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. Some puppies that are born into these inhuman conditions can have physical, social and emotional health problems throughout their life, even if they are raised in another environment. These puppies can even end up with deformities or genetic disorders. Also having emotional problems can cause these dogs to not fully be able to have a happy life with their new owners. The fears of having been born into a Puppy Mill can leave emotional scars on dogs. A couple of emotional problems have been tested by researchers in 2011. This study was known as the Applied Animal Behaviour Science. This was the first quantitative data made about puppy mill dogs. The research was done on more than 1,100 dogs who had averagely had a new home for about two years. The research showed “The dogs were found to have s... ... middle of paper ... ...n. 2014. By ALIA MALIK -, Republican-American. "Activists Seeking Puppy Mill Ban, Starts Locally." AP Regional State Report - Connecticut (2013): Points of View Reference Center. Web. 14 Jan. 2014. Coburn, Beverly. "Bailey's Recovery." Personal interview. 10 Nov. 2013. HSVMA. "Veterinary Report on Puppy Mills." Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association. N.p., May 2013. Web. 01 Feb. 2014. Hundreds of Dogs Saved from Puppy Mill. Prod. ABC NEWS. Perf. Walter Perez. About 300 Dogs Saved from Puppy Mill. Action News, 23 June 2009. Web. 27 Jan. 2014. Merriam-Webster. "Mat." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2014. Merriam-Webster. "Wean." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 30 Jan. 2014. Perez, Walter. "Hundreds of Dogs Saved from Puppy Mill." About 300 Dogs Saved from Puppy Mill. Action News, 23 June 2009. Web. 30 Jan. 2014.
A puppy mill is a horrible place that breeds dogs. Dogs that are breedable may get little to no recovery time between pregnancies. Dogs and puppies are stuffed into wire cages that can harm them. Puppy mills tend to be overcrowded disease and virus filled places. Puppy mills focus on profit rather than the health of the dogs. Many dogs are bred with little regard of genetic quality. Dogs in puppy mills are deprived of veterinary care, food, water, and socialization. If a dog is older and unable to breed anymore they are likely to be killed. Some dogs may never see the light of day or get any attention.
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...
“A dog is not a thing. A thing is replaceable. A dog is not. A thing is disposable. A dog is not. A thing does not have a heart. A dog’s heart is bigger than any “thing” you can ever own.” -Elizabeth Parker. According to the ASPCA, a puppy mill can be defined as “a large-scale commercial dog breeding facility where profit is given priority over the well-being of the dogs” (Puppy Mills 1). Dogs are more than just items that are sold for profit, they are part of many people’s families. The way dogs are being treated in the mills is not the way one would want someone in your family to be treated. Because puppy mills do not care for the animal’s health, wellbeing, or safety they should be banned federally.
“They’re snobs.” “They’re ditzy.” “They are just brats.” Cheerleaders. There are many problems with stereotyping, and cheerleaders are no strangers to it. Every cheerleader could probably tell you a time when someone stereotyped them, whether that be them as a person or an athlete. While on some occasions cheerleaders really do fit the stereotypical vision of a cheerleader off of a movie, most are not your typical “cheerleader”; intelligent, polite, and athletic are all characteristics of these individuals. Making judgements about a person based on what sport they played is not deserved. Most people in high school would say they knew, or thought they knew how cheerleaders were, but if taking the time to get to know the kind of people they are, then people’s opinion would change.
Movies portray cheerleaders as the popular girls that everyone likes and aspires to be. But when reality hits at Salem High School, it’s a completely different story. Cheerleading was taken as a joke by the other athletes and even students. It was considered a hobby, but to me it was a passion and something I worked hard to be. Being on the cheer squad in high school was difficult to deal with in school because we were constantly being snubbed by the other athletes and students in our school ever since we were kids in junior high which should not happen because everyone has the right to do what they love and they should not be judged for it being different than everyone else. It was always us versus them up until my junior year of high school when we finally earned the respect of our peers.
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...
