The authors of this piece urge animal health pros to be vigilant in how we portray pets and their owners. They emphasize the need to do it in a positive and healthy environment.
Using more responsible imagery to connect and engage with your pet-loving audience can go a long way toward influencing and changing behaviors for the better — improving safety and ‘norms,’ and helping to protect pets everywhere.”
Source: Preventive Vet. Link. Consider these three simple questions to help you choose proper pet imagery or video footage:
- Does the image depict a preventable “accident waiting to happen” scenario?
- Does the image contain “archaic,” less-humane, or unsafe training tools?
- Does the image depict fear, discomfort, or distress for the pet?