Why People Need To Be Educated On The ASPCA
Britney Zarcone
Composition II
Holly Maloney
19 April 2015
Why People Need to be Educated on the ASPCA The American Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a great organization that everyone should be educated on. This organization gives us the knowledge and assistance about how we need to treat animals with respect and what to do in certain circumstances so that humans and animals can live together in harmony. If more people were educated properly o how to treat animals, then there would be fewer animals left neglected and in shelters.
Looking at the development, the guiding principles and the services of the ASPCA, and their main three areas of services are; Community Outreach, Animal Health Services and Anti-Cruelty …show more content…
Initiatives. Community Outreach focuses on providing positive outcomes for animals at risk, and includes their own shelter services at the main center in New York City. Community Outreach team members include seasoned animal welfare professionals, veterinarians, animal behaviorists, dog trainers, animal care technicians, adoption specialists, and humane educators. There are programs that fall under the Community Outreach umbrella, including ASPCA Onyx and Breezy Shefts Adoption Center, Community Initiatives, Pro Learning, Shelter Research and Development, and Grants. The ASPCA’s Onyx and Breezy Shefts Adoption Center places nearly 3,000 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens into loving homes each and every year. More than 300 cats and dogs are housed in accommodations designed for their health and well-being. The shelter runs several programs to provide enhanced enrichment for the animals, including a volunteer program and obedience classes for shelter dogs and organized dog play sessions. The Community Initiatives teams covers the United States with a cadre of skilled and experienced professionals from a variety of animal welfare backgrounds. The teams’ focus centers on the ASPCA Partnership program, and it also provides support to animal welfare organizations across the country, concentrating on shelter outreach, animal relocation, shelter development, and the ASPCA Equine Fund. The ASPCA Pro Learning team maintains APSCApro.org and offers various e-learning opportunities to animal welfare professionals on topics such as fundraising, shelter animal health, highly and life-saving shelter operations, and adoption models. This team also developed and runs the ASPCA Rachel Ray $100K Challenge, which also raises money for animals. The ASPCA Shelter Research and Development Department studies and identifies data patterns to provide the tools for animal shelters and their communities to save more dogs and cats.
The department focuses on the measurement of programming and processes, as well as the development of news and innovative programs and processes. The Shelter Research and Development team continues to support, measure, and advance two of the ASPCA’s innovative shelter programs. The ASPCA provides animal welfare grants to organizations across the country, which helps them to respond quickly to emergencies with financial assistance where it is needed most, and to carefully match resources with needs across the country. The ASPCA is the nation’s second-largest animal welfare grant maker, providing support to United States based nonprofit animal welfare organizations through cash grants, sponsorships, executive and technical assistance, and training. Grants are available for a wide range of activities that further the ASPCA’s mission. Animal Health Services provide a wide variety of resources for pet parents. The programs under the Animal Health Services include, Animal Poison Control Center, ASPCA Animal Hospital, ASPCA in Los Angeles, California, and Spay/ Neuter Operations in New York …show more content…
City. Located at the ASPCA 's Midwest Office in Urbana, IL, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) is the only 24-hour, 365-day facility of its kind in the United States. Staffed by 30 licensed veterinarians, 15 of them are board certified in general and/or veterinary toxicology. The APCC provides pet owners and veterinarians with live, on-call assistance related to toxic chemicals and dangerous plants, products and substances. Each year, the Center answers 200,000 calls and manages 130,000 cases. The ASPCA Animal Hospital is a full-service veterinary facility providing quality medical care to animals who are victims of cruelty, shelter animals in need of advanced care, animals with post-operative complications from the Mobile Clinics, and pets in New York City, including those “at risk” for cruelty or neglect due to economic disadvantage. The ASPCA provides training externships to veterinary students and veterinary technicians and hosts the only veterinary internship program that includes rotations through shelter medicine, humane law enforcement and animal behavior. In 2014, the ASPCA opened their first stationary spay/neuter clinic in the City of Los Angeles. One of their goals is to reach animals most at risk of cruelty, neglect, shelter intake, and euthanasia