Preventing Animal Abuse In The United States

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.

Across the world people abuse animals for sport, gambling, and pure exploitation like dog fighting, cock fighting, and breeding dogs just to be able to sell them to places such as shady pet stores and such. Dog fighting is a very lucrative illegal activity that goes largely unpunished these people take poor dogs and inbreed them with their moms, dads, and siblings to be able to create the perfect fighting dog that can make them loads of money. Some other things these groups do include giving them drugs that induce rage and make them even more lethal. These sorts of activities give other breeds such as pit bulls bad reputation; any dog regardless of type can be prone to violence, especially due to birth defects to inbreeding. In other parts

Increased awareness regarding animal cruelty would benefit society, pet owners, and animals themselves. When a problem is identified, it becomes easier to work out solutions. Animal cruelty is an issue on a global scale; animal torture and neglect does not only exist in the United States. Animal cruelty is the “crime of inflicting physical pain, suffering or death on an animal, usually a tame one, beyond necessity for normal discipline. It can include neglect that is so monstrous (withholding food and water) that the animal has suffered, died or been put in an imminent

Dogs are being punished for how us humans mistreat and train our dogs. Stanly Corer wrote an article called "If dogs attack is the problem, bad dogs or bad owners, people end up mistreating and abusing their animals to have them act how they do. That is why people end up gossiping and making dogs look like a bigger threat then they really are.

Animal abuse is when someone mistreats or inflicts pain on an animal. Even not feeding them is a form of animal abuse. Animal abuse is a major problem in America. When looking at why animals are treated the way they are today, it is important to think about the history of animal abuse, the rate at which animal abuse is reported, why people mistreat animals, and current animal rights advocacy groups.

From the small South Asian wolf to the large Newfoundland of North Eastern Canada, dogs have been man’s best friend for approximately 10,000 years (“Domestic Dogs”, National Geographic). As man has evolved and changed, so has their canine companion. About 340 dog breeds have been recognized by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale, the world governing of dog breeds (Malina, “The Incredible Explosion of Dog Breeds”). However, man has not treated all of these breeds as their best friend, sometimes going so far as to abuse dogs simply because of their specific breed, such as, the pit bull which is actually an umbrella term used for dogs like the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Bull Terrier, and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. Due to their history of participating in bull baiting and ratting, where the dogs were bred to attack, people have labeled them as aggressive dogs and believe that no matter the dog, it will be dangerous simply because of its breed.

There are many animals that are abused everyday, or put in animal shelters due to owners disowning them. Every year about 70.1% dogs die from dog abuse. A quarter of them are killed in animal shelters due to no one adopting them, because so many people drop off dogs that there is no room in the shelters so they kill the dogs that have been there longest. Just think, at least one dog is killed every 72 hours. More than likely, a dog is killed in an animal shelter somewhere in the world every

Dog fighting is one of the worst kind of animal cruelty because people just raise these dogs to fight. Once their dog wins the fight and it is useless, they just throw the dog on the side of the road to die. People make their dogs stronger by making them run around 5-8 miles a day on a treadmill and sometimes they put weights on the dog collar so there legs will be more strong (Professor Green). The dogs that are forced to fight don’t know what a normal life is so they only

In Puerto Rico there is a beach on the southeast of the island that is home to over 250,000 dogs called the Dead Dog beach. This is where people willingly drive there pet to their ultimate demise. The dogs do not get there by themselves they have to be driven seeing as the beach is down a long stretch of road miles away from people, the dogs that are there are lucky to live past two years of being there. The population of these dogs keeps growing due to the fact there has been little to no action to stop their repopulating. Dogs that are driven there are lucky to find food to eat and with no human to care for them they have to fend for themselves. People harm these dogs in ways that are inhumane, this is largely helped by the hotel industry

Dog fighting is a very cruel thing, and it is happening right under our noses. It is illegal to fight a dog in all fifty states. By being an observer at a dog fight, it is against the law in forty-seven states. So why do people continue this cruel practice? The answer seems to be money. Some people who breed dogs for fighting can sell their puppies for up to two thousand dollars. Even though fighting dogs is making money, it is cruel since pain is inflicted on the dogs; the ASPCA and the Humane Society are trying to prevent this with proper training.

People often never realize that a dog in most cases only does certain things to protect itself whether it be from a child, other dog or even an adult. Is it the dog fault or the humans fault when the environment people place a dog in forces a dog to turn its aggression towards the owner? Dogs in most cases are like family to certain owners so why is putting a dog down the first thing that comes to mind because people feel as though the dog is too aggressive. The only reason a dog would bite is because it feels threatened or it’s trying to protect someone it loves, dogs just want to be loved not abused and thrown on the curb. If a human gets violent with another human he doesn’t get automatic execution, he gets thrown in jail and or a chance to show he can live in society. Why don’t people give dogs the same option that humans receive? Dogs can be rehabilitated and placed in a home that will love and care for, with this being such a justified issue certain measurements need to be taken in order to resolve the

For many battered women, pets are sources of comfort providing strong emotional support: 98% of Americans consider pets to be companions or members of the family. Animal cruelty problems are people problems. When animals are abused, people are at risk. More American households have pets than have children. We spend more money on pet food than on baby food. There are more dogs in the U.S. than people in most countries in Europe - and more cats than dogs. A child growing up in the U.S. is more likely to have a pet than a live-at-home father. Pets live most frequently in homes with children: 64.1% of homes with children under age 6, and 74.8% of homes with children over age 6, have pets. The woman is the primary caregiver in 72.8% of pet-owning households. Battered women have been known to live in their cars with their pets for as long as four months until an opening was available at a pet-friendly safe house.Anti-cruelty laws exist in all U.S. states and territories to prohibit unnecessary killing, mutilating, torturing, beating, neglecting and abandoning animals, or depriving them of proper food, water or

Let it be known that when we are suffering under any form of miserable tension or simply in the need of a break from the irrepressible world, that there is an undeniable right that anyone should be able to turn to a dog for answers. Everyone, no matter age, sex, nationality, or religion, should have the opportunity in their mortal lives to experience a life with a dog. To deny a person of such an ability is to take away their natural rights, their God forsaken rights, that bless them with the opportunity to make their own choices and enjoy their own comforts on this land. Such a denial, whether by father or mother, is simply blasphemy, taking away the right to alleviate the stress of their child with the presence of man’s best friend, the right to play fetch in the backyard on a spectacular summer day, the right to learn responsibility in caring for others, the right to form an unbreakable relationship that would