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Animal Aid
By:
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Sara Khalid Alarfaj & 437000392
Reem Yahya Alhukail, & 437020324
Supervised by:
T.Fatima Aba Alkhail
Spring-2021
Abstract
There is a shortage in taking care of the animals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
there is a noticeably large gap in neglecting animal welfare, and we direct people’s
awareness to help them understand the animals and provide them with care, food,
treatment, and medical care. The project is focused on a particular location, which is the
capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh.
The application is a contribution to further help–and facilitate the helping of–the bodies
and individuals that rescue, adopt, volunteer for, and donate to animal-related causes. The
application is compartmented into five main sections: a) users, b) volunteering, c)
veterinary, d) shelters, and; e) pet lodging. Each compartment consists of a couple of
functions, in which the users of the application may use according to their needs. For
example, when someone wants to rescue a cat, the person may use the app to open a
request in which in it, the rescuer gives a description of the condition(s) of the cat, attach
a photo of it, and gives an accurate location in order for a volunteer to come and take the
necessary actions to help the rescued cat.
In conclusion, the purpose of the application is to bridge the gap between the
people who want to help, but do not know how to do it, and the people who want to help
and know exactly what to do.
Keywords:
[ Animal, Rescue, Adopt, Veterinary, Shelters, Pet Lodging, Pet , Stray animals, animal
welfare]
The project under consideration is a project that attempts mainly to protect animals from
any sort of harm, to raise awareness about the importance of animal welfare, and to
encourage the shared responsibility of such matter. Moreover, as a Muslim country, we
adhere to the practices of Prophet Muhammed (pbuh), in which he said: “A woman was
tortured for locking up a cat without sustenance till the cat passed away, and the woman
was sentenced to hell for that deed.”
David Fraser study viewed the animal welfare from a scientific view, and this
project will examine the people’s view on the way of taking care of animals, how they help
them, and whether they know what is animal welfare. So, the project is based on helping,
rescuing, sheltering, adopting, and providing medical care for animals and educating people
about animal welfare and how help could be provided to animals by equipping people with
the necessary awareness.
The application will have 4 main sections. First, users, which is devoted to participants
who report potential accidents. Second, volunteers, which is devoted to participants who
will aid the reported animal(s). Third, veterinary clinics volunteers, which is devoted to
participants that are willing to provide medical treatment for the injured animal. Finally,
donors, which is devoted to participants who will donate money, animal(s) food, drink, etc.
In this chapter, the focus will be entirely on the issue of the local and global impact
the project will have, what is the scope of the project, the aims and objectives, whether
there are any alternative solutions for the examined issue, the potential timeline chart, the
report structure, then give a summary of what has been discussed in the chapter.
However, in reality, we don’t have the technology nor a way to connect the people
who want to help but can’t, with the people who can, which leads in neglecting the animals
who are living in the same place as us. One examples among many are the animals that
were hit by a car and are left to die with no one to report the accident or tried to help and
was confused to how. Mammals (e.g., cats, dogs) and birds dying in the summer because
of the heat and dying as a result of thirst, newborn cats being attacked by other more mature
cats when their carer is absent. Such problematic examples inspired the undertaking of the
project.
1.
For more on this, see Gayatri Spivak, Do the Subaltern Speak?
2.
The term themselves and them will be used to refer to males and females as an inclusive
term.
Chapter 1: Introduction
In this chapter, the relationship of the public with animals in the selected city, the
capital of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, is introduced and how the ideal potential relationship
hoped for is suggested.
1.10 Summery
We discussed previously the importance of helping the animals and what the impact
that will make to save a soul, and how it significantly important to learn about the
animals welfare and what are the result and changes it will make. Also what will the local
impact that will make inside our kingdom, and what will be the global impact and how it
will reflect on one of our great Islamic teachings, we also talked about our project scope
and dealt with what an individual could do by themselves, and that it is our essential aim
to reduce the animals suffering as much as possible which is led by the peoples
knowledge and level of awareness to these animals, and compassion could play a big role.
The hopeful wish and aim is that the project will reach as many people as possible, and the
potential results will manifest themselves in the outward efforts of the people coming
together to create a tolerant society that cares about animals as much as any other, and to
convey the message that a person doesn’t have to help financially to establish such a
society, but rather the attempt and efforts put in to learn and educate oneself is sufficient
enough to have an impact in a wider context, in order to improve the lives of the animals
that live among us.