at the source, in the heart of the city 's local communities. Our newest clinic provides funded spay/neuter services to at-risk animals in South Los Angeles. ASPCA Spay/Neuter Clinics help end the euthanasia of adoptable dogs and cats in New York City 's five boroughs by operating five state-of-the-art surgical mobile units seven days a week. Recognizing pet overpopulation often arises in neighborhoods with limited access to, and knowledge of, veterinary care, the Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinics bring these services directly to more than 120 communities. In May 2011, the ASPCA took another progressive step toward ending pet homelessness with the opening of a dedicated spay/neuter clinic in New York City for animals managed by rescuers and humane organizations. The Anti-Cruelty Group is the branch of the ASPCA that prevents and stops animal cruelty through professional education, enforcement of New York City’s anti-cruelty laws, and by lobbying for stronger humane legislation worldwide. The programs that fall under the Anti-Cruelty Group include, Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team, Cruelty Intervention Advocacy Program, Field Investigations and Response, ASPCA Forensic Services, Legal Advocacy, and Strategy and Campaigns. The Anti-Cruelty Group includes animal behaviorists who specialize in helping animals involved in serious crimes. The ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team works with both the victims of animal cruelty cases and the animal perpetrators of serious attacks against people. The ASPCA Cruelty Intervention Advocacy Program works in three main areas: animal hoarding, emergency veterinary care for underserved communities, and resources for domestic violence survivors. Referrals are made for pet owners with mental health, financial, or structural barriers that prevent them from providing necessary care to their pets. The ASPCA’s Field Investigations and Response Team (FIR) was created to assist with the rescue of animal victims of both natural and man-made disasters. FIR is commonly called upon by state and municipal governments and other animal welfare partners to lend expertise during large-scale animal rescue operations. The ASPCA”s Animal Forensic Sciences Team works alongside their rescuers and various agents to collect and analyze evidence that local, state, and federal law enforcement may use to clinch cruelty convictions. The Legal Advocacy department provides expert legal assistance to better assure convictions in animal cruelty cases nationwide. The department provides second legal support through the coordination of legal and other expert services vital to the effective handling of animal cruelty prosecutions. It also conducts selective, affirmative civil litigation in cases with the potential to effect substantial change in animal protection laws nationwide. The Anti-Cruelty Strategy and Campaigns department works to help guide the diverse efforts of the other ACG departments. The department employs a holistic approach aimed at affecting systemic change in preventing cruelty to animals. The Campaigns team activates several traditional, social campaign tactics, including enhanced enforcement, legislative change, social awareness, communications, and consumer behavior with a focus on farm animal welfare and puppy mills. These programs are very important in helping to educate the public with the well-being and care for animals. If everyone, whether they have a pet or not, would educate themselves on the proper care for animals there would be much less animal neglect, abuse, and overpopulation. Overpopulation is another very big issue with animals. If people were educated on the issue by one of the above mentioned groups, there would not be overpopulation in the animal shelters and animal hospitals. Not everyone knows that their pets should be spayed or neutered, and there is one group in particular that focuses solely on that issue. Overpopulation of animals is a bigger issue than it seems. The overpopulation of animals leads to too many animals and not enough places to house them, leaving them to be stray animals, and not being fed or properly cared for. Moving on to the complete opposite of overpopulation of animals in animal shelters and hospitals would be the issue of people hoarding animals. It may sound strange because typically people are known to hoard household items, but animal hoarding is becoming very widespread as well. People may think that they are “helping” these animals by keeping so many of them, but in reality they are hurting them. One person can only care for so many animals and should only have so many in their home before it can become a problem. Animals need attention, just as people do. A person can only provide so much attention to so many animals at one time. This will leave a number of the hoarded animals neglected simply because they are not receiving the proper amount of attention that they require. People would not hoard animals if they were more aware of the consequences and were educated through the ASPCA. The ASPCA can only help out as much as the people will help them.
