Open day at Wilhelmshaven animal shelter Impressions of our visit on 7th July 2012 shown by students and teachers of the Comenius-team „APE – animal protection in Europe“ of „Gymnasium am Mühlenweg“ Wilhelmshaven / Germany

Dr. Kibat – animal shelter in Wilhelmshaven The animal shelter of our town: Dr. Kibat – animal shelter in Wilhelmshaven

Who was Dr Kibat? Our local animal shelter is named after Dr. Artur Kibat (1870-1960), a philologist and translator of Chinese literature. He was teacher at the „Oberrealschule“ (secondary school) and one of the re-founders of the association for animal protection of our city (1950/51). Artur Kibat left his inheritance to this association. Thanks to this the animal shelter could be built in 1981/82. Information about Artur Kibat: http://www.buerger-whv.de/vorschau/cms/index.php?e1=264&e2=1549&e3=2380&e4=2495

Open day – presentation of „inhabitants“ Dogs in our local animal shelter: Open day – presentation of „inhabitants“

Open day – presentation of „inhabitants“ The staff presented some inhabitants of the shelter: Aramis

Some more „inhabitants“ of the animal shelter Iras Pascha

Where the cats live…

Extra place for cats There are (too) many cats in the shelter. Extra space is needed. Therefore there are some containers. Buko Königshoff, a local artists, painted them.

Work of an artist

Extra place for small animals

More places for cats

Area of the birds

Activities on open day 2012: Rescue dogs at work

The rescue dog team Members of the rescue dog team were present.

Rescue dogs at work They explained and presented their work.

Man and dog working together There is much mutual confidence between dog and owner..

„Fund raising“: Lottery and Culinaria

Fish roles, cake and a lottery helped to get some money for the work in the shelter.

Posters: Information

You get a lot information in the shelter about how to meet an animal , for example about kids and dogs. How does a foreign dog react an eye contact? Shall I touch a dog I don‘t know?

There are also information about the necessity of having your cat neutered and about the mythos that some kinds of dogs are naturally cruel (no, only the owners make them behave in an unnatural way!).

And there are campaigns against the cruelty in industrial livestock farming (e.g. transportation to slaughter houses, treatment of piglets). „See Italy and – die“ (transportation of horses to slaughtering) „Such sweet piglets must be … … tortured.“

Impressions of Open day 2012 Humans and Animals

Visitors on a rainy day in July A lot of visitors came…

Visitors on a rainy day in July … in spite of the rain.

The animal shelter was visited by: Marian P. , Romea P. , Peter A The animal shelter was visited by: Marian P., Romea P., Peter A., Anke W. One of the shelter dogs, an old lady. May she find her new home soon!