The Animal Birth Control (Dogs) Rules, 2001

    Due to the domestication of cats and dogs their populations have skyrocketed. This is due in part to the lack of pet owners acting in a responsible manner. These responsibilities include the spaying and neutering of  pets. These numbers of

Around the world, millions of scientists conduct their studies by testing their research on animals. Many people believe that experimenting on animals is crucial to the advancement of medical discoveries. Studies show however, that animal experimentation is brutal and unnecessary. There are alternatives though: “replacement, reduction, and refinement” (Howard 2).

The best way we can help solve the issue is by getting our own pets spayed or neutered.

Many American households own a pet, but their pets may have originated from a cruel background. Especially dogs, for many of them stem from one of the ten thousand puppy mills located across the United States. Puppy mills are large commercial breeding facilities that specializes in maximizing profit over the welfare and conditions of the animals. Animals live in unsustainable conditions which they are provided with the minimum amount of food, water, exercise, shelter, protection, and veterinary care; yet, these animals are forced to continue breeding for the sake of providing beautiful pets for our own personal expenses. The government should step in to advance regulations and inspections of large commercial breeding facilities because old rules no longer fit the current time anymore. For us to take home a new healthy family member, we should all know it comes from a safe place.

Corresponding to the first reason of why there should be stricter laws against puppy mills is the amount of dogs being killed each year due to the female's ability to reproduce. They not only get murdered in mills because of the horrific conditions, but also get killed if the mother cannot reproduce any more puppies (“A Closer Look At Mills”). In order to make sure the puppy mills receive the money they want, the mills will produce as many puppies as possible even if they do not have the space for them. As discussed earlier, they do not care about their living conditions; they just want their money.

The number of dogs in the streets has risen these past few years and it’s only going to rise even more. Not only does this harm the dog themselves, it puts a burden on humans too. The dogs can attack people and they can often bring destruction to a neighborhood. Puppy mills are often unsanitary and are too cramped for the dogs. They force the female dogs to give birth, even at poor conditions. They puppies get ill

BSL stands for Breed Specific Legislation. BSL is a law that bans OR restricts certain types of dogs (based on their appearance), usually because they are perceived as “dangerous” breeds or types of dogs.

legislation is more likely to be accepted than new laws that ban certain breeds. If

Finally, abolishing dog breed-specific laws would improve and even save the lives of those dogs that are not being taken care of properly.

In a perfect world there would be no need to create legislation to control dogs, because all dogs would be perfectly trained and would never attack humans. However, we do not live in a perfect world, we live in a world where dogs do attack and do cause harm. We do have legislation that has been passed to try and control certain breeds of dog called Breed Specific Legislation (BSL). It has proven to be a kind of murky area for most people, as those against it believe that targeting certain breeds does not help control the fact that dogs of all breeds have the ability to attack and/or bite. While they are not against finding a way to gain control over these attacks, they are against the idea that just a couple of breeds should be singled out for the legislation’s use. I feel that Breed Specific Legislation (BSL) should not be the only plan we have in place to help keep dogs from attacking. There have been studies done that show that Breed Specific Legislation does not work as well as originally thought. I propose a plan that I feel would help bring about a bigger change than breed specific legislation, because it includes all breeds of dog not just certain breeds. I propose that we instill a process that all people who want to adopt or own any breed of dog must go through. This plan includes different classes, testing, and training of both the dog and owner as well as yearly checkups.

Still, a lot more are being euthanized. The industry has endured bashing from the animal rights groups that claim commercial dog racing is cruel and that many retired and slow dogs are wantonly destroyed (Mitch Stacy, 2007). Ideally, all dogs should be adopted instead of being euthanized. However, if all dogs were to be adopted as suggested by the animal rights group, the numbers would just be too many and it’s unrealistic. Apart from those that are being adopted or euthanized, a number of dogs have been gone ‘missing’ from the industry every year. Animal rights group believe that these dogs were being mistreated and killed inhumanely. To prevent this from happening, the new technology provides more accurate ways to identify dogs. Dogs are now implanted with microchip for identification. Through scanning the unique code by a reader, data including the dog’s health history, weight, breed, owner etc could all be seen clearly. This is much more reliable than the old system of using ear brands, which is far more difficult to read, and could stop any attempts to modify the dog’s weight, ability and identity, thus ensuring that they are not being mistreated (Dr John F Newell, 2006).

Aziz, T., & Stein, J. (2011). Animal testing: TV or not TV? Two views on whether scientists

Caring for and about the dogs will be top concern in finding a solution. Calming dogs should be the first thing to happen before any evaluation of their character to prevent dogs being labeled “aggressive”, “nervous”, “not good with children” all because of how they react in the shelter when they first arrive. Shelters like Richmond SPCA have turned a negative experience to a positive for both parties. Breaking the stereotype opened new doors for the potential of adoption of these animals. The benefits for these dogs coming to a no-kill is that they will be able to live the rest of their lives in

In the eighteenth century, relations amongst food and the state grew stronger, ranging from farmer wages to the amount of food that is produced. However, Anne Hardy’s article, Pioneers in the Victorian provinces: veterinarians, public health, and the urban animal economy speaks about the increased attention to public health in the United Kingdom bolstered the relationship between food and the state. The emergence of the veterinarians, several acts being passed regarding public health, and studies that showed correlations between human diseases with animal diseases, all turned food into a vital part of the state.

With the horrific thought of dogs being trained to fight and kill,the two top agencies, the ASPCA and the Humane Society, are doing what the can to try to make society aware of the cruelty of dog fighting. There are also the local law enforcement agencies that are doing everything that they can to stop this cruelty to animals by arresting the people that they can catch illegally fighting dogs. To do away with street dog