Dogs, Cats and Humans: Working Together Against Pet Abandonment

Time	30 October · 15:00 - 22:00
Location	Screening Room, The Arts House 1 Old Parliament Lane, Singapore 179429 Singapore, Singapore
Created by:	Cat Welfare Society
More info	Dogs, Cats and Humans: Working Together Against Pet Abandonment Saturday 30 October 2010 3pm and 8pm Tickets at $20 each (inclusive of screening and panel discussion) ... (Co-Presented By : Cat Welfare Society and The Arts House) For more information, visit: http://www.bytes.sg/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=149 犬と猫と人間と (DOGS, CATS AND HUMANS) Directed by Motoharu Iida 2009 | Japan | 118 min | Documentary | In Japanese with English subtitles | Rating: TBC Over 300,000 cats and dogs are put to sleep each year in Japan, a shocking figure that director Iida Motoharu discovered when he began to make Dogs, Cats, and Humans. The documentary started when the director received a request from an elderly woman to make a film that would save the lives of abandoned dogs and cats on the streets of Japan, and the resulting product is both alarming and heartwarming. Filmed over the course of four years, the film took Iida to several facilities where abandoned animals are euthanised, filming interviews with the employees about their unglamorous work. Iida also shows the more positive side of things by visiting a facility where healthy abandoned pets are kept and cared for until they are adopted. A portrait of the frail relationship humans can have with their pets, Dogs, Cats, and Humans is a heartwrenching yet heartwarming film that no current or potential pet owners should miss. Screening to be followed by panel discussion.