Prison Based Animal Programs Case Study

The issue on whether or not to keep animals in captivity has been debated heavily for a long time. With species such as the panda on the verge of extinction to mistreatment of marine mammals in theme parks such as Sea World, keeping wild animals under the care of humans has been a struggle and a highly controversial topic. Even though many people believe that animals should not be kept in captivity because humans are incapable of fully understanding and providing specific needs for wild animals, certain animals can be kept happy and healthy in captivity, and these animals are an important educational tool for teaching people of all ages about biology, biodiversity, and the ecosystems of the world.

Under the ADA's revised regulations, our company does not discriminate against people with service animals, but in order to be able to use a service animal at the company there are rules. Even though documentation that the service animal is trained is not a necessary we will make sure that the animal is trained in the task that helps his owner with their disability.

Animals have been proved to be the best type of therapy, for children in specific. The goal of bringing in animal in to work with these children is to meet a certain goal. Some of these include natural and deep bonds, building trust, getting rid of stress and anxiety, companionship, comfort, and overall well being of a child. There are three types of assistance animals service, emotional, and therapy. A child that gets taken out of there home because of abuse is very known to have post traumatic stress disorder. Also girls in foster care are twice as likely to have post traumatic stress disorder and depression than a boy in foster care. Children in the United States are more likely to grow up with a dog than a father. Therefore, they are looking into opening pet friendly foster homes, so children could go into foster care with their family pet. They are also looking into letting kids the the courtroom to assist children in cases of abandonment and abuse. These are ways assistance animals could be used to help children in foster

The Bureau of Justice Statistics conducted a survey of prisoners from over 300 parole offices in 40 states with 17,738 prisoners participating and a 61% response rate (Beck & Johnson, 2012). The focus of the survey is sexual victimization during the entire length of the prison term served by each inmate. In all, 9.6 percent of former state prisoners, or 2,096, reported one or more events during their most recent time in prisons, jails or community-treatment facilities. To create national level statistics, the number was weighted and applied to total 49,000 prisoners nationwide or 9.6 percent of all underactive supervision at the middle of the year 2008. Therefore, the unit of analysis is each individual of the incarcerated prison population of the United States.

The bond that exists between man and beast is one of the most precious and sacred ties that exist on earth. In the modern world, we can sometimes shut ourselves out from the rest of the creatures that exist on this planet, but those of us who have pets understand the importance of connecting with other creatures on this green planet. On the other side of the equation, you have people who take this bond one step further, and they make serving animals their passion and their purpose to help as many of them as possible.

Working with inmates, the program also incorporates working with individuals maintaining institutions, and communities on how to accept and help with inmates return to society and the social demands of everyday living. Learning how to cope with their community, inmates gain the necessary tools to coexist

Growing up, dogs always played an important role in my life. They could make me happy anytime I was sad, and always welcomed me when I walked in the front door. Even when i felt that there was no where else to turn, they were always there. For some people, they do not have the ability or freedom to enjoy a dogs company the way we do. People like prisoners, could benefit from the support, love, and obedience of a dog. By aiding these prisoners with a shelter dog, we are able to give a dog a home, and give a prisoner an outlet to experience feelings and emotions to help them grow and overcome their fault.

The article “Animal Activists Finally Have Something To Applaud At Ringling Bros. Circus: Its Closure”, by Amy B. Wang and published by The Washington Post is about Ringling Brothers and Bailey Circus coming to an end. It shows that animal rights groups have strong emotions towards abusing animals for entertainment. Shortly after Feld Entertainment (A production company and owner of Ringling Brothers and Bailey Circus) stopped using elephants but shortly after Ringling Brothers announced their permanent leave from the circus.

Freedom is everything to people, and animals alike. But animals in captivity are stripped from this. In SeaWorld and circuses, the animals are living their lives entertaining people and living their lives in cages or small enclosed pens. By keeping animals to remain in captivity people are taking away their freedom, forcing them to be used for entertainment, and not providing animals with the proper care.

The world stripped of human intervention was created by God to be a magnificent place, which glorified God. We, as beings made in the image of God, were given dominion over the earth. However, where does our rule become unjust? Where do we overstep our boundaries? Throughout history, humans have strived to gain ultimate control of a planet they did not create. Some aspects in nature should be left to its own devices to be beautiful and glorify God, their intended purpose of creation. Humans have no right to captivate orcas because we cannot provide for their needs and we force them into a world they did not want. We force orcas into tanks not nearly large enough, we force them to mix with orcas not from their social pods, and we force them to perform for our entertainment.

The Humane project is an aid to non-violent criminals to help prisoners state of mind while incarcerated. The name “Humane Project” came about because this organization will use local humane societies in that city or county to host these prisoners. Many Humane societies are nonprofit organizations that are run off of donations and volunteers. The problem that almost all humane societies have is quality time spent with the animals. The workers at the human societies have to focus on feeding, cleaning, and organizing the animals and they do not have time to spend quality time with the animals. The goal for the humane society is to get every animal out of the cage playing with visitors for at least thirty minutes a day but, the amount of visitors

Do you think that animals should be kept in captivity there whole life's. When people put animals in zoos or captivity that keeps the animal safe. Although keeping animals in captivity is bad because they don’t get to be themselves, they should keep animals in zoos or captivity because it helps them not go extinct, it brings happiness to families that go the zoo, and zoos bring in enough money to build better animal enclosures.

The inmates should be allowed to work with our rescue dogs because they save lives and provide homes for dogs. One inmate said “Karma rescue saved lives of over 2000 lives of rescue dogs in 11 years.”-(Dubois page 1). Karma rescue is the rescue organization and that means the Inmates have rescued 2000 dogs in 11 years and that's good because the dogs would have otherwise died and they wouldn't have

The article Human-Animal Interactions in a Prison Setting, by Fournier, A.K., Geller, E.S., & Fortney is based on a quasi-experimental study about the behavioral and psychosocial outcomes of programs that involve human-animal interaction (HAI) among inmates. The purpose for the article is to identify if the use of human-interaction programs could provide rehabilitative benefits for inmates. Results could assist in identifying whether this type of program could be effective in correctional institutions due to the reduction of psychological and rehabilitation programs offered to inmates. Identification of the potential behavioral and psychosocial outcomes of inmates that participated in this program could be is evaluated to identify the potential for improvements among inmates that participate in this program compared to a control group.

Each year, the most extreme cases of animal abuse receive media attention. Yet, the animal cruelty problem is more widespread than is reported in the media. Animal abuse and neglect is a nationwide issue, affecting thousands of animals nationwide. Cruelty to animals is defined as the infliction of physical pain, suffering or death on an animal, beyond what is necessary. There is a need to stop abusers from acting in such a horrific manner–preventing the neglect and suffering of the animals. What causes animal abusers to act in such a cruel way towards animals? How are cases of animal abuse being managed, and how should cases be handled? Finally, does the status of animals in society contribute to the rate of their abuse?