Samantha Stoltenburg's Animal Shelter Euthanasia
Most essays today discuss problems concerning people, but this one is about animals, specifically dogs in shelters. In Animal Shelter Euthanasia, authored by Samantha Stoltenburg, Stoltenburg addresses the wrong of euthanizing dogs because of overcrowding and them being unadoptable. She calls out animal shelters and the community for not doing enough to help save the poor animals' lives. Throughout her essay body, she has stationed propositions that she feels will both help dogs find welcoming homes and benefit the community.
Stoltenburg's first proposition is to establish more prison pet programs. In this program, a prisoner is given one pet were that they have to care for and train. This creates a bond where the prisoner gets a companion
and the dog gets the attention that it needs. The next plan she has is when the dogs are done with their time with the prisoners, they then can be further trained into becoming service animals for the mentally, physically, or emotionally ill. This guarantees the dog a life home. The second proposition Stoltenburg has is to train the staff and volunteers of the shelter how to properly work with the animals. This can in many ways greatly improve the first impression a adopter gets when seeing a possible pet candidate. The final one, and by far the most creative plan Stoltenburg has, is to transport different dog breeds to where they are the most scarce. This can be to either local or even out of state shelters. As stoltenburg stated, it will require communication between animal shelters.
Being an animal person, I agree with every point Stoltenburg made. I also believe it will not be easy to implement these programs, especially the transporting of animals. That will take a lot of time and planning to successfully pull of. In the end we should still try and do everything we can to decrease euthanization of helpless animals. These animals can serve a greater purpose in our community, but instead we have them locked away in shelter cells, awaiting a home that may never come.
Stoltenburg's first proposition is to establish more prison pet programs. In this program, a prisoner is given one pet were that they have to care for and train. This creates a bond where the prisoner gets a companion
and the dog gets the attention that it needs. The next plan she has is when the dogs are done with their time with the prisoners, they then can be further trained into becoming service animals for the mentally, physically, or emotionally ill. This guarantees the dog a life home. The second proposition Stoltenburg has is to train the staff and volunteers of the shelter how to properly work with the animals. This can in many ways greatly improve the first impression a adopter gets when seeing a possible pet candidate. The final one, and by far the most creative plan Stoltenburg has, is to transport different dog breeds to where they are the most scarce. This can be to either local or even out of state shelters. As stoltenburg stated, it will require communication between animal shelters.
Being an animal person, I agree with every point Stoltenburg made. I also believe it will not be easy to implement these programs, especially the transporting of animals. That will take a lot of time and planning to successfully pull of. In the end we should still try and do everything we can to decrease euthanization of helpless animals. These animals can serve a greater purpose in our community, but instead we have them locked away in shelter cells, awaiting a home that may never come.