Persuasive Speech

Everybody has a life and every life has a story – you can save a life and share the story by adopting an animal. When one thinks of an animal shelter, they would conclude that those animals there were most likely abused, abandoned and are now aggressive to humans. However, that is not the case. By adopting, you will be in fact saving not one but two lives; the life of the animal you are adopting and the life of another animal. Animal shelters are overcrowded, so when an animal is adopted, there will be room for the shelter to take in another animal. Adopting a pet from a shelter will give you the satisfaction of knowing that you have saved a life and done a good deed. I believe that you do not have to go to a pet store or a breeder to find the animal that you want. If you go to an animal shelter or a reputable rescue, even if it is just to look, keep an open mind because the right animal just might pick you.
There are many misconceptions about the quality of animals found in shelters and rescues. The stigma that their animals are "damaged goods." This might be the case occasionally this is not reality. For almost 3 years now I volunteer at the animal shelter in Copperas Cove, although the animals at first seem like “damaged goods” in actuality 9 out of 10 times the animal is just scared, confused, and lonely. In CCAS last year alone they impounded a little over 2000 domestic animals, over 50% of these animals impounded were dogs. Of those animals impounded - 366 went to rescues, and were only able to adopt only 464 out; sadly, they had to euthanize over 800 animals. CCAS impounded almost 600 more animals in 2012 than in 2011. What I find the hardest to believe is that from the total animals impounded at the CCAS in 2012 is the fact that almost 400 animals were from owner turn in, and the rest were just roaming the streets.
This leads to another misconception about shelters and rescues is that animals are in shelters because they did not make good pets. In