Animal Overpopulation

The truth about PETA, is that they do not want all animals to roam free. They want the population of dogs and cats to be reduced through spaying and neutering. They would like people to adopt animals from pounds or animal shelters, rather than buying from pet shops or breeders. They do claim to be the number one animal activist groups out there. Are they who they claim to be? What they don't advertise, is that

There are many reasons why so many animals are in need of adoption, the main concerns being: breeding facilities, puppy mills, and strays. The breeders’ profit at an animal’s expense because for every animal bred, an animal in a shelter loses its chance of finding a home. Inbreeding can also cause painful and even life-threatening health effects to the animals and while some breeders sell healthy, well-treated animals, other breeders may be abusive. Another reason is puppy mills, or commercial dog breeding facilities, in which the health and welfare of the animals are not the main priority. There are an estimated 10,000 mills in the US, producing about 2 million puppies each year. The last main reason is the

The euthanasia of animals is a very problematic social issue in the world today. Approximately there are about 7.6 million companion animals that enter animal shelters each year. Of those, about 2.7 animals are euthanized, and cats have the highest rate, according to “The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals” (2017). When you hear the term euthanasia in reference to animals, you think of a painless process that ends the countless suffering your pet had to endure over the span of their lives. There are many reasons for which these animals are “put to sleep.” When most pet owners put their pets to sleep it is because their pets have incurable disease, painful illness, behavioral problems and are of old age. When an animal is suffering and is no longer able to recover, this process may be the most humane thing to do. However, euthanasia turns into murder when perfectly healthy animals are killed. Since there is an overpopulation of animals there are many animals left on the street wandering alone. When there isn’t any room for all these new animals being brought in from off the streets, shelters have no other option, but to euthanize. Each year more and more dogs and cats are born and sent into shelters, but for every animal being born another one has to leave and once the animal leave they are most likely going to be euthanized. No matter the situation animals are losing their lives for no clear reason.

“So while not all shelters can ‘‘afford’’ to keep the animals, they could find people who will foster the animals until adoption, or some other, positive alternative.” (www.neenink.com) “Why, if an animal is not a harm to others, should it be killed without any choice? The animals can’t speak for themselves. Their fates depend on us to be their voice”. “Are you up for the challenge? I know I am”.(www.neenink.com) This shows that the issue of pet abandonment is that people sometimes need a companion to help them through their life and if the people of the world keep on putting their animals in a shelter, then they end up getting put down then one day there won’t be a special furry friend by your side. Some people who go through mental depression get so scared that one day they might commit suicide but the animals stop them from doing

There are 1.5 dogs and cats put to sleep every second & 4-6 million dogs and cats are euthanized every year, states the Humane Society. The pet overpopulation epidemic has become more than overwhelming. But who is at fault for the ever increasing number of homeless and euthanized pets each year? The public, government and breeders all have their hand in this catastrophic epidemic. So who is to blame for this

The final issue is that animal shelters that have been labeled as high-kill due to the rates of animals they euthanize, are being passed up by adopters. The communities

Did you know about 25 million puppies and kittens are born into the United States each year? That’s more than 50,000 born each day in this country alone. Twenty five million pets produce yearly greatly exceeds the amount of willing families to take care of these animals that are born into the world. Even though, these massive amount of litters may in fact be completely healthy there is just not a sufficient enough of homes for this animals to be place in. statically reported by the humane society of the united states in October 2011 6 to 8 million animals who have no place to call their home are put into animal shelters. Unfortunately, due to the excessive surplus of these animals about half which is 3 to 4 million only make it out alive. The other half left to be euthanize by the shelter to make room for the new incoming animals. This turns out to be one animal euthanize every 8 sec. Pet overpopulation has been a serious problem throughout the nation for many years. The on ongoing cycle of bring unwanted litters of pets into the world makes it extremely difficult to reduce the amount of animals being euthanize across the nation each and every day. It’s important for people to understand the need to spay and neuter their family’s pets and all pets in general, all though people don’t understand that need its extremely important to take into account that these thousands of wanted any unneeded animals being born into the world each day will statically end up homeless, place in

The sheer existence of dog breeding facilities only worsens the pet overpopulation crisis. It was estimated earlier this year that shelters euthanized 5 million dogs annually simply because they couldn’t find homes for them and ran out of room. The conditions at most the puppy mills are horrific. In December of 2006 a writer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals or PETA, explained how the dogs are caged in “wood and wire outdoor hutches, denied proper nutrition and veterinary care, given algae-coated water, and forced to sit in their own waste. Consequently, the dogs develop many diseases such as epilepsy, cataracts, eye lesions, and mammary tumors.