2.1 Introduction
In the previous chapter, we discussed the problem of lack of knowledge about animal
welfare in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the lack of assistance programs to help them care
for animals, the goals and objectives of our project, and the local and global impact Project
scope and project schedule that contains the Gantt chart.
In this chapter, we will discuss the previous studies and their results that are related to our
project, how people treat and take care and volunteer and adopt animals, and the methods
that we will use. Also we will discuss related work with our project ideas and compare
similar studies.
2.2 Background
This section will discuss areas relevant to the project, namely animal welfare, animal
therapy, animal adoption, donation, and volunteering to help animals.
The term animal welfare, it means providing good care, health, comfort, food and good
nutrition, providing places to rest, taking care of them, and protecting them from diseases,
which in other words is taking care of the animal physically and mentally.
There are teams for animal welfare and animal rights: care is like what we mentioned
previously, while animal rights are theories of their care and humans responsibility
towards them, and that is a right for every animal. Adopting an animal, is taking
responsibility, and raising your pet and providing it with food.
We reach the penultimate point, which is the donation, and we donate to the institution or
groups the money or other stuff that needed by the animal like, donate food, water, or
accessories, etc. Finally, we will talk about volunteering to help the animals, which is a
voluntary work to help any species that needs help from food, treatment, or protection due
loss of parents or old age, or any other reason, and give it what it needs then bring it to an
animal center.
Society must pay attention to the issues of animal welfare and focus on it, giving its rights
as they mentioned in our Islamic teachings. And through this project we would like to
deliver an advice to the people in the community that animals have rights that must be
respected and pay attention to.
Dawkins In her study said, we must be attached to the animal and not escape from them
because a lot of things depend on the animal, for example, clothes and food because it
enters our lives, and it is very important with animal welfare.
If people feel that it is important, and speak a lot, and that an attempt is made to change
their ideas and laws, and that the point of view of animal welfare varies from people to
people, and sometimes it is not important. From my point of view, animal welfare is
important, and as Islam urged us to be kind to animals.
For example, Littlewood mentioned in his paper " that some people experiment with
animals, for example, giving the pigeon a choice between corn and peas to test which of
them is more preferred? And who wants to give the animal what it likes from food, and
that this experience does not cause them any harm. [5] Animal welfare refers to the
condition of an animal, we must always feed the animals, provide them with water, food,
and shelter, protect them from the four seasons, and provide them with appropriate
medical care and attention.
Protecting an animal's well-being means providing for its physical and mental needs. [6]
I read different views on animal welfare:"... a growing concept of well-being. Welfare
will not only mean the control of pain and suffering, but it will also involve caring for and
fulfilling the nature of animals." [7]
In someone’s experience, Taylor said, "My experience has been that ... generally the level
of well-being among animals that are kept in so-called" intensive "systems is higher. In
general, I feel that the animal is better cared for; it is definitely more free from disease
and attack by mates; it receives attention Much better than the attendees, he is sure of
shelter, bedding and a reasonable amount of good food and water. " [8]
as the veterinary educator David Sainsbury put it, "Good health is the birthright of
every animal that we rear, whether intensively or otherwise. If it becomes diseased
we have failed in our duty to the animal and subjected it to a degree of suffering
that cannot be readily estimated." [9]
It is undeniable that it is wrong to treat animals in a cruel way and torture them.
and our inference that the sounds that come from animals are a language of
communication, or an expression of anger, fear, hunger, or pain. and that some animals
die from pain or loneliness.[4]
In a story that happened to one of my friends, he had a parrot that was given to him from
a neighbor, he took it in his house, the bird was inside a box because he did not have a
cage, after almost 24 hours he bought the cage, then he wanted to take the bird out, what
he saw was that the parrot cut off his feathers and was bleeding. Some said that it was
because of the loneliness, others said because of the confined space, another said because
he was sad that he left his ex-owners, but eventually no one knows what the real reason
was, that is why we should treat them with mercy and trying to understand their situation
even a little, because they too have emotions, even if we don’t understand their language.
As they said it is not an easy job and it never end on just going to a shelter and paying a
small fee, and that is it, we have to educate the adopters on how to take care of their
companion on our application.
And we have to highlight the high risk for some families to return the pet if they have an
infants or young children, because of the possibility of getting injury. [11]
Therefor that an important factor the adopting institution have to be aware of.
