...Gore Writing 121 Sean Crouch 6 December 2013 Euthanasia in Animal Shelters Animal shelters were non-existent until the late 1800’s but now every year in the United States six to eight million dogs and cats enter animal shelters and three to four million of them are euthanized. Of all the animals that enter animal shelters, only 15.8 percent of dogs and two percent of cats get reunited with their owner. Unnecessary deaths of animals occur because their population is growing rapidly due to breeders and illegal puppy mills. Also, the public doesn’t understand the importance of sterilizing their pets by spaying or neutering them. Most animal shelters have become more humane about the way they euthanize the animals at their shelter, but there are still hundreds of shelters that use inhumane ways to euthanize animals such as electrocution and decompression. Buying an animal from a shelter instead of from a breeder will decrease the population of the animals, which will result in less animals getting euthanized. Some people might argue that animal shelters are a staple for our economy because they can keep the rates of animals under control. Animal shelters do house hundreds of animals at once, and only keep the ones that they think are best fit for adoption and euthanize sick and injured animals. Without animal shelters, there would be a lot of unnecessary pain and illness of animals on the street. Shelters are a place where people can bring their pet if it is ill and...
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...continue to buy animals from breeders and puppy mills they fail to remember all of the animals suffering on the streets and in animal shelters. As people continue to not place an I.D. tag or a microchip on their pet, they are contributing to the homeless animal population. When people don’t spay or neuter their pet, the animal homelessness population rises. As people fail to consider the needs of an animal when they’re purchasing one, the risk of abandoning them increases. Animal homelessness is a continuous problem in the United States and needs to be solved. Though animals are suffering on the streets and in animal shelters, people continue to buy their pets from breeders and puppy mills. “Nationally, only 20% of the dogs and cats in homes are adopted from animal shelters” (One At A Time). As more U.S. citizens choose breeder-bred animals, the demand for breeders and puppy mills increase. Animals in puppy mills suffer from cruelty and health problems such as blindness, deafness, heart disease, and kidney diseases. As more animals are bred, the greater the animal homelessness rate grows. As breeders and puppy mills continue to breed more animals, they make it harder for a homeless animal to find a home. When a person fails to place an I.D. tag on their pet, or a microchip, it makes it easier for runaway pets to get lost and end...
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...Create awareness among the audience Central Idea: Animal Abuse is a constantly growing issue and today I am going to provide you with some information on where it stems from and how to prevent it. Introduction I. Attention Material a. “We are coming up on our 6 month anniversary of the day we brought Lola home from Homeward Pet. She is an amazing addition to our family; I cannot imagine a better dog for us. We are so grateful for our experience with Homeward Pets, our lives are changed forever.” That is a direct quote from the Miles family, who adopted their dog from an animal shelter. b. Raise your hand if you have had either a pet dog or cat at one point in your life. c. About 62% of households in the United States has a pet, this includes 78.2 million dogs and 86.4 million cats are owned in the United States. d. Based on those statistics, think about this. According to the yearly animal abuse report, of the 1160 reported cases in 2010, 64.5% involved Dogs and 18% involved cats. II. Orienting Material e. Central Idea: Animal abuse is a constantly growing issue, and today I am going to provide you with some information on where it stems from, as well as how to prevent it. f. The slide show that I will show may be graphic, but are pictures from real life abusive households. These pictures are not meant to upset you, but to show you the effects that abuse can have on an animal. Transition: While the slideshow plays through, I...
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...Animal Rights Many animals are lucky, they have a family where they get love, shelter and food but some animals aren’t so lucky; these animals are neglected, beaten, or ignored. Some people do not give animals respect; they are just an object that can be replaced at any time. It is obvious by the way animals are exploited that their rights are almost nonexistent. This exploitation includes animals that are used for entertainment, sport, breeding, and experiments. Animal activist are trying to get animals’ rights and observed and enforced by all. Humans use animals in many different ways besides as pets. Estee Lauder, Avon and Mary Kay have resumed animal testing on cosmetics to sell in China — even as the companies continue to claim in the United States that their products are cruelty-free (Sullivan). Laboratories use animals to test makeup, and for medical research; sometimes the animals are not given any anesthesia or pain medicine. The animals are caged or held in rooms that are so crowded that they cannot even move (Guillermo). Because they are going to be used for experiments or research often they are not given enough food and water. They may never be allowed outside of the cage again (Guillermo). Laboratories buy these animals from pounds such as the Pound Seizure program. This program allows animal shelters to sell animals to labs for experimenting or research; there are five states that have this program. These shelters that have too many animals are allowed to...
