Not too long ago my dog was attacked by a man. Do not worry, my dog is quite all right, but I was shocked at how the police in Germany did nothing to the man.
Because of this incident, I began looking up facts and statistics about the various kinds of acts of animal cruelty committed around the world. I am quite aware of things that go on through out the world, but reading the statistics made me want to use my artistic ability to help spread awareness further. I decided that I wanted to create something that would help educate children about how damaging the acts of animal cruelty are in any form.
Why choose children as the target audience, because as we all know they are our future and what they learn now they will carry with them throughout their life.
One thing that seems to be somewhat international is the fact that children stick their tongues out at things they do not like. Combining this action with famous animal cartoon characters looking upset about the thought of people committing acts of cruelty upon animals could create a bigger sense of awareness among children who view these posters.
The posters themselves would not be bogged down with too many facts, but one simple fact per poster. Thus not to overwhelm the children, but to help them understand that wrong doing towards animals of any kind is not right. I also do not want to make each poster overly disturbing to a child. The idea is to inform them and not scare them. With this goal to help educate them and make them aware of the types of abuses taking place hopefully things will change in the future.
I may continue to expand this project, because the more I learn about animal abuse and cruelty the more I want to help spread the information.
I proudly present my campaign "STICK YOUR TONGUE OUT AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY!"