Adopting Dogs From Shelters is Better than Shops
People who go into animal shops will fall into guilt by looking into a puppy’s eyes. Seeing how young they are and seeing how they are locked behind a kennel breaks the heart of many customers. However, when customers buy dogs and cats from shelters they aren’t actually helping the animals, they are just falling into the trap of money driven breeders. Adopting dogs from a shelter is better because the customer is saving a dog from being euthanized, animal shops are get their dogs from cruel breeding mills, and adopting dogs is less expensive.
When buying a dog some people would rather have a purebred dog or a newborn over a mutt or an adult dog. Due to this happening, there is an overpopulation
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A majority of pet shops are involved with a puppy mill business. A puppy mills “are large-scale commercial dog breeding operations where profit is placed above the well-being of animals” (A Closer Look at Puppy Mills, ASPCA). When a puppy is being placed to be bought, they are most likely the product of a puppy mill. “APPA reports that 34% of dogs are purchased from breeders, while 23% of dogs and 31% of cats are obtained from an animal shelter or humane society” (Pet Statistics, ASPCA). The goals of a puppy mill is breeding the dogs, selling and auctioning the puppies, the puppy lands in a pet shop, a customer feels guilt, and finally the dog is sold only for its spot to be filled by another puppy. “The number of dogs in a puppy mill can vary significantly, ranging from 10 to 1,000 breeding dogs” (A Closer Look at Puppy Mills, ASPCA). By stopping the process of a puppy mill, the customer is making the puppy mill business slow down and potentially cause small puppy mills to shut …show more content…
“Buying from breeders or a purebred dog cost on an average of $500 and $2000 while adopting a mutt of rescue cost on an average of $40 and $400” (The Finance Geek). Those prices are just from adopting or buying, the beginning of the process in getting a pet. When caring for a pet, the caretaker must think about the cost of food for the dog, the dog’s necessities, medical care, and etc. On average, “A large dog...will likely require an average yearly food allowance of $225…”(ASPCA Releases Updates to Estimated Costs of Pet Ownership, ASPCA). Often times an adopted dog can come with medical diseases or disabilities depending on the conditions the dog was in before. “Recurring medical expenses such as yearly exams and vaccinations range in price from $210 to $265 for dogs…”(ASPCA Releases Updates to Estimated Costs of Pet Ownership, ASPCA). Dogs within an adoption center are the ones who need people the most. Buying a pet from a pet shop does not help the puppy but only worsens the situation for other dogs who are being held in breeding mills. With that said, adopting a dog from a shelter is better than buying a dog from pet shops because the cost of adopting is less, it stops the process of a breeding mill, and it saves a life from being
Hundreds of thousands of puppies are raised each year in commercial kennels (Puppymills Breed Misery). Puppy mills keep breed stock in horrible conditions for their short lives and produce unhealthy puppies with many issues. Not only are they committing “inhumane care,” but puppy mills are responsible for customer fraud. Many puppy mills are small and contain about twenty breeding dogs in basements, garages, or sheds “in cages stacked to the roof.” The dogs will stay in those cages without “exercise or sunlight.” Also, the dogs have two “litters” a year till about the age five. Other puppy mills contain hundreds of breeding dogs. The operators keep the puppies in “relative darkness” so the puppies seldom cry or draw attention. The dogs in puppy mills rarely receive medical attention. The females are dissipated because of the never-ending period of “producing and nursing litters.” Most dogs have “chronic ailments, rotten teeth, and ear, eye, and skin infections.” Many of the puppies purchased from puppy mills are un-healthy and not well-adjusted. The puppies have a high prevalence of hereditary syndromes and illnesses, and difficulties that occurs following the “purchase.” After the females cannot produce anymore liters...
Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to help abolish puppy mills by adopting and volunteering. Those no matter how big or small their efforts are, that can make a difference and help cease puppy mills and their perpetuation in our society.
With the holidays approaching, many young couples look into getting their better half a puppy for Christmas. But what they do not know is that puppy could have been bred in one of the most inhumane ways. Puppy mills are all over the United States, and the government has turned their cheeks to the horrors behind those barn doors.
Did you know that puppies in newspaper ads, flea markets, on the internet and in pet stores are often victims of puppy mills? Puppy mills are inhuman ways for breeding dogs, the owners of these "factories" care very little about the dog’s health and care more about the money they will make by selling them. Dogs are produced in large numbers and most dogs live in tight, crammed cages. The female breeding dogs are forced to have litters as many times possible, regardless of the health hazards to themselves. When these dogs are useless and cannot breed anymore they are shot and killed. “It is not abnormal to find dead dogs on a regular basis at a puppy mill.” This statement truly shows what it’s like to be walking around a puppy mill farm. Owners treat these dogs horribly; they don’t care enough to realize when these dogs are passing away, from the horrible conditions, or have the courtesy to find a proper place to keep these unlucky animals.
...forts to change the laws. People should show strong public disapproval of puppy mills and their owners. People should demand pet stores not get their puppies from puppy mills. People should fulfill their wants and desires in finding the perfect puppy, but not at the cost of looking the other way to what the puppy mills are currently doing. Just like blood diamonds and anything carved out of ivory tusks, we must stop buying anything that blood has been shed for cruelly and unjustly. A line should be drawn when we are cruel to animals for our own benefit and/or selfish reasons, or because we believe we are superior. Without a doubt, mistreating and murdering dogs/puppies so we can make more money, or we can feel superior, crosses that line. There’s better ways to earn a living. Puppy mills should be against the law because they’re definitely against the law of nature.
Propositional Statement: Puppy mills are inhumane because they produce puppies that have health defects that could possibly lead to their pain and suffering as well as death. It is very important that the public be educated on the harm that puppy mills have on animals. There should also be more rules...
Animals are overpopulated, and it is costing countries money to euthanize, or use chemicals kill animals with a shot, animals. Money is also being taken for shelters to operate. Some countries didn’t pay for the euthanization of their pet problem though, they found another way to try to fix the issue. “.... the dogcatchers of New York caught 5,825 dogs, which were then placed into crates and lowered into the East River to drown.”(Jennifer Sexton and Tom Warhol, Domestic Animal Overpopulation). According to Jennifer Sexton and Tom Warhol in Domestic Animal Overpopulation, “Catching, feeding and caring for unwanted animals costs taxpayers and private agencies millions of dollars each year, as do adoption and education programs.” Citizens, animals, and shelters are affected by this issue of animal overpopulation. Citizens are affected because their taxes are being put to shelters, the shelters are then cost for chemicals to put the pets to sleep. The animals are th...
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A pack of dogs is playing in a ditch which is in the middle of a busy road. Some people in the cars look to see if the dogs' owner is nearby and wonder why anyone would allow their dogs to play so close to danger. Some drivers seem oblivious to the motley assortment romping in the water next to the road. They all keep driving without another thought for the safety or lives of those poor creatures. Unfortunately, this is a common scene in many areas. Unwanted dogs and cats are dumped to fend for themselves because there just are not enough homes for all of them. Where have these unwanted animals come from? The huge population is attributed to out of control breeding due to irresponsible owners, breeding by owners solely for profit without care for the health of their animals and the pet population, and puppy mills or commercial breeding.
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To start with, I believe that selling a dog/cat should become against the law. It is unfair to breed poor animals who probably do not want to be pregnant or become pregnant. Not only is it harming the pet itself, but our community as well. According to PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) says that inbreeding causes painful and life threatening
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