURAL CALAMITIES FOR THE CARE AND PROTECTION OF THE ANIMALS?
LETTER TO EACH TRAINEE WHO HAS PASSED THE TEST
Dear
Congratulations. Your grade in the exam is ------You are authorized to make units and bring others into the movement.
You will be supervised by ----------- who is the person in charge of you on behalf of the Board. --------- address/phone number/email is ---------------. You will interact with her/him frequently and draw up a chart of what you intend to do in the coming months. These can include
a)Making SPCAs
b)Making any other animal welfare groups either general or specialized. Groups can be of different
kinds:running shelters and doing rescue work/fundraising/lobbying/going for a specialized
animal/patrolling markets/legal help
c)Stopping the killing of dogs and started the ABC programme
d)Removing the kalandars/madaris from the districts
e)Starting an agitation on a local cruelty issue that will not be resolved otherwise
f)Making recommendations for shelters and checked existing one
g)Putting the local people in touch with farmers groups etc so as to start a movement against pesticides
h)Training the police on the laws
i)Starting shifting the bullock yokes/carts to the CRA cart. A film will be sent to you .
j)Looking at the animal sacrifices prevalent in the area and organizing ways to stop it.
k)Recommending CPCSEA inspectors to and making a list of any laboratories in your area.
l)Developing links between your groups and local clubs/organizations/local administration
If you run into any difficulty or need pamphlets/films please ask for them at
You are welcome to ask your Board Controller for help at workshops . If a resource person has to be brought in please indicate whom or if you do not know , indicate the subject and one will be provided. If you have the pamphlets translated, we will be happy to have them printed at our expense and will pay a nominal amount for the translation as well.
Good luck
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that ------------- has passed the --- day course on Animal Welfare held on ---------- (date) at ----------(Place)
Signed
Trainer AWBI Secretary
These certificates can be printed out from before and then filled in after the exam evaluations have been done
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DETAILED MEMO TO BE WRITTEN AFTER THE COURSE IS OVER:
1.identification of the workshop course and dates
2.location
3.person directing it, and address
4.names and addresses and qualifications of the teachers
5.number of applicants
6.number of dropouts with reasons
7.number of brochures mailed.applications received, admission offered, acceptances, participants,
certificates earned
8.Chairman of sessions
9.publicity done before and during the workshop
10.distribution of manuals/books
11.daily schedule
12.test given and individual results
13.test paper
14.remarks and recommendations
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( To be given to the AWBI with post workshop report)
Name of Participant
Interest