According to the ASPCA‚ approximately 7.6 million animals enter animal shelters nationwide every year. Of those 7.6 million animals‚ 2.7 million of them are euthanized (“Pet Statistics”). When one goes about adopting an animal‚ animals are given a second chance at a healthy‚ happy‚ new home. A vast majority of the population‚ will avoid the risk of owning an animal with possible health and psychological issues. Without knowledge of the animals’ history‚ adoption should be a better way to go about
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and pursuit of happiness? Animals for instance have been a subject of discussion when it comes to rights due to obvious differences in character and species. But when we glance at what lies beneath our rights as human beings and compare them to animals‚ we may find that we’re not much different. In time‚ animals have been stripped of their rights and used to benefit human life through the process of animal experimentation or‚ animal testing. Around 20 million animals are subjected to this type
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shelter in New York City. The fact is that the winter is very brutal on animals. A lot of animals that are out in the cold do not survive. Therefore‚ there is a growing need for animal shelters to help animals survive the winter weather. Ross Abelow’s goal is to raise $5‚000 to care for the homeless animals at the animal shelters. The GoFundMe Campaign The GoFundMe Campaign should provide the needed money to keep the animal shelters going strong through the winter and the rest of the year. Certainly
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Topic: Animal Experimentation More than 100 million animals are poisoned‚ burned‚ crippled and abused in other ways in U.S labs each year. None of the experiments which are performed are illegal‚ no matter how cruel it is. Even when alternatives besides animals are available‚ the law doesn’t require that they should be used. 92 percent of animals of experimental drugs that are safe and effective in animals fail in human trials because they don’t work or are too dangerous. Most of the animals used
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Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) is a type of therapy that includes animals as a form of treatment. AAT main goal is to improve the patients emotional‚ social‚ and cognitive functioning. AAT is especially helpful in reducing the symptoms of psychological disorder‚ but most of the effects only last for a short period of time. Animal Assisted Therapy is used for many purposes in many different places such as prisons‚ nursing home‚ and mental institutions. There are a lot of animal options depending on
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Massachusetts‚ Connecticut‚ Iowa‚ Vermont‚ New Hampshire‚ and Washington) including the District of Columbia. However‚ thirty-one states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage and six states have laws banning gay marriage. There are many arguments surrounding this controversy that express extremely different opinions regarding supposed outcomes and benefits that would come along with legalizing gay marriage. Opponents argue that legalizing gay marriage will only whither traditional marriage
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many more other animals are being used for animal testing. These animals are forced to be in labs and are locked up in cages until they die of the drugs that are inserted inside their bodies. Once the researchers say the drugs are safe humans are taking a risk to be severely ill‚ hospitalize‚ or even die. Animal testing for medicine is harmful to both humans and animals because the side effects that occur in the animals are different for humans and the drugs that work on animals fail for humans.
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Animal Testing Using Animals for testing is wrong and should be banned. They should be entitled to the rights we have. Every day humans are using defenseless animals for cruel and most often useless tests. The animals cannot fight for themselves therefore we must. There should be stronger laws to protect them from laboratory experiments. Although private companies run most labs‚ experiments are often conducted by public organizations. The U.S. government‚ the Army and Air Force in particular
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September 2014 Animal Cruelty Did you know that 50% of animal fur comes from China‚ where there are no animal cruelty laws. Animal cruelty is a world-wide problem that existed for thousands of years‚ there are two types of cruelty; unintentional and intentional‚ either way is act of crime and non excusable. Although many people don’t view animal cruelty as a crime‚ imagine yourself in their place and see how much you like it. This topic is important to me because I am a animal lover who is very
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people today‚ animals are seen as nothing more than a childhood pet‚ a mere source of education‚ or even a useless annoyance. To other people‚ animals are beautiful‚ exquisite creatures that should be protected and cherished. Recently‚ many animal rights activists have turned their focus to animal experimentation‚ which has become one of today’s largest controversies. The Animal Welfare Act is the federal law that governs the humane care‚ handling‚ treatment and transportation of some animals in certain
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