Persuasive Speech On Wildlife Shows

January 24th was the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the Metcalfe County Animal Shelter. The shelter project was taken on by veterinarian David “Doc” Lafever

Cold concrete floors. Metal fences for walls. Fed once, maybe twice, a day. Constant noise. This is the reality of many shelter animals. Scared and alone. Some don’t even get the luxury of a fenced in slab of concrete, some just get wire cages. Shelters are running out of room. We have too many animals, plain and simple. And do you realize what many shelters have to resort to for this population problem? Euthanization. Those “kill shelters” that everyone boycotts, they only exist because we have too many stray animals. There are so many pitbulls, mutts, and mixes, that they outnumber the people that actually want them. Some measures have been put into place to help decrease the number of strays like the spay and neuter projects. But this takes

Since being involved in a dog rescue organization, I’ve learned a lot about how an animal control shelter works. They are not just people who will take your dog if they get out of the yard. They are animal lovers who try their best to educate the community pet population control and help homeless pets find a new home. I sat down with a friend of mine who I met through the animal rescue group with both volunteer with to find out more about a day in the life of a shelter worker.

Hello everyone, my name is Katrina Clark. So, imagine one day you were ripped away from your family and from your home with nowhere to go, in the street, cold, starving, and have absolutely no idea where your next meal is going to come from. Well, for over 7 million animals each year that is the sad reality. I personally own around ten cats that were either from a shelter or on the street starving. I also own two dogs that I have found on the road that had been dumped and left to die. My experience with adopting these animals has truly opened my eyes to how many animals are truly in need of homes. All of these animals are sweet blessings that I wouldn’t trade for the world. If I can find loving furry friends that I love, then so can you. With

    Thirty years ago, Best Friend Animal Sanctuary was founded when a group of people had a vision to create a sanctuary for abandoned and abused animals. The main co-founders include: Francis Battista, Judah Battista, Silva Battista, Gregory Castle, Gabriel DePeyer, Jana DePeyer, Steven Hirano, Faith Maloney, Anne Mejia, and Cyrus Mejia.  With very little money and no master plan, they set out to create something very ambitious.  One of their major goals was to create a no-kill animal sanctuary, but unfortunately they didn’t have much of a voice until their sanctuary grew larger.  They didn’t want to become famous or wealthy, but do the right thing for creatures who could not speak or act for themselves.  To take the next step, in 1984, the founders made a promise to one another and the animals they cares for, that they would build a sanctuary in Southern Utah.  Their mission was to bring about a time when there are no more homeless pets.  They would dedicate their lives to housing and finding homes for unwanted pets while spreading

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.

I was both nervous and excited when the program was introduced on social media last December, but thankfully, it was a huge success! In just two weeks, there were over 100 adoptions, exceeding over $8,000 in donations for the Sloth Sanctuary. This year they have had over 300 compadre adoptions, with over $30,000 raised thus far for their resident sloths. Creating the compadre’s adoption program was only the beginning of my dedicated work for the sanctuary. Since the program was introduced, I have contributed over 100 hours for the sanctuary. For the past ten months, I have loaded huge boxes of supplies going to Costa Rica and have packaged compadres’ adoption kits and shipped them all over the world, to such faraway places as Poland, Sweden, Australia, Japan and recently

I am Timothy Edward Redmond Jr, I am a seventeen year old that lives in New Richmond, Ohio. I am currently in senior at New Richmond High School and is planning to graduate in May of 2017. I live a mobile home park called Lakeside Estates, which happens to be 5 minutes away from my school. I am a hardworking person that usually gets overlooked by most people. I try to help everyone in any way, even if it’s minor. I work at Spencer Park Aviary & Wildlife Center, which is a local charity organization on Front Street in the Village of New Richmond. We are currently building the park, but we have a few animals. There is a African spurred tortoise, 3 Fennec Foxes, pigs, other a few other animals currently. We plan to have Flemish Giant Rabbit,

could start school and with us living a military life I was blessed to be able to stay home with

One just needs to look at why the spring bear hunt was canceled in the nineties. People were inundated with pictures of cute bear cubs hanging from every bus shelter in every city with the caption “Orphaned bear cub”. An activist group was successful in convincing the urban population that there were a million of these orphan bear cubs residing in our northern forests. Instead of using

(Charity Navigator, 2015, Charity rating) These numbers are a far cry from what Mr. Bergh told the Governor of New York when he paid a visit to the ASPCA and he stumbled over a hole in the old, tattered carpet and told Mr. Bergh to buy better carpet and send him the bill, Mr. Bergh simply replied, “No, thank you, Governor. But send me the money, and I will put it to better use for the animals. (as cited in Winograd, 2012, ¶3)” Moreover, for the last 15 years, the shelters, rescue groups, feral cat caretakers and No Kill proponents who have tried to restore Bergh’s vision through the No Kill revolution have been opposed by those like past ASPCA CEO Ed Sayres, supported by a Board of Directors content to count the money, all of whom appear intent on squandering Bergh’s noble legacy. When we look back on Mr. Berg’s life’s mission and what he wanted to accomplish and then look at the ASPCA today, one must wonder what happened? While it is not an easy task to undertake, we will take a look at animal “shelter”

Since 2013, I have had the privilege of working for the Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS). In my tenure, I have watched one of the largest cities in the United States achieve and sustain a live-release rate of greater than 90%. It’s been awe-inspiring and inspirational to me. Today, I’m hoping to put that inspiration to work and begin carving a new path in my animal welfare career by asking you to consider my application for the Maddie’s Shelter Management Scholarship. Due to financial constraints, I am unable to complete the program without the help of Maddie’s Fund.

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

Most of you probably have a pet of your own. Maybe a dog named Max or a cat named Oliver. Could you imagine seeing them in terrible pain? I honestly don't think there will be one student in this class that would volunteer to let their own pet be tortured for any reason. Am I wrong?

There is no mention of where Winston's set up costs come from - we are not told if they are financed or paid for and will the trust be expected to fund these?