They are a self-supporting non-profit organization, so they require help from the pet owners or anyone who is willing to donate to help out. The ASPCA relies solely on donations and money raised through fundraisers. Donating to the organization is the only way that they can keep providing these programs, hospitals, and shelters for animals. Donating and supporting the ASPCA can potentially save animals lives. There are a lot of companies that have partnered up with the ASPCA to raise money. A few of these companies include Swiffer, Febreeze, and Hartville Pet Insurance Group. These companies basically advertise through their products to raise money to donate to the ASPCA. The ASPCA partnering with these large groups is a great way for them to raise money to fund the things that they should need to help these animals. Not only is the ASPCA there to help provide education to the pet owners and people, but they are also there to enforce laws when it comes to animals. The ASPCA plays a very important role in protecting animals with the assistance of the police departments. They deal with cases ranging from neglect or abuse to dog fighting. Without the ASPCA there would be so many more abused and neglected animals in the
world. In conclusion, there is no reason for someone to not be educated on how to treat animals with the humane treatment that they deserve. These programs are free and if you are going to own a pet or even think of owning a pet, then it should be mandatory that you are educated beforehand. Even if you do not own a pet you should be educated, because pets are human beings just like everyone else and they deserve to be treated humanely as well.
Works Cited
"ASPCA." ASPCA. 1 Jan. 2015. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://www.aspca.org/>.
"ASPCA Dispels Common Misconceptions Related To Poisons." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 230.5 (2007): 643. Academic Search Elite. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.
"ASPCA Supports High-Volume Spay/Neuter Program." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 231.6 (2007): 844. Academic Search Elite. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.
Curnutt, Jordan. "Animal Legal Defense Fund." Animals and the Law: A Sourcebook. Santa Barbara: In Contemporary Legal Issues, 2001. 530. Print.
Lane, Marion, and Stephen Zawistowski. Heritage of Care: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Westport: Greenwood Group, 2008. 101-147. Print.
Composition II
Holly Maloney
19 April 2015
Why People Need to be Educated on the ASPCA The American Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) is a great organization that everyone should be educated on. This organization gives us the knowledge and assistance about how we need to treat animals with respect and what to do in certain circumstances so that humans and animals can live together in harmony. If more people were educated properly o how to treat animals, then there would be fewer animals left neglected and in shelters.
Looking at the development, the guiding principles and the services of the ASPCA, and their main three areas of services are; Community Outreach, Animal Health Services and Anti-Cruelty …show more content…
Initiatives. Community Outreach focuses on providing positive outcomes for animals at risk, and includes their own shelter services at the main center in New York City. Community Outreach team members include seasoned animal welfare professionals, veterinarians, animal behaviorists, dog trainers, animal care technicians, adoption specialists, and humane educators. There are programs that fall under the Community Outreach umbrella, including ASPCA Onyx and Breezy Shefts Adoption Center, Community Initiatives, Pro Learning, Shelter Research and Development, and Grants. The ASPCA’s Onyx and Breezy Shefts Adoption Center places nearly 3,000 dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens into loving homes each and every year. More than 300 cats and dogs are housed in accommodations designed for their health and well-being. The shelter runs several programs to provide enhanced enrichment for the animals, including a volunteer program and obedience classes for shelter dogs and organized dog play sessions. The Community Initiatives teams covers the United States with a cadre of skilled and experienced professionals from a variety of animal welfare backgrounds. The teams’ focus centers on the ASPCA Partnership program, and it also provides support to animal welfare organizations across the country, concentrating on shelter outreach, animal relocation, shelter development, and the ASPCA Equine Fund. The ASPCA Pro Learning team maintains APSCApro.org and offers various e-learning opportunities to animal welfare professionals on topics such as fundraising, shelter animal health, highly and life-saving shelter operations, and adoption models. This team also developed and runs the ASPCA Rachel Ray $100K Challenge, which also raises money for animals. The ASPCA Shelter Research and Development Department studies and identifies data patterns to provide the tools for animal shelters and their communities to save more dogs and cats.