The study below have been taken from a U.S. survey from Year 2018:
Figure 2: U.S. Donors Who Have Given to Animal Causes in the Past Year [12]
The Figure shows that the quarter of the U.S. doners are doners for animal causes, which
is a decent number in my opinion, but we always hope for better.
On jo’s survey that asked the respondents to select all causes they had donated to in the
past 12 months. The cause that a high number of doners has donated for was (Animal
rescue, animal shelters or other animal protection organizations).[12]
Emergency relief efforts in the case of a natural disaster, etc. 29.4 23.2
For example, many participants referred to depression and/or anxiety diagnoses and
described how their animal had provided a constant source of companionship and
emotional support.” [13]
Figure 3: Study themes within the overarching paradigm of “caring for the circle of life,
”superimposed on a photograph of a medicine wheel, which represents Native American teachings of
balance and healing within the circle of life, 2016–2018 (photo courtesy of D. Perry).
The figure shows how taking care of an animal cycle goes. It start with entering and being
interested in the animals lives and souls, then to respect them and realize that they have
feeling too like humans, after that trying to knowing and understand them, thereafter,
trying to reach your hand for helping, finally that will be the volunteer’s or the helper’s
achievement in the cycle. [14]
Systems Analysis and Design (SAD) is a broad term for describing methodologies for
developing high quality Information System which combines Information Technology,
people and Data to support business requirement.[15]
3.3.1 Questionnaire
Questionnaire research is often used to evaluate ideas and opinions among people.
Questionnaire method is a good way to collect and recall information. Research
questionnaires are used in all areas, and surveys can be done electronically, by phone, by
mail, or face to face. [17] Gather information from the participants and give their
suggestions and feedbacks to obtain accurate results to make important decisions based
on the answers provided by the users. The main objective of the set of requirements is to
determine the needs of the volunteers to implement animal assistance and who volunteer
to help it and manage it electronically, in terms of determining whether they are having
difficulty helping an animal and identifying places where the animal is most affected.
The study relied on the descriptive questionnaire approach by applying it as a main tool
for data collection. An electronic questionnaire was designed in Arabic using a "type
form", and the number of respondents was 360. The results of the questionnaire are
presented on the following figures:
As it appears on the figure 60.8% were females and 39.2% were males, we could
conclude that the females are more concerned and affected on the animal welfare
and rights and hardships problems than males, however the questionnaire could
possibly did reach to the females participants more than the males participants.
The age between 41 and above anticipation rate was 43.1% they were the most age group
that participated in the questionnaire which was surprising and not predicted which is
remarkable, second age group 32.5% were between 21-30, follow by 14.2% were
between 10-20, lastly 10.3% were between 31-40 age group.
67.8% of the participants answered by not having a pet, and 32.2% participants are
taking care of a pet.
Most people 64.2% do not have a pet, and 23.6% do have a pet and it the pet that the
majority of the participant that take care of pets have, followed by bird 7.8% have,
dog 3.1% have, turtle and fish have 2.2% , hamster 1.7% , rabbit 0.8% , cattle 0.6% ,
and the rest of the pets is one for each participant.
68.6% of the participant are approving , but 17.5% disagree, and 11.4% answered by I
don't know.
65.3% of the participants which is the majority agreed that is okey as long as it for
medical purposes, and 26.1% answered by rejection, follow 8.6% answered by
approval.
People who do not have pets are 64.7% , and those who answered No are 24.4% and
those who answered Yes 2.5% and those who answered I do not know 8.3%
The majority that were 88.9% answered by rejecting the abuse inside the circus and
zoo, and 7.2% were not sure, and surprisingly 3.9% which were 14 participants
answered by approving the behavior if it for amusement.
67.2% did not have pets, the most participant who toke care of pet adopted them from a
store which means that it were not an adoption but purchasing, and 10.3% were from
friends and family, and 3.3% were rescue, the shelters adoption were only 2.2% .
Most of the participant agreed, 11.6% were not sure, 4.5% disagree, even though it a very
small percentage but that reflect the people awareness on the importance of animals and it
big role on the environment.
94.4% agreed and it was a very joyful result, 3.3% did not know, 2.2% disagree.
Participant who placed leftovers or water were 88.1%, this result was very
surprising, 11.9% did not.
Participant who would help the animal were 70.6% a very big number, 18.6% would
help, but afraid, 8.3% would ask help from someone, 2.5% would mot help.
