I'm looking for new ideas to refresh my pet waste education campaign I've been running for the past 4 years. We currently have bus signs that advertise our message two months out of the year, a banner to hang in town, and brochures we distribute to local businesses and at events. I was just wondering if anyone out there was doing anything new that seemed to be effective.
Thanks,
Mary Middleton
Research Biologist
Pacific Shellfish Institute
Olympia, WA
Looking for New Ideas for Pet Waste Ed. Campaign
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Snohomish County, WA also has excellent information on pet waste on their website. http://www1.co.snohomish.wa.us/Departments/Public_Works/
Divisions/SWM/Services/Water_Pollution/Pet_Waste.htm
Elaine Borjeson
Conservation & Outreach Program Administrator
City of Bellevue
Utilities Department
(425) 452-7103
(425) 452-5214 fax
[email protected]
In Wisconsin, the Rock River Coalition did a newsletter article on pet waste and developed an Excel spreadsheet to help you calculate both the number of dogs in your community and the amount of waste that represents and ties in the number of people that do or don't pick up their pet waste. This link takes you to their homepage where you can get both the newsletter article and the calculator. There are some good handouts that go with. It sort of brings it home when you can calculate for your community.
Lake Macquarie Council in NSW Australia actually developed a TV ad with a couple of embarrassed dogs asking their owners help clean up behind them as they couldn't do it themselves. Might be something to research
Tricia Donnelly
Sustainability Programs Officer
Cessnock City Council
Ph: 4993 4236
Member of AAEE
www.aaeensw.org.au
Also check out Victoria Australia's dog poo prevention kit http://www.litter.vic.gov.au/www/html/272-how-to-use-this-kit-.asp
Cheers,
Karen Cosson
Project Manager Resource Recovery,
Sustainability Victoria
T: 03 8626 8719
M: 0417 032 565
F: 03 9663 1007
The Urban Workshop,
Level 28, 50 Lonsdale Street
Melbourne Vic 3000
www.sustainability.vic.gov.au
Mary, our organization has had a fairly active campaign going in partnership with the Virginia Beach SPCA. More information can be found at http://www.lynnhavenrivernow.org/poop.html and http://vbspca.com/modules/vbspcaadvice/item.php?itemid=18 . Also, for $25, this SPCA sells wooden boxes that dispense baggies for use in picking up after dogs. These boxes can be placed at schools and in parks for use by frequenting dogs with owners. We also have a poster we developed featuring dogs in diapers that may be helpful in stimulating some ideas. I can e-mail it to you at your request.
Helen
Helen W. Kuhns
Education and Outreach Coordinator
Lynnhaven River NOW
1608 Pleasure House Road,
Ste 108 Virginia Beach, VA 23455
www.lynnhavenrivernow.org
(757) 962-5398
The County of Sacramento, California also has a very popular, cost effective Scoop the Poop program. Please check out our website. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.
Janet
http://www.sactostormwater.org/outreach/scoop-the-poop.asp
Janet Parris
County of Sacramento
Department of Water Resources
Stormwater Quality Program
(916) 874-5733
[email protected]
www.sactostormwater.org
Hi Mary,
Out here in western Washington, two counties have used surveys to develop pet waste campaigns. Please do give a call if you are still looking for ideas!
Rebecca Cors
UnitedStates
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Hi, Mary - there is a pet waste campaign currently underway in southeastern Virginia called:
"Scoop the Poop"
http://vbspca.com/modules/vbspcaadvice/item.php?itemid=18.
Virginia Witmer
Outreach Coordinator
Virginia CZM Program
www.deq.virginia.gov/coastal/