In my opinion, animal abuse is a disaster that needs to be stopped. Animal abuse has happened all over the United States and other parts of the world. Every year 6 to 8 million cats and dogs enter shelters and 3 to 4 million are killed. More than 30 million different animals are killed for fur each year and every second 1,680 animals are killed for food. Abuse is when animals are beat, suffer from malnutrition or neglected.
Friday, December 16, 2011
Friday, December 2, 2011
Neglect Isn't Right

As you probably know, animal beating is when a human physically attacks an animal for barking, biting or chewing something. People think that hitting the animal will teach them. It doesn't. The animal will just become afraid of humans or start attacking them. Malnutrition is when the animal doesn't get enough food and becomes very skinny and not healthy. The animal could start eating things that it shouldn't and could get very sick from it. Neglect can be starvation/dehydration, not being sheltered properly according to weather conditions, not getting proper medical treatment or allowing the collar to grow into the animal's neck. Neglect is very painful to the animal and is when the owner simply doesn't care.
Animal Abuse is Not a Game

Animals are not meant to be beat or to suffer either. They are here to love us and to be a "loyal friend". Animals can be fun and loveable if you know how to treat them right. Animals that are rescued from being abused can be up for adoption. This will make the animals feel loved and spoiled. Abuse and neglect are preventable so please, if you suspect abuse please notify your local Animal Human Services. If you don't know that number call your local police office or 911, don't try to handle the situation yourself. Help make animals happier and help stop animal abuse.
Forms of Abuse

There are different forms of abuse such as, animal fights, hoarding, poisoning, shooting and bestiality. Animal fighting is when animals are trained to fight each other in a bloody battle and people place bets on which animal will win. Winning usually means that the animal will be brutally injured or dead at the end of the fight. Animal fighting is illegal and can have some gambling or drug dealing at the "event". Hoarding animals is when people have many animals such as over 25 living in their house. They usually "mean well" but it gets out of hand. Getting out of hand for hoarding is when the animals suffer from malnutrition, don't get veterinary attention (which can result in breeding) and the house becomes filthy and not healthy for anyone or anything to live in. Poisonings and Shootings are most common. Poisoning is when animals are unsupervised and get into some kind of poison such as mouse poison or house hold cleaners. If this happens you should get medical treatment fast. Shooting is when an animal is unsupervised outside and my roam somewhere it is unwanted and someone could shoot him/her. The best way to prevent shootings is to supervise the time the animal is left outside. All of these can be avoided if you take proper precautions.