Animal Shelters: Pit Bulls

To be more specific, animals get abused or abandoned every 10 seconds which shouldn't be happening. Overall about 7.6 million animals go into shelters nationwide and out of those only 3-4 million of them get adopted every year. Not only do 2.7 million dogs and cats get killed every year because the shelters get too full and there aren’t enough homes to adopt them but in high kill shelters animals get killed if they aren't adopted in a certain amount of time. Around easter time people buy chicks and rabbits, and often abandon them, not realizing they still need care and they also will dye these animals different colors thinking it will do them no harm but in reality it does. That is why in some states that is illegal. Abandoning animals in many states is a crime. 1 out of every 10 dogs get a home they will always live in which means that most dogs do not get a home that they will always live in and less than 20% of cats and 15-20% of dogs get reunited with their owner after they are lost. Homeless animals outnumber humans 5-1 which are a lot. One way to help animals is by adopting abused or abandoned animals. People can also donate to charities that help abandoned animals. Many animals go to shelters because they get left behind by their owners or they were found on the streets. Most pets that are stray were kept indoors. There are about 70 million stray cats in the united states. Animal Abuse and abandonment are

Imagine that for Christmas you got a brand new puppy, you feed it, you train it, you play with it, and one day you run over it. That story could have made you a little sad, even if you didn’t get a dog for Christmas and run over it. Next, does it surprise you that 6.2 million dogs die per year, according to The National Animal Interest Alliance, “3.8 million in homes, veterinary hospitals and under the wheels of a vehicle, and an additional 2.4 million in shelters.” When I said that it probably sounded like I knew what I was talking about with plausible detail.

Every 60 seconds an animal is abused. Dogs, cats, horses, and many other types of animals are being neglected and tortured everyday, yet resulting in few and minor consequences for the perpetrators. Animal abuse is prevalent in the United States and has been an ongoing issue since the 1970's, and prior to. Society as a whole has chosen to avoid the facts and arguments about animal cruelty, because to some it is seen as acceptable and typical. It becomes much more frowned upon when people actually see the results of the cruelty, especially in the media.

In fact, the behavioral issues in puppy mill dogs may not “emerge for months or even years after adoption” (“Model Laws” sec. commentary). Because of these deceiving tendencies, puppy mill dogs appear to be a better deal at first glance. However, ironically, animals that are initially adopted from puppy mills have a high probability of being given to an animal shelter due to their behavioral problems, which make up 10% of all animals brought into shelters (Pet Statistics sec. 2). This means that not only are puppy mills taking up the opportunities for life that shelter puppies should have first dibs at, but they are also taking up a significant amount of the limited space in shelters. As a result of the constant supply that puppy mills churn out, 2.7 million animals that cannot be adopted from shelters in a timely manner are euthanized (Pet Statistics sec. 1). 2.7 million animals will enter a shelter one day, and never be able to leave cradled in the loving arms of a new family. Instead, they meet their end by the prick of a needle, lying on a sterile metal tabletop in the dark back room of a shelter. In perspective, 2.7 million animals a year boils down to more than 5 animals per minute. In the time taken to read this paper, more than 50 unwanted animals across America will be euthanized, regardless of their state of health. This

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

Puppy Mills don’t treat the dogs the way they should be treated. A website called, Humanesociety.org writes, “Puppy Mills disregard the dogs’ health” that proves that dogs are not healthy in puppy mills. That website also said that there was a dog that was bought at a puppy mill and in less than a week, the dog passed away from a type of illness. That proves that they don’t take good care of their dogs so they get sick and die. It also made mine think, that The website also described that 3 million is the estimated number of dogs and cats euthanized by shelters every year in the U.S. That made me think well, isn’t it sad that 3 million dogs die every year from a non natural death, this also made me

In Puerto Rico there is a beach on the southeast of the island that is home to over 250,000 dogs called the Dead Dog beach. This is where people willingly drive there pet to their ultimate demise. The dogs do not get there by themselves they have to be driven seeing as the beach is down a long stretch of road miles away from people, the dogs that are there are lucky to live past two years of being there. The population of these dogs keeps growing due to the fact there has been little to no action to stop their repopulating. Dogs that are driven there are lucky to find food to eat and with no human to care for them they have to fend for themselves. People harm these dogs in ways that are inhumane, this is largely helped by the hotel industry

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an animal that is being abused? Well, maybe you should think about it and see if it will affect people, families, and society. Lots of animals are neglected because their owners don’t care or want them anymore. They abuse an animal and pretend like nothing happened. It has a big impact on many people, hearing that an animal or a pet is getting abused. It’s heartbreaking to see them with no home or no owner to love and take care for. Many, many animals get abused because of their owners. These animals’ owners get mad about something personal in their life and they start taking it out on their animals. That’s not right to treat animals that way! That person should NEVER take things out on his/her

Overpopulation of cats and dogs is a big problem in animal shelters all over the country. Shelters give an unrealistic time period for adoption, which sadly falls too fast for many animals. A larger number of these animals die not because they are sick or have any behavior issues, although that is a big problem within the shelters. Simply because shelters don’t have the resources to take care of them. Animals, just like people have emotions and when someone is locked in a small space emotion tend to go crazy. A dog could act totally different in a cage than out in a home with a family. An estimated 17 million dogs and cats were killed in America’s shelters every year simply because they didn’t have homes. I believe there is a difference between

Approximately four million animals are euthanized in animal shelters each year in the United States alone. People often cite excuses and burdens related to being a pet parent. If more people understood the benefits of pet ownership, perhaps these animals would find a loving home. Animals are very important to humans for many reasons including: teaching children responsibility, providing companionship, and seem to provide health benefits.

Okay, first off, there are approximately 7.6 million animals that enter shelters every year in the U.S alone, as stated by the ASPCA. That evidence alone makes a case

One service that I think the NJHS should participate in is helping smaller animal shelters. The Nebraska Humane society gets tons of volunteers and is booked for volunteering opportunities. We could make blankets and toys for the Humane Society but some of the smaller shelters in Omaha need help. For example Pug Partners of Omaha could use some help with donations so we could do a fundraiser so they can help house pugs in need.

Animal shelters are facilities “devoted to the temporary housing and care of homeless and unwanted pets” (Spector). They are the only places that willingly take care of these animals and find them loving homes. There have always been people dedicating themselves to protecting animals, but not with shelters as organized, professional, and successful as today. With about 165 million dogs and cats living in homes, twenty percent of them came from animal shelters (Winograd xi).

ASPCA states that there are a lot of animal euthanized in shelters in the United States every year. Many of those animals are being killed for old age, bad behaviors, or for no reason due to the capacities the shelter can only take. Many of the animals that come in are not yet spay/neuter which only means there can be more pups or kittens out there being either in happy homes or dying in the street. This newsletter helps us understand many of the animals coming in have a big chance of being killed for no reason due to the capacity of the shelter, or its behavior. By behavior, it means the animal has a history of aggression by being mistreated by the previous owner reason of kill would be for the safety of the people. This helps us understand on why the animal shelters are being over populated and the effects on the animals.

Loser friends agree to pull off a unique animal shelter heist, but end up being pursued by an eccentric hitman and the FBI.