The Third Discussion with Lutsk Window on America Center. The Topic was Animal Rights (Federal and State Laws on Animal Protection; Animal Shelters.

The U.S.-Ukraine Foundation, a member of the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy (USCCD), helped launch a pilot project, a series of monthly discussions between Americans and Ukrainians via the Window on America Centers in Lutsk, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Kyiv and USCCD.

In the framework of that  pilot project on April 25, 2012 the third discussion with Lutsk Window on America Center was held and it covered the topic of Animal Rights (Federal and state laws on animal protection; animal shelters.

 The format of discussion was a Skype video conference call: 40 minutes speaker's presentation, and one hour - Q&A. The work language was English.

The speaker on the topic of Animals Rights was Adam Parascandola the Director of Animal Cruelty issues for Human Society of the United but in his former job he was a Director of a large municipal shelter. The information that Adam Parascandola had shared with the audience  was interesting and really helpful. Adam talked about US cruelty laws and their development including felony, federal coverage, etc., in addition to the roles of animal shelters and their work to end cruelty.

The present audience (mainly the Director of Lutsk shelter, the Co-director of the Zoo, the volunteers that worked at the shelter) was interested in the following issues:

shelters and their financing;

the role of animal shelters and their work ;

 the role of volunteers and sponsors;

 animals sterilization.

A big round of applauses at the end of the meeting – in such way the audience thanked Adam Parascandola for informative discussion!