76.6% agreed, and those who did not know were 17.1% , 6.2% disagree.
On remark of the previous question, the participants who answered by Yes, wrote the places and
websites who do take care of animals, for example, there is Riyadh shelter, and several social
media accounts, Adopt do not buy, Vet work, Royal veterinary, Pet house store, but most
of the participant did not remember the names.
3.3.2 Conclusion:
After viewing the results and participants feedbacks, it can be seen that 363 participants
were interested in the project idea and took part in it by participating the questionnaire, we
could say that a high percentage of the people who participated have a high awareness
regarding animal importance and rights, even though most of the participant did not
own a pet, some of the results were shocking regarding the animal abuse and it
importance on the ecological balance, but these are individuals point of views and
can’t be generalized, but most of the result were satisfactory.
User:
The user shall be able to log in and out.
The user shall be able to add, delete, modify their account.
The user shall be able to report to a volunteer.
The user shall be able share their location.
The user shall be able to upload image.
The user shall be able to access the bank system to donate money.
The user shall be able to donate food, water, else.
The user shall be able to view information about animals.
The user shall be able to publish announcement.
Volunteer:
The volunteer shall be able to log in and out.
The volunteer shall be able to add, delete, modify their account.
The volunteer shall be able to report to another volunteer.
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
The Volunteers choose on of the proposed appointment.
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
Use-case Name: publish ID: 3 Importance Level: High
announcement
Primary Actor: user Use-Case Type: Detail - Real
Stakeholders and Interests:
User - The user is publish announcement
Brief Description : This use case describe to publish announcement
Trigger: Send and recive from user to the Volunteer in one click
Type: External
Relationships :
Association: User
Include:
Extend:
Generalization:
SupFlows:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
Trigger: The user and volunteer logs in, and if logging ends, they log out
Type: External
Relationships :
Association: User , Volunteer
Include:
Extend: Register
Generalization:
SupFlows:
If the password is wrong, it waits 3 seconds and comes back to enter it again, and if he forgot the
password, presses the forgot password button.
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
Table 3.4: Use-Cases Description
Use-case Name: add ,delete, modify ID: 5 Importance Level: High
Primary Actor: User Use-Case Type: Detail - Essential
Stakeholders and Interests:
User - The user is add ,delete, modify information.
Brief Description : This use case describe to add ,delete, modify.
Trigger: The user and volunteer logs in, and if logging ends, they log out
Type: External
Relationships :
Association: User
Include:
Extend:
Generalization:
SupFlows:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
SupFlows:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
SupFlows:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
Trigger: The volunteer is the one who receives the injury report and alert
Type: External
Relationships :
Association: Veterinary.
Include:
Extend:
Generalization:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
Trigger: The volunteer is the one who receives the injury report and alert
Type: External
Relationships :
Association: Volunteer
Include:
Extend:
Generalization:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
SupFlows:
Altenate/Exceptional Flows:
The last figure shows what the volunteer phone will appear to be like when an issue is
reported.
GPS Server
Application Server
Internet
Data Store
Figure 3.32: Architectural Design
- Name: String
- Email: String
- Password: String
- Location: String 1
- User type: String Administrator
1
+ Register() - Name: String
+ Login (Name, Password) - Email: String
+ donate() - Password: String
+ View_animal_information() + View_profiles()
+ Publish_announcement() + Modify_accounts()
+ Share_location() + review_past_and_present_reports()
+ Accept_injury_report() +Add_general_infornatiom()
+ Access_report_details()
+ Receive_injury_report_notifications()
Report
- ReportType: String Search lost pet
- Description: String 0..*
- Photo:
- Location: String - PhoneNumber: Int
0..*
+ Share_location() - Location: String
+ Share_location()
6.4.1 ER Diagram
Password
Email Phone_number
Location
Administrato User
r
User_Type
Name
In this chapter, we explained and focused on the methods of collecting information through
questionnaires for analyzing and understanding people views and their level of awareness,
after gathering the requirements we determined the functional and non-functional
requirements. After collecting we displayed the stakeholders with their actions using a use
case diagram and described the use cases in detailed inside the use case description, we
showed a prototype of the systems main interfaces, also made the architectural design and
showed what are the systems that are connected to ours, and showed a class diagram,
sequence diagram to show how the stakeholders and the system interact with each other,
then made the data base by drawing the ER diagram and database dictionary.
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