Kinship Circle Investigative Research Form

• To use this form, you are a VOLUNTEER who has spoken to a Kinship Circle representative.
• You’ve been assigned an animal cruelty/protection situation to research via Internet, phone, email...

Kinship Circle ACTION CAMPAIGNS are based in researched fact, not emotions or hearsay. We specialize in action campaigns that call upon our subscribers to write/fax/email/call specific targets who can affect the outcome for animals. We provide detailed contact information and a sample letter in alerts distributed to our email list, website, blogs and social networking sites.

PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW. Writing a sample letter is optional, but not required.
Kinship Circle reserves the right to use, edit, and/or reject any submitted information.

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1. RESEARCH SUBJECT MATTER (the topic are you researching):



2. YOUR VOLUNTEER CONTACT INFORMATION:

*First Name *Last Name   Organization   *Address   Address 2   *City   *State   *Zip Code   *Cell Phone   Land Phone   *Email

**Your Volunteer Contact Information: Kinship Circle uses this information privately to maintain its volunteer list. Do you want to be credited for your work with your name + email addresss listed on the published alert itself? Yes    No

3. LETTER RECIPIENT CONTACT INFORMATION:
RESEARCH WHO COMMENTS NEED TO GO TO (TOP DECISION-MAKERS):
   • For each recipient, send us as much of the following requested information as you can find.
   • You must fill in the SOURCE URL, which is a link to the web page where you found contact information.
   • If you have more than 6 letter recipients, use the MORE CONTACT INfORMATION box at bottom.

First/Last Name			First/Last Name
Title			Title
Company			Company
Street Address			Street Address
City, State, Zip			City, State, Zip
Country			Country
Phone			Phone
Fax			Fax
Email			Email
Contact Form			Contact Form
SOURCE URL			SOURCE URL
More Information  related to this  contact			More Information  related to this  contact
First/Last Name			First/Last Name
Title			Title
Company			Company
Street Address			Street Address
City, State, Zip			City, State, Zip
Country			Country
Phone			Phone
Fax			Fax
Email			Email
Contact Form			Contact Form
SOURCE URL			SOURCE URL
More Information  related to this  contact			More Information  related to this  contact
First/Last Name			First/Last Name
Title			Title
Company			Company
Street Address			Street Address
City, State, Zip			City, State, Zip
Country			Country
Phone			Phone
Fax			Fax
Email			Email
Contact Form			Contact Form
SOURCE URL			SOURCE URL
More Information  related to this  contact			More Information  related to this  contact

TYPE MORE CONTACT INFORMATION IN THIS BOX FOR EACH LETTER RECIPIENT LISTED, TYPE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN FIND: First/Last Name Title, Company Street Address City, State, Zip Code, Country Phone Number; Fax Number Emails (separated by commas) Web Contact Form (URL) SOURCE OF CONTACT INFORMATION (URL)

4. OVERVIEW • SOURCE OF INFORMATION • SAMPLE LETTER
OVERVIEW OF THE ANIMAL CRUELTY SITUATION:
   • TYPE A BRIEF SUMMARY IN BOX BELOW. Zero in on content relevant to the sample letter.
SOURCE OF INFORMATION:
   • TYPE YOUR SOURCES IN BOX BELOW. We reject information that does not list its source.
   • Type LINKS (website addresses) to NEWS STORIES you read about this animal situation.
   • Type LINKS to ANIMAL ORGANIZATIONS whose investigation or information you referenced.
   • Type LINKS to STUDIES OR STATISTICS that you used in a sample letter or background research.
   • Always type the NAME OF YOUR SOURCE + ITS LINK TOGETHER.
     For example: Kinship Circle, http://www.KinshipCircle.org



SAMPLE LETTER:
   • AS A RESEARCH VOLUNTEER, YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO WRITE SAMPLE LETTERS.
   • Kinship Circle has a fact-based, non-melodramatic writing style. SEE: RECENT ACTION ALERTS.
   • Sample letters should never exceed the front side of a standard 8.5. x 11” page.
   • We prefer sample letters that follow an ESSAY STYLE writing format with:
      - INTRODUCTION: Who you are/why you are writing.
      - CALL TO ACTION: What you are asking for in the letter. The action you hope letter targets will take.
      - TOPIC PARAGRAPHS: Main points for convincing letter recipients to stop an abusive practice.
      - CONCLUSION: Restate what you want the letter to achieve.
Kinship Circle reserves the right to use, edit, and/or reject any submitted writing.

Please enter the code to the left exactly as you see it in the space below. The code is case sensitive. Confirmation code: