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Tuesday, June 26.1973
University Dally Kansan
Apathy for Pets Angers Animal Shelter Managers
By CAROL GWINN and CONNIE DeARMOND
Garrett R. WILLIAMS
Kansan Staff Writers
The Humane Society is being used as a slaughterhouse by people who don't take care of their animals Vie and Helen Melton, and Lawrence Humane Society, said Friday.
The Melons said that of the 200 to 300 stray animals—mostly dogs and cats—that they took in every month at the shelter at 19th St, perhaps only 30 would be claimed.
They try to keep the rest of the animals as long as possible, but simply don't have the facilities to keep very many at one time, they said.
THE SHELTER HAS only 16 runs with a limit of two large dogs or three or four small
The animals are picked up by the
Lawrence Canine Control, otherwise known as the gatcatcher, who delivers them to the ablest.
If not claimed within three days, the animals become the property of the shelter. If the shelter can't find the owner, then the animal is put up for adoption.
June has been a slow month, however,
Mrs. Melton said, and not very many people
have gone.
SHE SAID THE SHELTER usually took in a lot of animals at the end-of-spring semester when students went home for the summer and couldn't take their pets with them. Animals breed during this time, she and people have more pets than they want.
That just isn't fair to the animals, she said. People should be willing to take the animal for its entire life span, not for just a year or two.
She said that owners often thought they were being humane by taking care of an animal for a year or two. But since puppies are just as young as humans, 1- or 2-year-old dogs and cats, a person wasn't doing an animal a favor by raising it until it's grown and almost unadoptable. Younger animals are more likely to be kept, which allows the shelter since they are more easily placed.
SHE SAID that many parents today thought that it was educational for their children to watch a dog or cat have a litter and then brought the offspring to the Humane Shelter. She said that she told those people that they should also have their children see
Mellon's husband said that a dog became more protective as it grew older, and thus, his dog would be more protected.
Melon estimated that only 10 per cent of the dogs placed in the shelter were healthy. In most cases, the animals are at any length of time is likely to have distemper, mange (a parasite) or worms. In most cases the diseases are incurable, but some animals are already in a weakened condition.
is another reason that younger animals have a better chance of adoption.
He said that there were two kinds of mange, one of which was fatal. He said that it was almost impossible to distinguish between them, and that doses of medicine potent enough to kill mange would probably also kill the dog.
HE SAID THAT once a dog had hookworms, it might as well be put to sleep. Even if the worms are eliminated, the worms are likely to bleed to death from its intestines.
Animals kept at the shelter are automatically given rabies and distemper-hepatitis shots by a veterinarian, who comes to the shelter every Wednesday.
The shelter also has taken in raccoons, hawks, falcons, an owl and now has a squirrel affectionately called "Nutless," but the owner says that Mrs. Melton said she wouldn't part with.
Most of these wild animals had been raised in captivity, but became wilder and mean" as they grew older, so that the family could survive. Most wild animals couldn't really survive in the wild.
IT'S MORE HUMANE not to raise it in captivity, Mrs. Melton said.
Social Welfare Recruits Minorities
The Melons are strong advocates of animal population control. As part of the Humane Society of the United States, the shelter spares all female animals.
The Meltons said that the idea that spayed animals often grew fat was not true. The Meltons said that a spayed female was no longer pregnant female; both would grow fat if overfed.
By KATHY HODAK
Karen Scott Writer
Encouraging minority group members to enter the field of social work is becoming increasingly important because so many individuals who now receive social services are of a minority group, Arthur Katz, dean of the School of Social Welfare, said Friday.
Jobs in social work are not hard to find for graduates who are minority group members, Katz said. In fact, these graduates are highly sought after, he said, because of the widely-accepted notion that minority group members have a disadvantage in working with minority groups.
"Obviously, the graduates don't have to go through the process of understanding what it feels like to be black or to be American Indian or Chicano," he said. "It's a complicated task; these ethnic populations are desperately eager to get our students." Katz said.
POVERTY AND RACISM have been identified by the National Association of Social Workers as the two most significant social problems in this country.
The two problems are closely related, Katz said.
Katz said that the school of Social Welfare was also committed to teaching its students about poverty and racism as the major problems in American society.
"We think that are solutions for these problems," Katz said. "Part of what social workers have to do essentially is to participate in the change processes that are necessary in our society so that these problems can be eliminated.
Mrs. Melton said that the Livestock Inspector, who had just checked the shelter for sanitation, proper drainage and other humane society requirements, asked her how many dogs an unspayed female could produce in seven years.
"TOWARD THAT EXTENT we feel that it is extremely important that we at KU add minority people to the manpower pool within professional social work."
