Persuasive Essay On Greyhound Racing

Greyhound racing should be made illegal and completely eradicated in the United States. Greyhound racing is quite abusive, no matter how much "fun" they seem to be having. Also, the conditions in which the dogs are kept in at the racetrack are not good enough to sustain their lives or create stable animals who are comfortable with humans.

During the decade that I bred, raised, and placed English Bulldogs into their new forever homes, I ran into many issues both with the dogs and the people I encountered along the way. Although I researched the breed thoroughly prior to the purchase of my own English Bulldogs, I still managed encounter health and temperament issues of the dogs, as well as the common greedily natured people wanting to breed them to make a quick buck. There are, however many wonderful owners of English Bulldogs that love their dogs immensely; often treating them as they would a child and spoiling them rotten. These types of people were the very reason I began to raise English Bulldogs. Since I too had experienced the great love of this breed, I decided to

Sergeant Stubby is known as the most decorated war dog to have served the military in 17 battles. He would carry messages under fire warn troops of a gas attack and even caught a German spy. Pit Bulls were loved by everyone, it was the dog everyone wanted to have. So much in fact that they were used as our mascot in many WWI advertisement posters. But now with all the negative media on the breed it’s causing a stir in the housing community. Some city’s like Colorado have Pit Bull owners register them. (Colorado newspaper, 2006) "My address is published--now people can get my dog or my children," Cindi Gilhousen told the News. "They 're treating us like we 're criminals. Nobody 's ever taken the time to meet these animals." They are not giving these animals fair representation, it doesn’t matter if the dog hasn’t done anything to anyone you must still register them with the city for everyone to know that you own a Pit Bull.

For being man’s supposed best friend, humans too often make choices to benefit themselves instead of dogs. People decide what traits make a dog cute and disregard what traits make them healthy. Dog breeding is a harmful practice for dogs both biologically and culturally due to superficial standards. These dogs are bred to be cute, but that cuteness can inadvertently carry a gene that can lead to disease, or even the cuteness itself could be debilitating, such as with the poster pug’s flat face makes breathing significantly more difficult. Dogs are living, breathing creatures and the standards set for their reproduction should factor their well-being into the standard of the dog.

A couple of years ago, Australia watched on from their tellies as ‘Four Corners’ unraveled the darkest of secrets in modern day greyhound racing. We exposed the gruesome sport for what it is, a lower class ‘Melbourne Cup’ which sends a clear and undeniable statement that the GRV (Greyhound Racing Victoria) have a lack of motivation and desire to fix the sport. The allegations that live baiting is used during training and the corruption surrounding the policing of the sport, further supports the idea that greyhound racing should indefinitely be banned in all states across Australia. Greyhound racing is completely out dated and will leave future generations puzzled at why we encouraged the continuation of this disgusting sport.

Almost a year later, Rochester’s Labrador retriever reportedly bit a neighbor causing five stitches.According to Sioux City Animal Control, the Labrador was deemed vicious, causing the city to repeal the ban on pit bulls. This event led to Rochester signing his Labrador retriever to Animal Control to be euthanized (L.A. Unleashed." Iowa Politician Who Pushed for Pit Bull Ban Seeks Mercy

What is the first breed people suppose of when they hear about a dog attack or dog fighting? The majority answer for people would be a Pit Bull. The media has led a fair amount of people to believe that Pit Bulls are a dangerous breed of dog. Pit Bulls are perceived as fighting dogs because of their strength and stature; that is what captures the media’s attention as to why they are so dangerous. However, Pit Bulls are similar to any other dog breed that was bred to do something.

Recap Thesis: I hope everyone is aware of the deathly accident that a dog has caused and is more aware of what is happening to these people and dogs when it comes to the regulations as well as putting these animals down.

Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to petition against Maryland’s law to identify “Pit Bulls” as a dangerous breed of dog.

Queensland’s legislation in relation to the bikie laws is an unfair piece of Australian law. Focusing on the VLAD laws, these laws must be revoked as while in effect set a precedent for a laws to be made only for s specific group. Targeted. This cancels out the Rule of Law principle of ‘Equality before the Law’.

Come with me as we explore the dangers of pit bulls.People are affected daily by the harm from pitbulls. Should people be able to keep pit bulls as pets?Is it safe for families to have a pit bull ?Don’t you think there should be more regulations on those fierce animals?

However, there are many healthy families with loving atmospheres that have welcomed pit bulls into their homes as well. Pit bulls are pets and friends to thousands of kids and adults alike. Breed Specific Legislation is essentially dog racism- if we tell children that their pooch has to be killed simply because of what breed they are, what are we teaching the younger generations about

The recent ban on greyhound racing in New South Wales has sparked recent debate that the same ban should be introduced in Melbourne. The opinion piece published by Geoff Slattery, ‘The case against a ban’, contends that the proposed ban is absurd and should not be implemented in Melbourne. Domain White’s image holds the same contention. In contrast however, Stathi Paxions’ opinion piece, ‘The case for a ban’, argues that Melbourne should follow NSW and introduce the ban to the state. All text were published in The Age on July 9, 2016.

Shouldn’t all animals have the right to live? Dogs could receive and give happiness if they were not put down. Animals do not really have a chance to actually live life.Many places simply do not have enough room for all of the animals, so they resort to euthanasia to control the population. There are many dogs and cats that are euthanized only because they take up room.

Every animal has their own level of intelligence, take a rat for example, they are extremely intelligent and are capable of learning quickly. All throughout this paper, I will talk about what tools to use and how to train dogs, cats ferrets, rats, and even Monkeys. Most animals that we are able to have as a pet are trainable but not all.