Companion Pet Population

The best way we can help solve the issue is by getting our own pets spayed or neutered.

Puppy mills, irresponsible pet owners, and backyard breeder, not shelters, are to blame for rates of euthanasia in our communities. Irresponsible pet owners choose to not spay their pets because they think it is too expensive, or they may want to breed their pet. Eventually, puppies that were a product of irresponsible owners in the community will end up at the local animal shelter. They will take shelters spots that were occupied by an adult dog now putting them up for death. Communities are killing companion animals, not the shelters they are blaming. Puppy mills are able to produce ridiculous amounts of puppies because the demand from the community is high for purebred puppies. Puppy mills are in the business of breeding for monetary

Finally, abolishing dog breed-specific laws would improve and even save the lives of those dogs that are not being taken care of properly.

And if these people try to bring the dog to be put down, the vet should have the ability to remove the dog from their possession if it is in perfect health and if the person who brought it in doesn’t have a liable reason to have it be put down, the vet should also be able to turn them in. Also, if they are dropped off at a kill shelter, the police should start monitoring security footage and ask these people why they dropped the dog off, if they have no believable reason or evidence the dog was ever living there then they should be arrested and the dog removed from the shelter to a better place. Society should treat these people like they do sex offenders, they should receive the same punishment and label as the offenders on their record so they can never come near another animal and if they try they will be punished. The law needs to stop these people before anymore innocent dogs are killed for the actions of humans to others of their

Animal shelters provide protection and care to animals in need, but sadly have to kill animals from time to time. Ending an animal’s life with minimal pain is called animal euthanasia. No animal shelters practice euthanasia by choice, but most consider it a necessary system. Some reasons for euthanasia are lack of resources and funding in shelters, but the biggest contributor to why euthanasia exists is overcrowding. This problem can be traced to owners allowing their pets to have multiple litters of kittens or puppies without taking the responsibility to properly give them a home. This carelessness creates a huge domestic overpopulation problem. The consequences of overpopulation results in large numbers of animals being sent to humane societies. Animals are then euthanized to avoid overcrowding. Euthanasia is unethical and cruel; it should be banned from shelters.

In a perfect world there would be no need to create legislation to control dogs, because all dogs would be perfectly trained and would never attack humans. However, we do not live in a perfect world, we live in a world where dogs do attack and do cause harm. We do have legislation that has been passed to try and control certain breeds of dog called Breed Specific Legislation (BSL). It has proven to be a kind of murky area for most people, as those against it believe that targeting certain breeds does not help control the fact that dogs of all breeds have the ability to attack and/or bite. While they are not against finding a way to gain control over these attacks, they are against the idea that just a couple of breeds should be singled out for the legislation’s use. I feel that Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) should not be the only plan we have in place to help keep dogs from attacking. There have been studies done that show that Breed Specific Legislation does not work as well as originally thought. I propose a plan that I feel would help bring about a bigger change than breed specific legislation, because it includes all breeds of dog not just certain breeds. I propose that we instill a process that all people who want to adopt or own any breed of dog must go through. This plan includes different classes, testing, and training of both the dog and owner as well as yearly checkups.

Thirty states have legislation already in place, that includes a breeders fee ranging from one-hundred to five-hundred dollars (American Veterinary Medical Association, Mandatory Spay/Neuter Laws). Some of these laws enforced all permit and fine revenue provide aid to shelters and aid veterinarian cost of animals in low-income households(American Veterinary Medical Association, Mandatory Spay/Neuter Laws). After legislature was established, many of those states reported a reduction of animals in facilities.

Dog lovers and the public have been raving about a topic that has gone viral and is soon to be on the rise: painless putting band dogs down. It is believed by many around the world that these animals are vicious, and aggressive by nature. By reason and choice I also believe aggressive pit bulls and other banned breed dogs should be destroyed by euthanasia, and any further breeding should be terminated. These specific breeds of dogs are very unpredictable, and are seen to have an aggressive nature. They also leave a long line of countless and unnecessary deaths in its wake. Some argue if these dogs cease to exist altogether then there would be no problems, as they would just be replaced by less vicious dogs. Many people would argue Pit bulls and other banned dogs are always only as good as the environment they are raised in, and the kind of stress they are put under.

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

Every day in America and across the world litter on top of litter of unwanted puppies are given birth to by dogs un-expectantly. There is one common solution to this issue that majority of veterinarians share with pets owners during their pets doctor visits; it is recommended that all dog owners be responsible by either spaying or neutering their pets by 6 months old and/or before they enter heat-for females or reach maturity-for males, and begin having the desire to want to mate.

Right now, somewhere in the world, in the united states, and even this specific state, there is thousands of innocent dogs living in inhumane conditions that are unfit for healthy substance. They do this legally, and illegally, and those doing it legally are almost the worst because state laws condone it. The legislature recognizes that they specifically include, and exclude specific requirements, or restricts entirely. These dogs not only life in obscene conditions, but they are also there for one specific horrifying purpose of breeding, but not just regular breeding. These dogs are essentially transformed into machines, pumping out a minimum of two to three litters a year, just to maintain the current demand for the perfect puppy. This mass

Spaying and neutering is the most effective way of helping to manage the overwhelmingly excessive dog population problem that is affecting the nation. In the U.S. alone, seven puppies are born for every human. In 1980, over 23 million animals were sadly euthanized. In 2002, that number significantly dropped to nearly 4.7 million. Pet sterilization successfully lowers the breeding process, meaning that less puppies are adopted or euthanized at pet shelters. Unfortunately, over three million dogs are put to sleep every

Killing of dogs is not a good solution because this will mot make their population less as they exist because of uncollected garbages. If they were removed they will replaced by other dogs and if they left they will create nuisance therefore sterilization will cover all the problem of stray dogs population.

Each state or country has their own law about dog care. However, I believe that it should be enforced everywhere to have each dog vaccinated and provide the proper care. Vaccines are a big help

In my opinion, this is a terrible issue. These animals are dying because of this with no fault of their own. If the overpopulation in shelters continues we will not have a place to put all of these animals except for in the ground. A shelter is supposed to be used as a safe place for lost, homeless pets, but it is being abused and turned into a trashcan due to the overpopulation. Some may argue that there are “no kill” shelters, and although that is true to some extent, it is not entirely true. The sad truth is that “in most cases even when a shelter calls themselves a ‘no-kill’ shelter it simply means they give the dogs they don't want to a shelter that IS a kill shelter” (Maguire). Overpopulation is costing animals their lives. Do you know what else overpopulation is costing? Us. It costs the United States taxpayers $2 billion a year “to impound, shelter, euthanize, and dispose of homeless animals” (“Animal Overpopulation”). These statistics are hard to take in, but they are very real and this is why I think something needs to change.