The department focuses on the measurement of programming and processes, as well as the development of news and innovative programs and processes. The Shelter Research and Development team continues to support, measure, and advance two of the ASPCA’s innovative shelter programs. The ASPCA provides animal welfare grants to organizations across the country, which helps them to respond quickly to emergencies with financial assistance where it is needed most, and to carefully match resources with needs across the country. The ASPCA is the nation’s second-largest animal welfare grant maker, providing support to United States based nonprofit animal welfare organizations through cash grants, sponsorships, executive and technical assistance, and training. Grants are available for a wide range of activities that further the ASPCA’s mission. Animal Health Services provide a wide variety of resources for pet parents. The programs under the Animal Health Services include, Animal Poison Control Center, ASPCA Animal Hospital, ASPCA in Los Angeles, California, and Spay/ Neuter Operations in New York …show more content…
City. Located at the ASPCA 's Midwest Office in Urbana, IL, the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center (APCC) is the only 24-hour, 365-day facility of its kind in the United States. Staffed by 30 licensed veterinarians, 15 of them are board certified in general and/or veterinary toxicology. The APCC provides pet owners and veterinarians with live, on-call assistance related to toxic chemicals and dangerous plants, products and substances. Each year, the Center answers 200,000 calls and manages 130,000 cases. The ASPCA Animal Hospital is a full-service veterinary facility providing quality medical care to animals who are victims of cruelty, shelter animals in need of advanced care, animals with post-operative complications from the Mobile Clinics, and pets in New York City, including those “at risk” for cruelty or neglect due to economic disadvantage. The ASPCA provides training externships to veterinary students and veterinary technicians and hosts the only veterinary internship program that includes rotations through shelter medicine, humane law enforcement and animal behavior. In 2014, the ASPCA opened their first stationary spay/neuter clinic in the City of Los Angeles. One of their goals is to reach animals most at risk of cruelty, neglect, shelter intake, and euthanasia at the source, in the heart of the city 's local communities. Our newest clinic provides funded spay/neuter services to at-risk animals in South Los Angeles. ASPCA Spay/Neuter Clinics help end the euthanasia of adoptable dogs and cats in New York City 's five boroughs by operating five state-of-the-art surgical mobile units seven days a week. Recognizing pet overpopulation often arises in neighborhoods with limited access to, and knowledge of, veterinary care, the Mobile Spay/Neuter Clinics bring these services directly to more than 120 communities. In May 2011, the ASPCA took another progressive step toward ending pet homelessness with the opening of a dedicated spay/neuter clinic in New York City for animals managed by rescuers and humane organizations. The Anti-Cruelty Group is the branch of the ASPCA that prevents and stops animal cruelty through professional education, enforcement of New York City’s anti-cruelty laws, and by lobbying for stronger humane legislation worldwide. The programs that fall under the Anti-Cruelty Group include, Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team, Cruelty Intervention Advocacy Program, Field Investigations and Response, ASPCA Forensic Services, Legal Advocacy, and Strategy and Campaigns. The Anti-Cruelty Group includes animal behaviorists who specialize in helping animals involved in serious crimes. The ASPCA Anti-Cruelty Behavior Team works with both the victims of animal cruelty cases and the animal perpetrators of serious attacks against people. The ASPCA Cruelty Intervention Advocacy Program works in three main areas: animal hoarding, emergency veterinary care for underserved communities, and resources for domestic violence survivors. Referrals are made for pet owners with mental health, financial, or structural barriers that prevent them from providing necessary care to their pets. The ASPCA’s Field Investigations and Response Team (FIR) was created to assist with the rescue of animal victims of both natural and man-made disasters. FIR is commonly called upon by state and municipal governments and other animal welfare partners to lend expertise during large-scale animal rescue operations. The ASPCA”s Animal Forensic Sciences Team works alongside their rescuers and various agents to collect and analyze evidence that local, state, and federal law enforcement may use to clinch cruelty convictions. The Legal Advocacy department provides expert legal assistance to better assure convictions in animal cruelty cases nationwide. The department provides second legal support