There are some very good pics on Moncton columnist Brian Cormier's Blog , Successful rally in Moncton yesterday re: enhanced... of the rally with lots of great pics and info.
Its a very good thing that he posted this, because there was precious little coverage by the CBC website. As a sidebar note to that, unless CBC views an item as being of national interest, that local news events completely fall off their radar on the weekends. The Canadian portion of their website, particularly the provincial stories, sits in limbo every weekend.
If one only read the CBC news website .... and in this busy world there are many who do just that.... one would seldom see any animal welfare stories, and so would wonder what all the animal lovers are 'spouting on about"
There's a lot of great information online about animal welfare issues. From finding the right pet to animal law to advocacy issues .... if you want to find it - its definitely out there.
And that's the key. If you want to find it. Existing sites are often 'preaching to the choir" and are seldom sought out by those who either unawakened or simply unwilling to change their tune.
Last summer, when my daughter was still in Nova Scotia, she was appalled to find out that none of her coworkers and only a few of her clients remembered anything at all about the Celtic Pets seizure.
If one of the biggest seizures in the province passes unnoticed, how can one hope to reach more people about animal welfare issues? As a sidebar note, I really like the poster contest that I saw on the front door of the society webpage. Getting a poster contest out into the NS schools is a great way to spread the word.
We could sure use a regular columnist in our own Herald... if there will be any left....sigh.... who could do a weekly feature on animal issues around the province. Maybe it could be 'ghosted' for a spokescat and/or a spokesdog .... gosh, if I'm not careful my imagination could run away on me with this! Shelters and groups could be featured... adoptable pics and bios could be run.... fundraising activities around the province could be mentioned .... ahhh you know how fast my fancy takes flight about these things : )))
Honestly, I don't see a downside to this. Animals create interest and traffic ... which would of course help the paper. It would be good community relations for a paper that has subscribers around the province. It would be good for the animals and the good folks working on their behalf. All that, and it just might open up an eye or two along the way. What could be better than that, eh?
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