Essay On The Overused Song In The Arms Of An Angel

I have seen many commercials that use one or more of the rhetorical strategies, logos, ethos, and pathos. The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) uses Sarah Mclachlan song “Angel” to make their audience feel sympathy, sadness, and emotional. ASPCA using this specific song for this commercial makes the audience feel sympathy towards abused animals living in shelters and to get them to donate money to save animals. The song “Angel” uses a very soft and sad tone and vocabulary to make the audience feel upset and touched. In Mclachlan lyrics she says, “in the arms of the angel, fly away from here, from this

Many animals are sitting in a shelter of some sort this very second and we take our pets for granted ignoring those pets who are less fortunate. Animals should be adopted from shelters to help save their lives and make their lives also better in a number of ways. Many of the animals in shelters get put down or don’t have the funding to care for the animals in the shelters and have to then do anything in their power to get rid of the animal to prevent the idea of killing the animal. Animals don’t get the choice to be in a shelter or not, but I personally see it as in my situation of being in a treatment center for no reason but for a new placement. Animals deserve a second chance to be free again before being killed in a shelter.

“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

An animal shelter is a place where stray, lost, abandoned, or surrendered animals, mostly dogs and cats and sometimes sick or wounded wildlife, are brought. Animal shelters are essential in the United States because of inattentive pet proprietorship and uncontrolled breeding of animals. People often get pets without a full understanding of the time, money, and space that they require. Regrettably, that recurrently results in pets being abandoned or abused by these owners. Apart from accountable breeders, owners should spay or neuter their pets to stop the serious overpopulation problem, which is happening in the United States. Shelters do not treat or stop the problem of unwanted pets but without them the stray pet population would be astronomical. There would be more problems with disease spread and an increased incidence of stray animal-induced injuries. A shelter should also be a domicile where animals could be benign and feel loved and taken care of; not just a drop off. The shelter in my community tries to do their best with their animals, but I feel that the shelter needs to be able to do their jobs better and for the animals to feel comfortable.

Finally, many animals that are declined from limited admission shelters are dumped on city streets and in rural areas creating the potential for uncontrolled reproduction and thus creating more homeless animals. Overall, opponents of the no-kill shelter philosophy see it as misleading and possibly harmful to the management and wellbeing of stray animals.

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

According to the The Humane Society of the United States roughly six-million animals are handled by shelters and clinics every year; though, only four million are adopted or claimed . The other two million animals are left in these shelters until they die or are subjected to cruel practices of euthanasia. There are simply too many animals and not enough people who are open to adoption. The animal overpopulation crisis and euthanasia cruelty can be prevented by an approach called animal birth control and adopting.

First of all, they limit how much time an animal has to get adopted. According to an article, “To clarify, there are some shelters that will let an animal stay for two weeks before euthanizing it. Others give only 3 days. According to research, some shelters may give an animal 3 days, then an additional 7, should the owner come looking for the animal. Meanwhile, other shelters may give the animals a few months, a few weeks, a few days, or even just an hour.” This shows how these shelters don’t care about finding homes for these homeless animals. Furthermore, kill shelters use excuses for murdering the innocent little animals. An article said they use excuses like “We don’t have enough room, we don’t have enough money to keep them alive, or they aren’t young or ‘cute’ enough and nobody will want to adopt them.” Every year, approximately 2.7 million dogs and cats are euthanized because there isn’t enough room. As you can see, these shelters don’t even think these animals are worthy of being alive. Lastly, research told how kill shelters send out little to no notice of advertisement for the animals. The only advertisement that some kill shelters send out is a “death row” which tells adopters that they are about to kill some animals, so they need to come adopt one before it’s too late. In other words, kill shelters don’t give much effort in encouraging people to adopt an animal. Kill shelters are the most harsh shelters of them

To begin with, we need to know what’s the main differences between these two spaces. And, it’s basically profit, ways of taking care, and the probability of death. According to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, known as ASPCA for its initials, many pet stores sell pets from puppy mills, which is a large-scale commercial dog breeding facility where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs. Stopping to buy cats or dogs from pet stores will make run out of business this cruel industry. Although many people believe that pet stores will be bankruptcy for not selling animals, the truth is, that pet stores’ major income comes from selling cloth, food, toys, and supplies for pets. On the other hand, shelters are establishments, especially supported by charitable contributions, that provides a temporary home for dogs, cats, and other animals that are offered for adoption (Dictionary). In it, pets are well treated with proper veterinary care and food. However, after a period of time, pets that are not adopted are KILLED.

Each year, 2.7 million adoptable dogs and cats are euthanized in America. Too many people are breeding their pets for a quick buck, but not realizing the effect that their actions play in the animal world. As breeders and puppy mills are mass producing purebred puppies/kittens for thousands of dollars, there sits an abandoned dog/cat in a shelter who costs much less. This drastic number of euthanized animals could be reduced if Americans spay/neuter their pets and consider rescue shelters over a high-end breeder.

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

Animal overpopulation is one of the most impactful killers of animals, leading to about 2.4 million adoptable shelter-pets being euthanized every year in the United States (Humane Society). Such great numbers of homeless pets calls for terminating actions coming together with preventative measures already in place. One action is adopting pets from a shelter opposed to purchasing from a breeder. On a personal level, I have always adopted pets rather than purchase from breeders, in order to support shelter adoption. One particular pet comes to mind when thinking about my beginning love for shelter adoption, Lucky. Lucky was the first pet I remember having and getting from a shelter. He was a low-interest adoption dog due to his "aggressive" predestined nature

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

When you think about all these situations, the amount of animals in a shelter can rapidly increase every day, and this is very sad that we have done this to our “furry friends”.

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.