By interviewing  and interacting with members of the staff at The PACK Sanctuary and researching animal protection related issues, laws, and organizations online, our project demonstrates understanding about the significance of animal welfare. Our respect and appreciation for them can prevent the slaughtering of these animals for mere pleasure, stop the spread of diseases caused by stray animals such as rabies and toxoplasmosis, and ensure that animals are being treated morally when used for experimental purposes, etc. Animals like dogs and cats can be our best companions, and other animals such as pigs and sheep play a significant role to humans in an agricultural and economical aspect. By delivering this knowledge to the world, we are taking action and promoting animal welfare. We hope to impact and encourage more people in not only our local community but also all around the globe to stand up against animal abuse and animal cruelty.

Due to the fact that this is our first time conducting an interview and participating in the International Cyberfair, we encountered some difficulties. For instance, when we were interviewing members of the staff in The PACK Sanctuary, our interviewers did not have microphones. Consequently, we had a hard time making out what the interviewer was asking when we were typing word for word transcripts for each video. Other difficulties include technical issues during filming, and how we spent a lot of time attempting to come up with interview and survey questions. Eventually, we managed to get over these obstacles by cooperating as a team. We also genuinely appreciate all the help we received from our teachers and The PACK Sanctuary. After this experience, we now understand how to conduct interviews in a professional manner, how to design surveys and ask effective questions, and how to film and edit videos.

After participating in this year’s Cyberfair, we, as students, endeavored to achieve the best results possible. We learned the importance of teamwork, communication, and interaction between people. This experience also enhanced our writing, researching, critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and most importantly, our willingness to learn. Last but not least, our technological abilities have improved after this project, for instance, we learned how to set up a website.

In this project, we acquired collaboration, time management, information organization, and effective communication skills, all of which are crucial both in school and in life. We now better understand animal welfare related issues, as this project requires us to deeply research those matters. Due to the fact that this project involves critical thinking and seeking answers to solutions ourselves, this project fits into our school’s education system and standards, as the school requires us to learn, do research on our own, and to be independent. Using the Internet has been more effective than traditional methods because search engines allow us to be able to access a wide variety of information instantaneously. For example, we were able to reach out to The PACK Sanctuary through their contact information we found on the Internet, and we were able to obtain data through web-based questionnaires.