Country's First Humane Organization looking for Potential Adopters for PBS Documentary
WHO:
The ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) are looking for Boulder, Colo. area individuals, families, or couples seriously ready to adopt a pet to participate in the filming of a documentary for the PBS series Nature, which will highlight pet adoption through the ASPCA's Meet Your Match adoption program.
WHAT:
The documentary, which will be filmed at Boulder Valley Humane Society, a participating Meet Your Match shelter, aims to capture potential adopters on film as they go through the process of pet adoption using the ASPCA's Meet Your Match. The program uses research-based behavior assessments that determine the "Canine-ality" and "Puppy-ality" of adoptable dogs and puppies, as well as the "Feline-ality" of adoptable cats, and matches them with their perfect pet parents. Based on their assessment, the animals are assigned one of nine "alities" which fall into three major categories. These categories are color-coded purple, orange, and green respectively, and the descriptions are added to the animal's kennel card. The adopter survey is the second component of the process, which asks 19 questions of the potential adopter to determine which "ality" best matches his or her expectations, experience, lifestyle and home environment. The adopter is then given a purple, orange or green guest pass so that she can seek out those animals-also color-coded-that best match her lifestyle.
WHEN:
Tuesday June 17 and Wednesday June 18, between the hours of 11 a.m. - 7 p.m. (MST).
WHERE:
Boulder Valley Humane Society, located at 2323 55th Street in Boulder.
HOW:
If you are interested in participating in this filming and are available to be filmed at BVHS on either June 17 or 18, please contact James Reeves at naturefilm@earthlink.net or Ellen Kent at msnature@earthlink.net immediately. For more information on the ASPCA and its programs, please visit www.aspca.org.
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