Performance piece

I came across a woman who was so against animal cosmetic testing she created a performance piece where she underwent 10 hours of testings which would be performed on animals to show the severity of animal testing. She did this to shock and educate everyone of the hidden horrors animals have to go through. This piece is fantastic! Definitely has the horror and shock which i was hoping to convey in my final piece.

Though this performance piece was created in 2012 the effect is still present.

Dog abuse within films

So many films contain dogs being abused in so many ways, The motives are all different but most i believe are included to provoke shock and empathy to the audience. Though so many dogs are abused  its only a small number of the population, many people are against animal cruelty especially towards dogs and they find it sickening how a dog can be treated bad.

cruelty to Dogs.

A dog is suppose to be our best friend, a pet to take care of but so many are abused and neglected.
whether that would be dogs abandoned on the street to die because their owner got fed up of them or dogs which were bred specifically to fight each other for sport and gambling reasons.

the 10 most common types of dog abuse are:

• Neglect.
• Hoarding.
• Shooting.
• Fighting.
• Beating.
• Mutilation.
• Throwing.
• Stabbing.

All of these cover such a broad range, for example neglecting your dog could be from depriving it of food for a length of time or even leaving it in your car on a hot day which could lead to brain damage!

Through the eyes of Tigers

1. Tigers have forward facing eyes rather than one on each side of their head. This provides binocular vision easy for their environment and hunting prey.
2. Tigers have amazing vision in darkness where colour vision would not be useful. They have a structure behind the retina which lets them see better at night, they allow the eyes to glow when a light is shone on them.
3. Tiger eyes have large lenses and pupils that increase the amount of light let into the eye. This characteristic helps the tiger with night vision and when there are low light levels available.
4. Cats in general are capable of seeing the colors green, blue and possibly red, just in less saturation or strength than we see them. 
5. The upper and lower eyelids that protect the eye, cats and other animals have a nictitating membrane on each eye that helps keep it moist and removes dust from the surface. 
6. In general cats require only about 1/6 the light humans do to see.

I am researching in to animals eyes and how they see and how their eyesight effects them. My projects enables me to see animal cruelty through the eyes of animals so i need to gain a better understanding of how they see and perceive the world.

Accurate studies show how cats eyes see the world, day and night and its interesting. it shows we have a clearer vision when more light is projected into our eyes but cats eyes have better vision when less light is projected into their eyes. Its fascinating and opens up a lot more possibilities and approaches of how i can tackle my final piece of my project.

Animal cruelty animations

I have been researching in to works from others who have done animation pieces on animal testing and animal cruelty and i cam across a couple of interesting ones. The animation is along the style i was thinking of creating mine, this just gives me an extensive idea of how to approach my final piece.

This piece is about animal testing, its interesting to get another opinion on my subject, even people from around the world.. The original piece of this animation was created in Germany.

Tiger wine

The most valuable parts of a Tiger are the bones, which are used to make wine that is said to cure rheumatism and arthritis, and prolong life.

I find it awful how many Chinese people believe this actually helps, Grinding a poor Tiger who has been shot dead into medicine to 'heal', I personally believe this is a placebo effect so many Tigers are being killed and mutilated for, in my eyes no purpose. 

Tigers used for medicine

I discovered not only are Tigers hunted for their fur or skin but also bones, eyes, whiskers and teeth have been used for thousands of years for Chinese medicine.

Tiger claws: used as a sedative for insomnia

Teeth: used to treat fever

Fat: used to treat leprosy and rheumatism

Nose leather: used to treat superficial wounds such as bites

Tiger bone: used as an anti-inflammatory drug to treat rheumatism and arthritis, general weakness, headaches, stiffness or paralysis in lower back and legs and dysentery

Eyeballs: used to treat epilepsy and malaria

Tail: used to treat skin diseases

Bile: used to treat convulsions in children associated with meningitis

Whiskers: used to treat toothaches

Brain: used to treat laziness and pimples

Penis: used in love potions such as tiger soup, as an aphrodisiac

Dung or feces: used to treat boils, hemorrhoids and cure alcoholism