Tear Down The Cages: Animal Rescue Corps

Animal shelters, giving hope to a weak life, giving hope to a soul not able to save themselves from torture and heartache. Thanks to animal shelters like the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) over 1.4 million dogs now have a healthy place to call home. There are between three and five thousand animal shelters in the United States, with an annual intake of five to seven million animals. There are a lot of step that an animal shelter must take before putting an animal up for adoption. The actions and reactions of the animal, allergies, and overall well being and treatment to heal and protect from then on.

Zoos have become a very visited place over a person’s lifetime, whether it be for an educational school field trip or for a day of fun. It’s a wonderful experience to be able to see animals up close in a controlled environment, keeping visitors safe from these animals, however do

As a child, many people would often go to the zoo or to the circus and see animals in real life. In circuses, animals would often perform tricks and stunts, dazzling the audience. In the zoo, people would often see animals in their native habitat, or what looks like it. Children were mainly amazed with the animals and were always exited to go see the animals. As the years go by, they start to realize that some of the animals are suffering and are being mistreated, especially in circuses. They see that the animals in zoos are depressed and lonely and the animals in the circuses are chained up. What is worse is that animals in laboratories are often treated very poorly; more poorly than what Americans treat prisoners and refugees. There have been many debates on whether animals should be held in captivity. Some groups believe that animals should not be held in captivity because they have the same capacities as humans. They believe that animals can feel emotion and have a sense of morality. Animals in captivity are deprived of their natural habitat and their instincts. Animals raised in captivity tend to rely more on humans compared to animals raised in the wild. They also believe zookeepers and trainers are putting themselves at risk when taking care of the animals. There have been many incidents including the death of trainers by animals, one highlighted by the movie “Blackfish” by director Gabriela Cowperthwaite. There are others who believe that putting animals in captivity is beneficial for not only the animal, but for humans as well. Humans get more jobs if more animals are put into captivity because there is an increase in the amount of people needed. Another benefit of keeping animals in captivity is that it could help save a species who is endangered and close to going extinct. Another benefit is that it helps increase the amount of food available because some animals are raised for food. Putting animals in captivity wrong unless they are being used for the animal’s benefits.

Saving animals is one objective, but placing an animal in captivity is another. The animals are aware of their surroundings and probably remember where they came from. Just because animals cannot speak, it doesn’t mean that they don’t understand what is going on. So, when placing an animal in a thousand square foot cage, compared to their

After being rescued, along with over three hundred other animals, from an overcrowded animal shelter in Lawrence County, Alabama. Belle the shepherd mix was immediately taken to a temporary shelter where she was adopted by a family during an adoption weekend event and then returned two days later due to being scared of the people who adopted her and not adjusting to the new surroundings.. She was then sent to a rehabilitation center in Madison, New Jersey.

Animal Cruelty By: Lily Rosenzweig Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Animal Cruelty Chapter 2: Anya Agarwal Chapter 3: Animal Homelessness Chapter 4: Animal abuse Chapter 5: What Can You Do? Glossary Bibliography Chapter 1: Animal Cruelty “Imagine being abused by someone you trust and who is supposed to love you, and to make the situation worse, you can’t use your voice to cry out for help. Animals are like humans except they can’t tell people to stop.” Animal cruelty and abuse, a good website, said that. I think that is a big problem we need to fix. People hurting animals just because they can’t speak out for themselves. Some people take advantage of that. And it us up to humans to tell those people to stop.

Not only is the owner risking the animal’s life but also putting its own life in danger. An exotic animal’s behavior can change at any time for many reasons in ways we do not understand (“Exotic” 1). There have been cases of animals attacking innocent people without a reason. A couple of years ago, randomly an apparently obedient elephant named Tinkerbell broke the back of a caretaker and the pelvis of another (Gambardello and Flam 1). Even tamed animals sometimes have their outbreaks and attack people. While the animals are young they are cute but as they grow older they grow stronger, and the stress of living in an unknown and unnatural habitat causes the animals to begin to lash out, mostly at small kids (Lallanilla 1). Caging an animal may not be the best solution. It can cause the animal to get more aggressive and react in an attacking mood as well.

