Willamette Humane Society Spay Neuter Clinic produced a video for the general public to explain how the use of spaying and neutering animals can reduce the overpopulation of strays and reduce the number of humane euthanasia performed. United States of American has done their best to reduce the overpopulation of cats and dogs by teaming humane societies and clinics together, adoption of animals was conditional to spay and neuter of the animal. Through my own experience, volunteering with humane societies, the change in the behavior after spaying and neutering these undomesticated animals has meant a future for them and fewer animals are left wandering the streets and fewer animals returned to shelters as future population is decreased. Many…
This charity saves lives by showing their patients, either dog or human, that they are still loved no matter how lonely. Nonprofit charities are groups of devoted people and generous donators working together for the same cause. The Freedom Service Dogs of America is a foundation full of great people willing to donate their time for an amazing charitable body. Founded in 1987 by Michael and PJ Roche, the brothers strive for redemption of abandoned dogs and help for disabled people. Michael and PJ's idea was to rescue dogs and professionally train them for disabled people to make both the dog and person less lonely. Their charity saves about one-hundred dogs a year and have graduated three-hundred and fifty clients with their newly trained dogs. Freedom Service Dogs of America is an outstanding charity which Veterans Memorial Middle School should donate their earrings to because the foundation donates a hundred percent of their donations to their charity, enhance the life of their clients and provide lifetime support for suffering dogs.…
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.…
All the while, millions of animals are being euthanized every year, due to pet’s owners turning them out on the streets or being surrendered to the shelters. According to Kenny (2012), “As of 2011, it is estimated that there are over seventy-eight million dogs in the United States, only twenty-one percent of these pets were adopted from animal shelters. Six to eight million dogs and cats enter shelters across the country each year and three to four million of these animals are¬¬¬ euthanized in the shelter system.” (Kenny, 2012). According to the ASPCA (2017), Approximately 7.6 million companion animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those, approximately 3.9 million are dogs and 3.4 million are…
I'm an author, and animal rights supporter. I have written a novella titled 'Forgotten, The Saga of America's Abused and Unwanted animals!' It's a heartbreaking book, that's dear to my heart as the owner of two adopted shelter dogs. I came across one of your pictures it was titled: a dog, on his way to be put down ( if I remember correctly. My heart broke into a million pictures! He or she looks just like my adopted shelter dog, Isis.…
The American Pet Products Association states that 56 million American households own a dog. That’s half of all homes in the United States. Half of us know the affection and companionship of a dog. Half of us may even consider our dogs as a part of the family, and half of us would understand the pain of losing one of our pets. Laws are now being passed that are banning certain dogs from cities, counties, states, and even entire countries. It’s called Breed Specific Legislation, or BSL for short, and its sole purpose is to remove and euthanize dogs from American homes that are considered dangerous. BSL does not work, and should not be considered because breed identification methods are flawed, no dog breed is truly more dangerous than another, and the cost to enforce breed specific legislation is high.…
The problem is gang members, drug dealers and dog fighters have been known to train these animals because it often has been claimed that the pit-bull and other “fighting” breeds are especially dangerous because of human breeding selection for physical and “temperamental” traits functional in pit fighting (Budiansky, 2001). . The media spotlights these incidents altering the perception of people whose only exposure to these animals is seeing them in connection with criminals. To these people outlawing so called “dangerous breeds” may sound like a logical solution. However, responsible dog owners are having their homes invaded and being forced to watch a beloved family member being taken away to be “destroyed”. Not because the dog had bitten someone or it was being used in illegal activity, but because it has been labeled dangerous for no other reason than being a pit-bull. Cities, counties and states all across the nation are enacting these pit-bull bans in reaction to highly publicized criminal activity involving these animals. Can you imagine enacting a ban on Pomeranians because a criminal was the owner of one?…
As you may know, Grand Forks is facing a unique challenge these days. It is home to the most stray dogs and cats in the nation per capita. Currently, there are not enough animal shelters in the city to host or feed these animals. Each year, hundreds of dogs and cats die in Grand Forks alone due to freezing and starvation.…
Every year hundreds of people within various communities are bitten by dogs. Some are bitten by wild dogs, while others are bit by domestic dogs. Each and every dog has the capability to bite a human but it appears that only one breed is being punished for it, pit bulls. The issue about the community supporting the council in prohibiting unregistered dogs for a safer community has been prominent in the media in recent years since poor Ayen Chol was brutally attacked. In the feature article ‘owners dump dangerous dogs to avoid penalties" published in the Herald sun, on the 07/09/11, by Grant McArthur and Alex White contends that pitbull are dangerous animals. In an outraged tone, the article targets pitbull owners, imposing the ideology that they should take more responsibility of their obligations.…
“And very little is known about these free-ranging, village dogs.” His team rectified that by collecting blood samples from 549 village dogs in 38 countries across 6 continents. “I did my Ph.D. work with tropical butterflies; by comparison, working with dogs is fantastic,” he adds. “You don’t need to hunt them down with a net. You show up, you have food, there are dogs.” (http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/genetic-study-writes-yet-another-origin-story-for-dogs/411196/) Dogs have always been considered “Mans Best Friend.” However that title has barely lived up to it’s name when there are still dogs all around the world that get abused and murdered by their owners. Dogs who get dropped off in the middle of nowhere because their owners just can’t keep up with them anymore. Dogs who are euthanized because they’ve been in the pound so long and there is no hope for them to ever be rescued, may that be because of old age or even a history of biting people. Dogs are not born monsters, humans created the idea. Dogs may hurt you because of their past experiences with lousy…
Thomas Sugrue, author of The Origins of the Urban Crisis, said that Detroit’s comeback depends on whether the city can improve the lives of working class African Americans and I couldn’t agree more. With the gentrification of downtown and midtown Detroit showing many recent successes for those in its realm, it still isn’t providing benefits for the majority of its surrounding residents which are predominately African American. In the neighborhoods outside the downtown area, the physical environments are still deteriorating with high unemployment rates and widespread poverty. There is little evidence that…
During a crisis of pet overpopulation, it right to kill animals simply because they are not wanted? Or is it ever right thing to do? The United States is faced with the problem of what should be done with the excess of stray animals. This is a complex thing to solve, but that doesn’t mean killing the animals for space is right. Stray dogs and cats have just as much right to a good home as pets that already have owners. No-Kill shelters are beneficial, they provide a safe, pet-friendly environment that would help solve the problems of pet homelessness and overpopulations, as a result of spay and neuter being provided as well.…
Only now have people even considered this issue in Ste. Genevieve, when this should have been thought of the entire time. “A study published in 2010 showed there were 4 times as many dog bite-related visits and 3 times as many hospital stays in rural areas than in urban areas” (Holquist 1). Recently, however, an attack occurred this past summer in Ste. Genevieve, which only now awakened precaution. The town has been having problems with all dog owners, but especially pit bull owners, in regards to keeping them contained. While it is common knowledge that keeping one’s dog contained whether it be on a leash or on the owner's property is the law, many do not abide by this law because they believe that their dog would never harm anyone. While the town considered adopting a sort of BSL law, they decided to keep the laws as they are even though it has been prove to be ineffective. People forget that when dealing with legislation regarding dogs or animals that it is a very sensitive subject and people have immense emotional attachments with their pets. THis makes it more difficult for these laws to be…
Jackson, Russ. "The Detroit Race Riot of 1943." The University of Chicago Law Review 10.4…
The Treaty of Versailles was not the main cause of World War II; although, it did hasten the conflict. This is a result of the provisions caused by German expansion, economic downfall and hyperinflation and the vulnerability of the German people that later led to Hitler and the Fascist party being…