Marc Ching

Imagine a puppy that’s hungry, scared, thirsty, and overcrowded. This may be what it was like where your puppy came from. Think about going to the pet store, seeing the cute little puppies in the glass, looking back at you in excitement. Some jump with joy; some sleep their little hearts away, tired from meeting so many new people, and others fight over the toy with the puppy next to them. You would never think for a second that where they had been born and spent roughly the first 12 weeks of their lives was in a dreadful environment. These places are Puppy Mills. They are large-scale dog breeding facilities that are usually unsanitary and very overcrowded. They don’t make sure the dogs have adequate food, water, socialization; nor do they ensure

In my audience analysis (2017), most of you agreed that it isn’t the dogs that are responsible for their bad reputation, but the owners.

Dogs are what their owners make of them, they are shere products of their environments and feed off of how their owners treat them. For example, in America pit bulls, over the years have been portrayed as harmful or aggressive. These views have lead to manying uncompassionate acts towards this lost breed. Such as, selling the dogs for drugs to people who could care less about them to forcing pitbulls in harmful dog fights. In America’s society today some often view pitbulls as just a way of breeding dogs. This means that they essentially are not taking part in what it actually means to have a pet. People are suppose to provide, feed, care, and love their dogs and in some cases that’s not their important objective. The underlying issue that

So we should treat all dogs like they are our best friends. We shouldn’t allow the abuse of dogs in puppy mills in our country. Dogs in puppy mills are physically and mentally abused on a daily basis in puppy mills. Confining humans into small rooms in which the sit in their urine and feces is abuse and illegal. It can land someone in prison for years. Confining dogs in small cages in which they sit in their own feces is abuse and is illegal in some states. Unfortunately, it can only land the breeder with a fine and the breeder can continue to abuse the dogs. There aren’t any stories about women being forced to have babies back to back until they can’t produce anymore and then they are either killed or left for dead. There aren’t any stories on this because it’s slavery and is illegal. Swap out the women in this story and put in female dogs. It’s now no longer considered slavery and is legal. The United states allows puppy mills to still stand tall in our country. It is shameful that these inhumane puppy mills get away with so much abuse. The USDA has implemented laws against puppy mills but don’t enforce the laws with stronger consequences. So puppy mills just pay fines on abusing their dogs. The fact that the laws don’t help shows that we need a bigger solution. The United States needs to ban puppy mills for the abuse they inflicted on dogs. All dogs deserve to have freedom to run around, socialize, and play. Dogs are not our slaves. They are

A quote once said by Frederick the Great states; “A dog is a man’s best friend.” There are millions of dog lovers across the world, I’m speaking to many in this class right now, so dog lovers, have you ever thought about this? Imagine walking into a pet store and looking around at all the different kinds of animals, and then your eyes are set on the dogs. You just can’t decide what one you want. One of the main key facts about choosing the right dog is considering where it is raised and many dog owners don’t. Some of the dogs could have been raised in a puppy mill. Puppy mills are a problem in the U.S today. And the problem with puppy mills is the effect they have on the dog itself and even the owner.

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) describes puppy mills situation to be overcrowded, unsanitary, without adequate food, water, and veterinary health care. Female dogs are even bred at every opportunity without a rest to maximize profit (“Puppy Mills”). Dogs are kept locked up in wired cages, stacked on top one another and sometimes their excrements are not properly monitored. Thus, this leads to unknown genetic disorders and poor genetic quality which makes it difficult for the dogs to live for a long time. In the end, it will cause a lot of stress and problems for the family down the road due to the dogs’ health. Many people who are unaware of these living conditions often tend to overlook their puppies neglect and suffering. When purchasing a new pet from a pet store, many people do not wonder where their pet may have come from, instead, they are more engulf in their excitement to bring home a new family

One reason is that the ¨Dogs suffer rather than give up beloved pets, owners of highly regulated or banned breeds avoid detection by restricting their dogs’ outdoor exercise and socialization¨ ( Breed-Specific) .However, the problem of dangerous dogs will not be remedied by the “quick fix” of breed-specific laws.

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.

If you raise a dog With whips and chains, of course they're going to be mean and bite. But that is, the owners fault, not the dogs!!! Besides pit bulls aren’t the only dogs that kill there are many dogs that have taken life’s, and you’re just going to get this one dog? Now look I don’t mean take all the dogs out of the U.S.A, I’m simply stating that there are other dogs that hurt to not just one type of dog. Where do the Pit bull’s go? Do you have a certain place for them to go or are you just going, to let the wonder the streets and, possibly letting them get shot by other people? Put yourself in the dog’s shoes, would you like it to be illegal to have a home? To have it illegal to live your life? How would you feel? Pit bulls are the target of breed-specific legislation for years now. Despite proof saying such laws do not stop the

If it were something that would save others, yes I would die. I am a firm believer on if it is supposed to happen it will happen. If I was supposed to give up my life, to save somebody else or something that could change an outcome than so be it. I could die at martyr because as long as I know I am innocent and god knows as well I will be content. A personal life experience that would relate to the themes in this book would have to be the time where I had to choose my integrity over my reputation with my family. Integrity is the way you perceive yourself, not how others perceive you. It's the way you carry yourself and the goodness in your heart to hold a good name. My dad is an addict and that is a story I’d rather not share, but it’s a personal experience where I had to choose my integrity over my reputation with my family. If you know me, family is everything to me. When my dad came out as an addict, my family had the motto of “we are going to go through this together and not leave him behind.” I didn't want to be apart of that, it was my dad. I had to choose my integrity and my goodness to not be associated with enabling an addiction that needed to end. It hurt my reputation with my family, but I think I was okay because I knew I was doing the right

After the way this racist, foul mouth, cursed out H.S.I and Peter Li, Valarie Ianniello, Executive Director of AHWF has the audacity to write this...

Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who tried to help Jews escape concentration camps once said, “Do what is right because it is right, and leave it alone.” What he meant this was that each person needs to sometimes break the law to do what is morally right, or go out of what is the norm and do what the person’s conscience tells them is right. Carl Lutz did this such thing in a time of war and countless people going away to their deaths and torture; it takes a lot of moral courage to risk your own life just for some random strangers whose dooms are imminent. Carl Lutz showed tremendous moral courage in his efforts to help save thousands of lives from being added to the death toll of the Holocaust.

The U.S. owned-dog population is 78.2 million and it is growing steadily. With a population so large it is no surprise that the pet

Most people don't know what illegal dog fighting is let alone knowing that they are actually going on, but they are and because of that, innocent dogs are victims of death. 2 Over 10,000 dogs die each year from illegal dog fighting. People think it is entertaining to watch dogs fight, tons of dogs die each year because of heartless and cruel humans. 1 Are dog fights illegal? Yes all dogfight that are used for money and entertainment is illegal in all 50 states.

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