through the coordination of legal and other expert services vital to the effective handling of animal cruelty prosecutions. It also conducts selective, affirmative civil litigation in cases with the potential to effect substantial change in animal protection laws nationwide. The Anti-Cruelty Strategy and Campaigns department works to help guide the diverse efforts of the other ACG departments. The department employs a holistic approach aimed at affecting systemic change in preventing cruelty to animals. The Campaigns team activates several traditional, social campaign tactics, including enhanced enforcement, legislative change, social awareness, communications, and consumer behavior with a focus on farm animal welfare and puppy mills. These programs are very important in helping to educate the public with the well-being and care for animals. If everyone, whether they have a pet or not, would educate themselves on the proper care for animals there would be much less animal neglect, abuse, and overpopulation. Overpopulation is another very big issue with animals. If people were educated on the issue by one of the above mentioned groups, there would not be overpopulation in the animal shelters and animal hospitals. Not everyone knows that their pets should be spayed or neutered, and there is one group in particular that focuses solely on that issue. Overpopulation of animals is a bigger issue than it seems. The overpopulation of animals leads to too many animals and not enough places to house them, leaving them to be stray animals, and not being fed or properly cared for. Moving on to the complete opposite of overpopulation of animals in animal shelters and hospitals would be the issue of people hoarding animals. It may sound strange because typically people are known to hoard household items, but animal hoarding is becoming very widespread as well. People may think that they are “helping” these animals by keeping so many of them, but in reality they are hurting them. One person can only care for so many animals and should only have so many in their home before it can become a problem. Animals need attention, just as people do. A person can only provide so much attention to so many animals at one time. This will leave a number of the hoarded animals neglected simply because they are not receiving the proper amount of attention that they require. People would not hoard animals if they were more aware of the consequences and were educated through the ASPCA. The ASPCA can only help out as much as the people will help them.
They are a self-supporting non-profit organization, so they require help from the pet owners or anyone who is willing to donate to help out. The ASPCA relies solely on donations and money raised through fundraisers. Donating to the organization is the only way that they can keep providing these programs, hospitals, and shelters for animals. Donating and supporting the ASPCA can potentially save animals lives. There are a lot of companies that have partnered up with the ASPCA to raise money. A few of these companies include Swiffer, Febreeze, and Hartville Pet Insurance Group. These companies basically advertise through their products to raise money to donate to the ASPCA. The ASPCA partnering with these large groups is a great way for them to raise money to fund the things that they should need to help these animals. Not only is the ASPCA there to help provide education to the pet owners and people, but they are also there to enforce laws when it comes to animals. The ASPCA plays a very important role in protecting animals with the assistance of the police departments. They deal with cases ranging from neglect or abuse to dog fighting. Without the ASPCA there would be so many more abused and neglected animals in the
world. In conclusion, there is no reason for someone to not be educated on how to treat animals with the humane treatment that they deserve. These programs are free and if you are going to own a pet or even think of owning a pet, then it should be mandatory that you are educated beforehand. Even if you do not own a pet you should be educated, because pets are human beings just like everyone else and they deserve to be treated humanely as well.
Works Cited
"ASPCA." ASPCA. 1 Jan. 2015. Web. 23 Mar. 2015. <http://www.aspca.org/>.
"ASPCA Dispels Common Misconceptions Related To Poisons." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 230.5 (2007): 643. Academic Search Elite. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.
"ASPCA Supports High-Volume Spay/Neuter Program." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 231.6 (2007): 844. Academic Search Elite. Web. 22 Mar. 2015.
Curnutt, Jordan. "Animal Legal Defense Fund." Animals and the Law: A Sourcebook. Santa Barbara: In Contemporary Legal Issues, 2001. 530. Print.
Lane, Marion, and Stephen Zawistowski. Heritage of Care: The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Westport: Greenwood Group, 2008. 101-147. Print.