Samantha Parkman Senior Project

April 30th Written at 6PM     Today was my first day on the job. I really didn’t know what exactly to expect walking through the doors at eight this morning. I was supposed to start my day, according to my schedule, spending time with the small animals. This had to be switched though because they have no small animals at the moment, so I got to start my day cleaning the cat room and their cages. I didn’t know what their exact system was for cleaning so they quickly showed me the procedure and I caught on easily. With another gentlemen that volunteered, we worked together to clean the room in a couple hours. I had learned how important certain signs were, such as having lots of sneeze marks on the windows of their cages. That could mean that they have a respiratory problem. I had come in contact with two cats in one cage together who sneezed constantly and had to have special medicine in their food. Throughout the middle of my day, I was either in the workroom doing laundry and

April 29, 2019 Written at 8PM     For the first day of my senior project, I decided to do some research on the Pope Memorial SPCA and add some United States statistics. I don’t start my actual volunteering until tomorrow so this blog is a good way to help give some information about where I am volunteering and what the animals there go through. So far I have spent zero hours on my project. The Pope Memorial SPCA’s mission for these animals is to is to take care of any abandoned or homeless pet and to advocate for them. I remember that in one of the trainings I had gone to a month ago, the presenter had really emphasized advocating and that having volunteers plays such a big part in being able to provide everything the animals need. As of 2014, the Humane Society of the United States states that, “The number of cats and dogs entering shelters each year is 6-8 million.” The same source also states that, “The number of cats and dogs adopted from shelters each year is around 4 million.