Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion
Co-Presented By : Cat Welfare Society and The Arts House
Saturday 30 October 2010
3pm and 8pm
The Arts House
Tickets at $20 each
"Over 300,000 cats and dogs are put to sleep each year in Japan,
a shocking figure that director Iida Motoharu discovered when he
began to make 犬と猫と人間と (Dogs, Cats, and Humans). The documentary
started when the director received a request from an elderly woman
to make a film that would save the lives of abandoned dogs and cats
on the streets of Japan, and the resulting product is both alarming
and heartwarming.
Filmed over the course of four years, the film took Iida to
several facilities where abandoned animals are euthanised, filming
interviews with the employees about their unglamorous work. Iida
also shows the more positive side of things by visiting a facility
where healthy abandoned pets are kept and cared for until they are
adopted."
This important film presents a rare and eye-opening look into
what happens to unwanted animals. Singapore is not immune to the
same cycle of ignorance, abandonment, and euthanasia. The premier
screening of film director Iida Motoharu's 犬と猫と人間と (Dogs, Cats, and
Humans) is a platform for us to take a closer look at the pet
phenomenon in our own country and the fall-out from it.
Join our panel discussion and let's work together against pet
abandonment. We thank the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of
Singapore, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Action
for Singapore Dogs, House Rabbit Society of Singapore and Zeus
Communications for participating as our esteemed panellists.
犬と猫と人間と (DOGS, CATS AND HUMANS)
Directed by Motoharu Iida
2009 | Japan | 118 min | Documentary | In Japanese with English
subtitles | Rated: PG
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