Most of the minority students of the school have a history of marginal income. As a result, Katz said, they have not had much experience in learning how to negotiate jobs and find employment. It is difficult for them to feel comfortable enough to aggressively seek out higher
Blacks, Chicanos and American Indians are the largest minority groups in this part of the country. Katz has found that it was necessary to encourage people from these groups to become interested in pursuing a career in social welfare.
education in the same way as the majority of the white population.
"IF WE LEFT it to the natural selection process," Katz said, "it would be very difficult or impossible for us to get adequate numbers of minority group students. So the 'recruitment process' and I put that in quotes because no state university is supported as one of our encouraging, in the way of educational public relations service."
Katz said that the graduate program in social welfare provided an environment which was conducive to minority group people.
KU'S CHAPTER OF the Association of Black Social Workers, a national student
A spirit of welcome, the presence of ethnic minority members on the faculty, the ability to help students help minority students in their transition to higher education, financial aid wherever possible and a chapter of the Association of Indian Students such an environment in the school. Katz is
In addition to these faculty members, about 25 per cent of the field instructors in the graduate program were of ethnic minority backgrounds. Field instructors are paid by their members whose salaries are paid by their university agencies rather than by the University.
LAST YEAR THE School of Social Welfare employed 28 full-time faculty equivalents. Of the 28, six were black, one Chicago and one American Indian. Three of these were employed on a part-time basis and one was a teaching assistant.
42 minority group students out of a total 160 students received graduate degrees last year. 31 were black, six Chiango, two American, two Asian-American and one Puerto Rican.
organization, is funded by the Student Senate. Its primary goal is to help black social workers to deal with the problems of black recipients of social welfare services
The association also represents black students in the school to the faculty and to the administration and works toward improving the school more receptive of black students.
Katz said that the administration regularly talked with the officers and gave instructions to the staff.
"OFTEN THEY ARE critical and many times justifiably so," Katz said. "We allow for this criticism in term of openness to the program, we want it to be a program ideas that have been developed by the black students. If we can get the money to implement them, the ideas could be very
Curriculum policy is determined by a school council, which has a student composition of 50 per cent. The decision to induct minority groups came from this council.
The school now has two courses relating specifically to minority groups. One of these courses, "The Black Experience and Its Relevance to Social Welfare," is a required course for American Indian Experience and Its Relevance to Social Welfare," is an elective.
BOTH COURSES deal with the history of minority group people and how the American society has set itself up to deal with racial problems.
Katz admitted that the School of Social Welfare didn't have all the answers to developing an educational program that was highly successful for ethnic students.
Katz said that the content of these classes was very relevant to the students because some time during the two-year graduate program all the students had contact with at least one, if not two or three, minority populations.
"our concern is that we offer these courses not because it's a nice thing to do or a popular thing to do." Matz said. "We give them because we think the content is a valuable preparation for our students in helping them to work most effectively with
SHE HAD FIGURED, she said, about 10 pups in a litter, twice a year, would produce three pups.
minority group people whom they will come across."
Prof Says Atomic Waste Already Kansas Problem
Zeller said that not more than 10 pounds of solid nuclear waste would be generated in a month's time. But he noted that it would be white-hot and would emit radiation.
"We can't do this now with high level waste material. We need an international solution to this problem because we're all in here that gets into the ocean or air," Zeller said.
"There needs to be some policy so that equipment is replaced and there is a standardization of ordering equipment," Linton said.
that government statistics showed that an unspayed female would produce 4,400 dogs, because half the litters would be females who could bear puppies, too.
Group Says A-V Equipment Here Dated
If a person walked up within 100 feet of the radiation, it would be a welded shell, Zeller said. It would require a 30-ton lead shield to protect an individual at that distance, but there would still be a chance that the shield would melt.
He said that Japan did not have bedded salt and that they had been dumping a lot of low level waste into the ocean. Zeller said it was "the worst" thing he'd ever done this, but not to the same extent.
He added that the needs for communication equipment varied fantastically from one department to another, and that there needed to be a group established to stabilize the situation and to stay current with the equipment need.
MANY PEOPLE who want equipment do not know what they want to buy and they are fair game for the salesmen, according to Linton.
People interested in having a pet are encouraged to come to the shelter from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, they said. The shot put animal is an isis for a rabies shot picture of $3 to $4 for the care of the animal. A female costs $20 more because of the spaying.
Zeller said that he approved of the nuclear energy power plant that Kansas Power and Light Co. wanted to build if it was owned by people in a safe and cautious manner.
Mrs. Melton said that it cost $1 a day for the upkeep of an animal. Yet the city charges only $5 for the first day and $2 a day for a dog that is claimed by its owner.
Zeller said that if the United States chose to stop using nuclear power, it would not guarantee that other countries would also ston.