The practice of keeping wild animals in a zoo or aquarium is looked at favorably in most aspects but what we fail to realize is that we have placed animals which at one point lived freely in wide open spaces into captivity. Society is assuming these animals are happy to

Nationally, roughly four million animals are killed in shelters every year. Of these, roughly 95% of all shelter animals are healthy and treatable. (No Kill Advocacy Center). No animal should have to ever be a part of these awful statistics. What will it take to help save these innocent animals from being killed senselessly? Animal kill shelters are horrible, inhumane, and overall completely unnecessary for multiple reasons: No Kill shelters improve adoption rates, all animals lives are valuable, and No Kill shelters save more money than other shelters.

The handler of the pet can be harmed by their animal during care or transport. “The HSUS [Humane Society of the United States] reports that it’s not unusual for exotic pets to be malnourished and stressed; they also tend to develop behavioral issues that can lead to bites and attacks” (“Facts about the Exotic Pet Trade”). When provoked or pressured, humans tend to attack each other in instances as massive as wars to as little as a fight over the last cookie. Animals react similarly when stressed or placed into an uncomfortable situation. Because of this, attacks are more common with wild animals as they are not accustomed to the environment they are so brutally placed into. Physical force is probably the first thought that comes to mind when harm is mentioned, yet one of the largest factors contributing to the general harm of handlers happens to be disease. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) one of the most well known animal rights organizations, believes disease is a large risk to handlers. “Seventy-five percent of all new infectious diseases originate from non-human animals” (“Inside the Exotic Animal Trade”). Different animals carry different diseases, and handlers of these animals are more susceptible to various uncommon household illness’. Wounds inflicted by animals contribute largely to the possibility of diseases. “Animal bites can result in serious injuries and potential exposure to zoonotic diseases such as rabies. It is estimated that about 4.5 million people in the United States are bitten by dogs each year, and about 1 in 5 of those people require medical attention” (“You and Your Family”). This statistic proves how diseases contracted from animals can affect humans. Dogs are popular pets in the United States, however with canines inflicting harmful diseases, the threat wild animals pose is alarmingly even greater. Sickness’ can transfer back and forth between the species

The captivity of wild animals has been a highly debated topic for many years. Zoos and aquariums are huge attractions and can be found all over the world. Movies such as Black Fish and Unlocking the Cage showcase some of the troubling behaviors animals in captivity portray. Advocates for

In the beginning of the Level Two course in the Health Careers Academy, my instructor assigned the senior projects for each group. My project is concerning animal abuse awareness and why it is an extensive issue in the world. Ever since my group and I have started volunteering in Rescue

Trapped A poor helpless animal is stuck in a cage against their will. This is just like our citizens who are sitting in prisons like caged birds. In today’s society we believe that it is acceptable to take animals out of their natural habitat and keep them in cages for our own personal gain. This is almost identical to what is happening in the prison system. We are capturing individuals off the streets and keeping them behind bars, so we don’t have to worry about them committing “crimes”.

Animal abuse is an issue people hardly look at. People are not being informed enough to the abuse of these animals. Not just dogs and cats are being abused, wild-life such as zoo animals and show animals like in circuses. Animal cruelty is a problem that’s rapidly growing, animals around the world are being starved, beaten, or just left to die. There are many different types of animal cruelty, the more common ones are mistreatment, abandonment, and scientific research. Animals who are in zoos and circuses are forced to live in small cages or captivities, some of these wide-range animals don’t have the space they need for what they are built for, like running freely and to just be able to roam, hunt etc;. These animals goes through pain and suffer everyday, it’s time we put these abuse to stop.

All you can hear is noise, constant barking and whining, above and below you. The metal hurts your feet, the cage traps you. Feeling like you cannot breathe, there is nowhere to run. Your cage mate comes near you; sharp teeth flash. You bite him for no reason other than to keep what little space you have left to yourself because you have fallen to angry, bitter emotions. No one is kind enough for you in the world. Your babies are born and taken before they grow by the tall two legged beings. You lose every little one you’ve worked hard to make. You worry about where they go but you cannot help with you weak and starving body. The truth is you will never see them again. You will never know what happened to them. This is the life of a dog living in a puppy mill. We abused our relationship with our four legged friends; starving, over breeding and socially disable them. Our part of the unspoken agreement to the creatures since thousands of years ago was protection, providing food and training. As they supported us with keen hearing and sense of smell to help us track our prey. Guarding us a night when we did not have four walls to be barriers between us and the dangerous outside filled with predators. We have become the ultimate consumers; caging canines, selling them for profit, being heartless and constantly abusing them. All for the green paper that comes from trees that are no longer standing.