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print this pageLandfill Dogs: photo advocacy in collaboration with a government agency
Shannon Johnstone
Saturday, November 07 - 9:00AM to 9:55AM
Clemson One Building
Landfill Dogs is a photo advocacy project highlighting shelter dogs who will face euthanasia if they do not find a home. Each week I bring one dog from the county animal shelter and photograph him/her at Landfill Park, a former landfill converted into a public park.
This backdrop is used for two reasons. First, the dogs will end up in a landfill if they do not find a home. They will be euthanized and their bodies will be buried deep in the landfill among our trash. Below the surface at Landfill Park there are more than 25,000 dogs buried. The second reason for the location is because the animal shelter falls under the same management as the landfill. This government structure reflects a societal value; homeless cats and dogs are just another waste stream.
In this presentation, I will discuss the collaborative aspects of this project. Specifically, I will focus on how Landfill Dogs came about; the intricacies of securing permissions and working with government property; maintaining positive public relations despite a difficult topic; and the impact this project has had on the dogs, community, and animal shelter.
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