Zeller, who was the featured guest on the television show "Perspective," said that the deposits of nuclear waste had already been released from a nearby mine. Commission buried some nuclear waste 1000 feet below the land surface but the area in Kansas that it chose happened to have oil, gas, and water.
The task force comprised Bruce A Linton, chairman of the force and professor of journalism; Ross Copeland, associate director of child research; John Conard, director of university relations and development; Alex Lazarino, director of education; Phil McKnight, associate professor of education; Sundermeyer, Raytown senior; and Howard Walker, dean of continuing education.
The task force was established last September and report in April on the second report.
Edward Zeller, professor of geology and director of the radiation physics laboratory, said Sunday that he was not against the use of nuclear power in Kansas, although there were still many problems to be solved before it could be used effectively.
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The Communications Task Force, appointed by Chancellor Raymond Nichols last fall to study the need for various forms of audio-visual communications at the university, reported that most of the equipment now being used is either deficient or obsolete.
Zeller said that the deposited nuclear waste remained radioactive for a quarter of a million years and was still deadly if it surfaced.
About 50 per cent of the shelter operations are paid by the city. The rest of the money is collected from individuals.
Kansan Staff Writer
He said that areas either to the north or west of Lyons or in Mexico would be appropriate for the deposits of nuclear material.
By JOHN KING
CURRENTLY THE shelter has 10 to 15 kittens, the squirrel, some small terrier pups and furry pooies. Bundle mix pup sacks of dogs including a white Sammy dusky.
The report lists several basic ways in which technology is used in higher education.
Zeller said another problem involved was the time factor. He said that in dealing with nuclear material, we were dealing with a quarter of a million years.
The equipment is used to support the instructor's efforts in the classroom and to extend the classroom to students and the public on and off camus.
generating this problem to our children and to future generations." Zeller said.
Melton said, "If everybody took care of their pets properly, we have a joyful day. We are wonderful."
The communications equipment that is now available at KU was listed in five divisions: audio, which is recorders, recorders with video and television, which includes cameras, video recorders, and monitors; still photo- 35 millimeter and polaroids, enlargers, and dark rooms; film-8 and 16 camera cameras, projectors and editing equipment.
THE REPORT ALSO said that some professors would not use any gadgets in their classrooms, rejecting them as valid and so be used to achieve their educational goals.
Another reason some professors do not employ machines in their classrooms, said the report, was fear that their role would be subordinated to the machines.
"We are generating this material now because we need energy, but we are still
LINTON SAID that the task force did not want to see the campus become a mass of wires and electronics, but there were many projects that would be improved with the use of machines.
The task force suggested in its report that for 1973-74 and 1974-75 a total of $83,000 would be needed to make better use of communications equipment at KU.
The task force recommended, "Every effort should be made to increase the level of training."
To be eligible for the program a handicapped child must come from a low-income family. Federal guidelines have been raised to permit more low-income families to participate. For example, formerly a family consisting of a mother and son could not earn more than $2,500 per year. Now such a family can earn up to $4,320.
Most of the equipment, said Linton, is obsolete and unsuitable. Some equipment is unophisticated, and there is very little use of television and cassette.
Plans have been made to mix both handicapped children and nonhandicapped children in the teaching program.
"There should be some way of rewarding faculty members for innovating teaching methods," said Linton. "Research is rewarded."
The University of Kansas became involved in Head Start last year when the School of Education began offering credit to students for work in area Head Start programs.
"Head Start has a new rule that 10 per cent of all children enrolled in the Head Start Program must be handicapped in order to headstart center to receive funding." she said.
Nancy Peterson, assistant professor of education, will coordinate the program for the handicapped. She will also train area teachers to work with handicapped children.
Fretag said that the current Health, Education and Welfare grant provides for aid to handicapped children and that in order for a community Head Start Program to survive, the program must include handicapped children in its enrollment.
Project Head Start Continues, Will Aid Handicapped Children
Hearing and sight deficiencies and cerebral palsy were cited as examples of the types of handicaps that will be dealt with under the new Head Start program.
Head Start's Community Children's Center is accepting applications for children in grades K-12.
" our new grant will expire in March 1974," said Frettag, "but I feel very strongly that the program will continue for an additional two years beyond March because we have received an option for additional time under the new grant."
A special program for handicapped children will enable Project Head Start to continue in Lawrence for at least one more year. The program will be directed by the director of Community Center Head Start;
Head Start is for preschool three-to-five-year-old children. Free medical and dental services are among the benefits for children enrolled in the program.
Earlier this spring, Lawrence Head Start workers feared their funds would be eliminated because of threatened cutbacks in core programs by the Nixon Administration.
For children to be eligible, mothers must be in school, in school or in a job training program.
Further information is available at the center.
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