According to a recent study by the University of Pennsylvania Medicine, it has been proven dogs bred in puppy mills are unable to demonstrate impaired health. Animals from puppy mills show uncontrollable abnormal behavioral characteristics that causes fear easily. (Hawaiian Humane Society) Animals in puppy mills are not bred for the quality of the animal created but for the quantity of it. Many of the animals not only gain defects but can also be handed the defect from generation to generation. (PETA) In many of the puppy mills, animals are placed in small cages with very little room to move around because there is multiple dogs with them. There has been cases where a dog has been injured from a fight bec...
A lot of people walk past pet stores and stare in ‘awe’ at the puppies in the window, or obsess and beg their parents to buy that puppy for sale they found online. They are cute little puppies that everyone wants, but little do most people know, is where these cute little puppies come from. Almost all of the puppies you see in the windows at pet stores or for sale online come from puppy mills. Puppy mills are places a dog should never have to go to or experience. Most people who run puppy mills never get punished like they should. They need to have stricter punishments for the owners and people who do these disgusting and horrible things to puppies. Puppy mills are inhumane and they need to be banned, the owners only care about the profit they
Currently, the estimated amount of puppies sold every year that begin their lives in a puppy mill is 2.11 million (Humane Society), and this number is still rising annually. A puppy mill is a shelter for dogs that breeds and sells many breeds of them. Female dogs can easily have over 50 puppies in their lifetime in a mill. In puppy mills, dogs can spend their entire lives in cramped cages with no interaction whatsoever. Puppy mill owners don’t usually care about the health and conditions of the puppies, and just their profit. Frequently, puppy mills don’t have any climate control, protection, or vet care. These dogs are then sold in some pet shops, on the internet, in ads, flea markets and more. Puppy mills should be banned because
Cheerleading has not always been a feminine sport. In the 1880’s, Princeton University created an all-male pep club to the football game against the University of Minnesota. Since then cheerleading has evolved profoundly. In the late 80’s Cheerleading competitions began with the help of the Universal Cheer Association. Cheerleading Competitions require a vast majority of time dedicated to practices and teammates. The process of creating a routine no longer than two-minutes and thirty-seconds, with at least one cheer, and a segment of music is very time consuming and stressful on the squad. With the help of choreographers and leaders the squad is able to produce a routine that represents their school and exhibits all their hard work in a matter
Cheerleading has the tenth highest concussion rate out of the twenty most common sports. The issue with classifying cheerleading a sport is that not everyone believes it is; Most people believe that all cheerleaders do is cheer on the football team, dance around with pom-poms and get everyone hyped up at sports games, but it's not. Cheerleading goes way beyond what others outside of the activity believe it to be. Cheerleaders not only practice and work as hard as any other sport such as football, but they also have the same injury rate as football. If cheerleading was to be classified as a sport in schools and colleges then that would mean they would have a designated place to practice instead of
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Cheerleading was one of my favorite activities to do. I have been a cheerleader since Kindergarden. I use to push myself again and again to make sure all of my routines and chants looked as good as they could look. Since I was younger I have always been hard on myself and failing/not making the team wasn't an option. From the minute I got home I practiced until my arms hurt from tightening them to get a perfect motion.
“Do animals have emotions?” When animal lovers and pet owners are asked this question, the answer is a quick and definite, “Yes!” For others, the answer isn 't so simple. Many of the researchers that had reservations, spent their time wondering what dogs (and other animals) were capable of feeling, or if they were capable of feeling anything at all. Since these researchers were unable to put feelings under a microscope, their research lead no where, and they remained skeptics. To the contrary,Marc Bekoff, author of several books including The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy and Why They Matter, begins his research three decades ago with the question, “What does it feel like to be a
Many people have something in their life that they consider themselves to be exceptional or reasonably competent at. The skill can vary from something such as memorizing, cooking, singing, or even participating in a sport. For me, the sport that I am reasonably competent at would be cheerleading. One of the greatest debates amongst topics such as those mentioned is whether the skills are acquired by nurture, which is a person’s experience, or nature, which is a person’s genes. For cheerleading, I would say that the skills are acquired by both nature and nurture. One is just as essential as the other when it comes to a sport such as this.