"Animals, Children and Families: Indicators and Resources"

Dr. Mary Lou Randour, Clinical Psychologist

May 26, 2005, 8:30 - 11:00 am

647 Ouellette Avenue

Seminar: $25/person

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Mary Lou Randour will be in Windsor on May 26th to give a workshop. Dr. Randour is a renowned expert on the treatment of animal abusers - both adult and children - and has recently developed new approaches to the teaching of empathy.

This seminar will:

a.. offer assessment tools for detecting animal abuse for at-risk children as well as a general population of children

b.. present examples of intervention strategies

c.. describe the role of animals as "protective" factors for children's development

d.. detail how empathy can be taught to children through the human-animal relationship

Dr. Mary Lou Randour, Psychologist and Director of Education for the Doris Day Animal Foundation, has presented workshops across the U.S., Canada and Mexico on the link between animal abuse and family violence to professional and lay audiences.

She is the author of three professional handbooks: The Empathy Connection, AniCare Child: An Assessment and Treatment Approach for Childhood Animal Abuse and AniCare Adult: A Model for the Treatment of Animal Abuse. Dr. Randour also is the author of two books and the editor of another. Her latest book is Animal Grace. She can be reached at marylour@ddaf.org  or 202-546-1761, ext. 33.

This is a pre-conference workshop for Let Live Canada.

Full conference information can be found at www.jazzpurr.org/letlive

To register, print out this form and fax or mail to us before May 23, 2005.

"Zoos in the 21st Century"

Mr. Ron Kagan, Executive Director, Detroit Zoo

May 26, 2005 - 5:30 pm

Ramada Plaza Hotel & Suites

430 Ouellette Avenue, Windsor

Dinner cost: $40/person

Ron Kagan is the Executive Director of the Detroit Zoo. He recently made history by declaring that elephants do not belong in zoos. Under severe criticism by his own profession, he was nevertheless able to secure a warm sanctuary for aging Detroit Zoo elephants Wanda and Winky thereby setting an international precedent.

The Detroit Free Press: "The key to Detroit's decision is Kagan, whose views on animal-welfare issues have incited both admiration and scorn. He has spoken out against sport hunting, sent a zoo expert to testify against a circus using polar bears in Puerto Rico and bad-mouthed the tradition of throwing dead octopuses on the ice at Detroit Red Wings hockey games."

"Ron Kagan has been in the forefront of behavioral enrichment for animals, and for him to make this decision is big," said Carol Buckley, cofounder of the Elephant Sanctuary, a Tennessee compound where 11 elephants roam 522 acres. "Their minds and bodies are designed to stay busy. When you put them in a sterile environment like a zoo, they can't do that."

This is part of the Let Live Canada conference. Full conference information can be found at www.jazzpurr.org/letlive. To join us for this "cruelty-free" dinner, print out this form and fax or mail to us before May 23, 2005.

 

Jazzpurr Society for Animal Protection

647 Ouellette Avenue, Suite 205

Windsor, ON N9A 4J4

(519) 252-3405

FAX: (519) 259-0258

Please contact us at llc@jazzpurr.org  if you have any

questions or concerns.