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...term, is used to define a facility that breeds animals in mass quantity for profit without regard for the health and welfare of the animal. The animals in a puppy mill are living in less than humane conditions that are usually over-crowded and unsanitary with little or no medical attention. (Hernandez, 2015, para. 12) For this reason, puppy mills should be stopped by increasing awareness, adopting a puppy from an animal shelter or rescue group, and lobbying for stricter legislation. How can the average person help raise awareness and put an end to puppy mills? They can become an educated consumer and understand where the puppy-mill puppies are being sold – through pet stores, online or newspaper advertisements. They should not support local pet stores that sell animals and encourage others to follow suit. They could join a non-profit animal organization such as the ASPCA or PETA. These organizations provide a wealth of knowledge about several animal topics including puppy mills and current legislation. Additionally, there are many ways to volunteer with these organizations such as joining a fundraiser, running a charity event or assisting in the fight for stronger legislation. Most importantly, they must learn how to recognize signs of animal cruelty and report any inhumane behavior to local authorities. Within local communities, people can consider adopting a pet from a local shelter. In the United States alone, “…2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats are...
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...Emotional Through Their Eyes No food, no shelter, no attention. This unfortunate situation is the everyday life for thousands of mistreated animals. Since animals do not have a voice of their own, they cannot defend themselves. Animal cruelty is immorally disturbing which is why these poor, innocent creatures deserve more rights. Providing care and protection should an ethical and moral obligation, because as you should see not enough is being done. Animal cruelty is often broken down into two main categories, either active or passive. Passive cruelty, or acts of omission, is animal neglect. Examples are starvation, parasite infestations, dehydration, allowing a collar to grow into an animal’s skin, inadequate shelter in extreme weather conditions, and failure to seek veterinary care when medical attention is needed. Active cruelty, or acts of commission, implies malicious intent in which a person has deliberately and intentionally caused harm to an animal. This behavior is often associated with sociopathic behavior and tendencies. Another disturbing behavior is a paraphilia called bestiality, also known as zoophilia. In a simple sense, bestiality involves intercourse with an animal and includes oral genital contact of any kind between humans and animals. Shockingly, this act is legal in several states. The common sexually abused animals are: cats, dogs, sheep, cows, hens, rabbits, goats, ducks, horses, bulls, and fish. All these animals are accessible, which is why they are...
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...Liberty Humane Shelter is a vital and important addition to the community of Hinesville, Georgia. Every year, in the United States alone, more than five million stray animals are admitted into animal shelters, and sadly, of that number, five out of ten are destroyed from lack of adoption. Many areas such as Georgia, Arizona, and New York contribute significantly to these statistics. Liberty Humane Shelter is one the major animal shelters for the Hinesville area, recorded receiving approximately 30 dogs and cats each day, and 10,000 animals each year. More than four of these animals are euthanized daily, simply because the facility does not have adequate accommodations for the growing population of strays. But Liberty Humane Shelter has committed to making a change for the better to these statistics. Since 2012, the shelter has adopted out 218 cats and 325 dogs. As a “no kill” shelter which takes in animals from multiple rescues, the public, as well as the local humane society, Liberty Humane Shelter understands that animals do not deserve to die simply because they have no home. Equipped with two caged cat rooms for kittens, grown cats and one non caged room for recreation, five spacious dog rooms, and a well equipped clinic, LHS can provide a true haven to animals, both short term and long term. Every animal that is taken in is given the best medical attention available, and automatically spayed or neutered. Each animal also receives a full round of vaccinations and is implanted...
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...“Every 60 seconds, another animal is abused.” This statistic is from the ASPCA, they want to inspire people to donate and help animals from cruelty. This means that every minute of each day an animal is abused. Today, the ASPCA still helps prevent animal cruelty by protecting animals and giving them kind treatment. They protect animals by law and arrest animal abusers. They are a very popular charity and they are always ready to prevent cruelty. The ASPCA does their job effectively by protecting animals by law and fighting animal cruelty. The American Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Animals was the first humane society to be established in North America when they were founded in 1866. They are a privately funded 501 (C) (3) non-profit charity (“ASPCA”). The charity believes that animals deserve respectful treatment from humans and should be protected by laws. Their anti-cruelty mission has grown across the country and has...
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...Puppy Mill or Prison According to the ASPCA, a puppy mill is a large-scale commercial dog breeding facility where profit is given priority over the well-being of dogs. That definition should automatically raise a red flag. Laws should be passed banning puppy mills throughout the United States. Statistics from The Humane Society state that out of approximately 10,000 puppy mills in the U.S, less than 3,000 are actually regulated by the U.S Department of Agriculture. Laws should be passed banning puppy mills throughout the United States because of horrifying statistics and conditions of puppy mills. Firstly, a shelter dog is euthanized each time a dog originating from a puppy mill is purchased. The following statistics show how consequential...
