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    and happy smiles during the annual Clear the Shelters event Saturday at the Arlington Animal Services Center. From Las Angeles to Philadelphia to Arlington, Texas, with support from NBC Owned Television Stations and Telemundo, more than 700 shelters from across the country, including about 70 in the Metroplex, participated in the national Clear the Shelters initiative and waived their fees to help match animals with caring families. The Arlington Animal Services Center opened a little early at 9

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    adoptable dogs and cats at the animal shelter, there were still risks. As long as the dogs and cats had no history of aggression, they were put up for adoption, and I was allowed to work with them unsupervised. However, just because an animal has not displayed aggression in the past does not mean that they will not in the future. Animals were brought into the animal shelter on a daily basis. When being introduced to a new environment and new people, stress for animal is unavoidable. Stress may manifest

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    Animal shelters all across the United States are killing unadopted animals. Are you aware of this? As you have seen, on the news or social media, but Pit bulls are the number one most feared dog in the U.S. . Human’s do not understand is that Pit bulls are not born vicious, they are raised to be vicious. This is similar to a baby is not born smart, you need to raise the baby in a smart way. Overall, animals that live in an Animal Shelters, do not deserve to die because they are viewed differently

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    Euthanasia In Animal Shelters Many people often say that a dog is a man's best friend. What if you knew that over 3.1 million of a man's best friends are being murdered each year? Us as a united country need to put a stop to these deaths! We need to stand up and fight for what's right, and speak up for our best friends! Together we can put an end to the euthanization in the U.S and eventually the world! What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the words animal shelter? Do you believe

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    When I Adopted my pet from The Animal Shelter The day the day I finally adopted my pet from the animal shelter. So my mom told me to get in the car. I wonder were we are going. So we jump in the

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    Volunteering, what about it? Well every now and again an advert will appear, yes ads are overwhelming but this ad in particular is asking for volunteers to help at an animal shelter downtown. And most people would just shrug it off, but the small percentage that actually stays and listens will often find themselves at the shelter. Why? Because they want to do something with their life and benefit others! The majority of the group is obviously pet lovers, but agewise? there could be a range of 10

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    are about 70 million homeless animals living in the United States? (“12 Alarming”) The Humane societies around the world are an important part of every community that supplies homeless animals with a place to sleep and obtain food; it is also the opportunity for a new way of life. You can help make a difference in these pet’s lives by volunteering at the local Oshkosh Area Humane Society. During my freshman year of high school, my family decided to visit a pet shelter where I met my best friend and

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    have decided upon. When I begin my decision on choosing to adopt an animal from the shelter I thought

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    back in time I would go to the year 2003 because then I could see my dog get adopted at the local animal shelter in Colorado. I have heard stories about Mollie as a puppy, how she behaved, and how she reacted when she met me as a baby. I really want to know how my parents acted before they had Mollie. I only heard how they got Mollie, what happened when they got her from the local animal shelter, and how it changed their lives. One of the stories I heard from my mom was that Mollie was in the

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    Classification Essay: Animals at a Shelter Finish the sentence “Aww look at the dog it’s so...” with hyper, mean, sad, or cute. As a volunteer at the Humane Society of South East Texas, I hear this on a relatively common basis. When people come in to adopt they sometimes feel the need to classify all the animals at the shelter in four sweeping categories, the uncontrollable, overly hyper, off the wall dog, the mean, evil, only wants to bite or scratch you dog, the sad, depressed, anti-social, introverted

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