Good afternoon, I'm Joanna Pulido and today I am going to talk about the issues of animal overpopulation. When a cat or dog is born it doesn’t know what its life is going to be, unfortunately many times they never get to have a good one. There is a significant amount of animal overpopulation so, remarkable measures need to be taken for the sake of the animals. There are many reasons why pet overpopulation is a problem, but three of the biggest ones i believe that are the causes are, that cats and dogs on the street are reproducing with little chances on finding homes. Second, pet owners get rid of pets becauses they can’t have them anymore or want them. Lastly, pet owners breed their dogs and sell the babies for profit. However very many drastic

Countless lives locked away in cages and forgotten about have overwhelmed our society, it has left blood stains on our history as a species and if history has taught us anything, it’s that we have a choice to change our ways of adjusting to situations. A war which was fought in pursuit of ending such criminal means, yet we as human beings do little to nothing to end the horrific crimes of animal deaths in shelters. It is no secret that this world has become infused with problems that have extended from one side of the globe to the other. Amongst these problems lies a terrible truth: nearly every year, sums of almost eight million cats and dogs have been placed in shelters around the world. Out of these vast numbers, half will be

Allison Gray in her article “How Strict Animal Shelter Policies Can Cause Pets to Suffer,” offers a harsh critique that animal shelters hold a very strict adoption process by not allowing unqualified pet owners to adopt. She argues that adoption shelters want to find the perfect owner, but the perfect owner does not exist by her claims. Therefore, pets are not adopted out and are left to suffer in animal shelters. With the guidelines for pet adoption already in place she states that most pets were not adopted out because prospecting owners had an intact pet at home, their current pet was overdue for vaccines and they wanted an outdoor cat. She exudes that it is the shelters harsh policies that are keeping pets from being adopted out and finding their forever home.

Pet overpopulation is a topic that generally goes unnoticed unless you are a pet owner yourself. Every year, millions of cats and dogs are euthanized in local animal shelters. This is due to the reason that there are more pets out

Although, these groups are generally organized in breed specific categories, such as Greyhound Rescues or Pekingese Rescues, they share the same problem. That problem is finding homes for their rescues that they acquire from their local shelters. Sometimes if they have no potential homes in their data base, they are force to leave the dogs in the shelters, where they are generally euthanized on average after 3 -5 days if not adopted. Even no kill shelters eventually euthanize dogs as well. According to the Humane Society, “about 2.4 million healthy, adoptable cats and dogs—about one every 13 seconds—are put down in U.S. shelters each year” (The Humane Society of the United States, 2016). For these dog enthusiasts, the practice of euthanizing canines is heartbreakingly problematic, which is occurring at an alarming rates despite of their best efforts to find

Mass extinction is a species or an animal that is no longer living. We have loss 75 percent of specie in 2 million years or less that a occur in just 300 years.

Between 1998 and 2014 PETA has taken in 38,464 dogs, cats, and other small pets. They have only adopted out 3,263 and transferred only 1,267 of these animals to other adoption agencies. Behind those “red doors” they don’t tell the public that they have euthanized 33,514 of these pets. Leaving their kill rate at an astounding 86.64% (PETA Kills Animals | Evidence, n.d.). Amanda Schinke, a spokesperson for PETA, states "Euthanasia is a product of love for animals who have no one to love them (McWilliams, J., 2012).” “Ingrid Newkirk, PETA's founder, admits that PETA does not believe animals have a right to live, despite its public perception of PETA as an "animal rights" organization (Winograd, N., n.d.).” Animals are considered lucky if they get to come out of the front door of PETA’s