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...As I'm writing this, and as you are reading this, thousands of animals are dying. In the one minute it takes you to read this paragraph, 19,000 animals will be killed in the United States alone-so that humans can eat them (ASPCA). Thousands more are waiting their turn in line. Some of them are squealing, squawking, or bellowing and straining and fighting for their lives. Others are terrified but too dejected, weak, and injured to fight. But each of them-every single one of them-is feeling something, something awful. They don't want to die, not now and not like this. Every year, ten billion domesticated land animals are slaughtered for food in the United States-twenty-seven million each day (11 Facts About Animal Cruelty). Most farmed animals are killed when they are barely adolescents or even younger, such as the "broiler" chickens raised for meat who are slaughtered only at six and seven weeks old. Every year, six to eight million dogs and cats enter shelters in. Somewhere, shelter workers are heaving the bodies of dead dogs and cats, which just days ago were not only alive but even healthy, into a pile for disposal because no one adopted them in time. Three to four million shelter dogs and cats are killed because couldn’t be adopted on time. In the next city, a circus is pulling into town, with depressed, stressed, and maddeningly bored animals are crammed in cages, where they will stay for hours, waiting until it is time to perform unnatural stunts, which they will do...
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...Humans have the ability to talk but animals do not; therefore, it is our responsibility to treat them fairly and protect the rights that every living creature should have. Animals cannot give their opinion, so they should not be used in lab testing. Also, animals should not be treated wrong because they cannot defend for themselves. Animals should be feel loved and not have fear from being hurt because they have feelings too. Animal cruelty is the failure to take care of an animal. (Animal Abuse and Neglect). Neglect is not giving an animal food, water, shelter or care. Many animals are used in laboratories for testing. The U.S. allows animals to be abuse, burned and have brain damaged. (“Cruelty to Animals in Laboratories”). Over one-hundred...
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...Pedigree |IMC Tool : Advertising | |United States of America | |Objectives |Drive and build awareness of abandon dogs through national TV spots | | |Sought Donations and volunteers to support animal shelters and breed rescue organizations. | | |2008, The company have set additional objectives besides the above mentioned : | | |Raise $1 million for the Pedigree Adoption Drive Foundation | | |Increase unaided brand awareness by 2.2% and purchase intent by 3.5% during The Pedigree Adoption Drive period. | |Tools / Media Used |TV commercials portraying the situation of abandon dogs in the country, real life stories of shelter dogs were | | |shown through national TV spots. | | |Prints were run with the same information to enhance the message. ...
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...are. Those there ways are by providing food, shelter, and they also provide clothing. According to the article: “Sustainable Agriculture- The Basics” on the website of sustainabletable.org famers provide shelter by growing crops that we need to build shelters. Two of those crops could be bamboo, or pine. This is how farmers provide shelter for us. Another way that farmers provide for us is by providing us with food. They do this by. They do this by providing us with nutritional items. These nutritional items can include fruits and vegetables. According to the article: “Sustainable Agriculture- The Basics” on the website of sustainabletable.org cattle farmers also can provide us with food. Cattle farmers do this by. They do this by providing us with meat. That is how farmers provide us with food. The third way that farmers provide for us is by providing our clothing. Farmers do this by. According to the article:”Animal Corner” on the website of animal corner.co.uk farmers provide clothing to us by having...
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...Animal Cruelty http://www.aspca.org/fight-cruelty/report-animal-cruelty/top-10-ways-to-prevent-animal-cruelty Here are some other signs and symptoms that we see in many of the cases we investigate: * Tick or flea infestations. Such a condition, if left untreated by a veterinarian, can lead to an animal's death. * Wounds on the body. * Patches of missing hair. * Extremely thin, starving animals. * Limping. * An owner striking or otherwise physically abusing an animal. * Dogs who are repeatedly left alone without food and water, often chained up in a yard. * Dogs who have been hit by cars-or are showing any of the signs listed above-and have not been taken to a veterinarian. * Dogs who are kept outside without shelter in extreme weather conditions. * Animals who cower in fear or act aggressively when approached by their owners. 1. Know who to call to report animal cruelty. Every state and every town are different. In some areas, you may have to rely on the police department to investigate animal cruelty; in others, you may have to contact local animal control or another municipal agency. If you aren't sure where to report cruelty, please visit our Report Animal Cruelty section. 2. Get to know and look out for the animals in your neighborhood. By being aware, you're more likely to notice, for example, that the dog next door who was once hefty has lost weight rapidly—a possible indicator of abuse. 3. Make the call. Without...
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...A major problem in America is the free-roaming animals. Free-roaming animals can be strays or dogs with owners that are allowed to roam off leash. It is not an uncommon occurrence to see a dog to see a dog trotting into oncoming traffic. This can not only jeapordise the animal’s safety, but a driver’s safety as well. The numerous amount of dogs is getting increasingly worse especially in rural cities like Bogalusa that are without an animal shelter in their parish. Imagine a new and improved city where the streets are safe from an animal suddenly dashing in front of your moving car. Is the right choice to keep going, slam breaks at the expense of a car behind you, or to dangerously swerve? It would be wonderful if this occurrence in Bogalusa...
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