Research on Homeless Dogs

In order to take and push for real action to better the current situation, our class researched different topics related to the issue of animal welfare. This process required the students to learn how to identify actionable points, design logical and valid questionnaires, get out of the classroom and interact with the general public, collect and analyze data, and write an academic research style report.

Separate student groups did research on the following topics related to homeless dogs. Research teams consisted of four people each. Click the picture or the link to read their research.

為了採取並推動實際行動以改善現狀，我們班研究了與動物福利問題相關的不同議題。這個過程要求學生學習如何確定可采取行動的最小問題根源點，設計合乎邏輯的有效問卷，走出課堂與公眾互動，收集和分析數據，並撰寫學術研究形式的​​報告。

不同的學生小組對以下與無家可歸的狗有關的主題進行了研究。研究小組每人由四人組成。點擊圖片或鏈接閱讀他們的研究。

by researchers Joann Hsu, Sophie Yen, Brandon Chen, Howard Liao

This research group decided to study the legal policy regarding punishments to stop animal abuse. It seems that stricter punishments are needed. Research results suggest that the best option is increasing jail time as a punishment for abuse cases.

這個研究小組選擇研究有關動物的法律政策，希望能讓政策更加嚴厲，以減少虐待動物的案件。最後，這個研究小組建議增加坐牢時間以提高懲罰。

by researchers Sharon Chou, Oliver Wang, Larissa Kuo, Ron Liu

This research team chose to investigate people’s ranking of the importance of certain conditions for keeping a dog as a pet. Many people abandon dogs because they are not sure what the dog needs or have not thought about clearly, so we wanted to focus on this point in our research.

這個研究小組選擇去調查人們對某些"養狗條件"的重要性排名，因為有許多人會拋棄狗是因為他們不確定狗需要的東西或者是沒想清楚，所以我們想要針對這點去做調查

by researchers Steve Wang, Daniel Ho, Anna Yang, Marcus Hsieh

People in animal shelters can use information about things like size and eyes when picking dogs to be on their marketing materials. They can also change how fat or thin the dog is by changing their diet plan and the amount of exercise they get. How people judge what is cute might be similar to how they judge other humans or themselves.

這個研究小組選擇研究這個主題，因為我們的目標是幫助狗被收養，人們喜歡狗的一個重要原因是因為他們認為狗很可愛。

by researchers Shannia Lin, Brendon Chang, Howard Lee, Yuna Wu

This research group chose to look into people's attitudes on government spending for Animal Welfare. They hope for a part of the infrastructure tax to be spent on animal shelters.

該研究小組選擇調查人們對政府為動物福利支出的態度。他們希望將基礎設施稅的一部分用於動物收容所。

by researchers Olivia Wang, Zoey Lin, Brendan Hsu, Ingram Chung

Our team members think that many organizations are already advocating for dog adoption or fundraising, but that will only help the dogs in the shelter, so we want to help the dogs who stray outside and improve the lives quality of stray dogs.

我們小組成員認為已經有許多團體在倡導大家領養狗狗，或者募款，但那只會幫助收容所裡的狗狗，所以我們希望能夠協助那些在外流浪的狗狗，並提升流浪狗的生活品質。

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