Unless you are a breeder, all pet owners should be required to spray or neuter their pets. When I say the word pet, I am focusing on cats and dogs because they are the most popular pets in the United States. If we were to increase the number of people who are required to alter their pets, then we would have less roaming the streets, and they would be easier to care for. We would not have to deal with the many problems we do today. Sterilizing your pets is becoming easier and more cost efficient every day. Costs are one of the main concerns pet owners face when deciding to care for an animal. Therefore, why would they not want to cut their costs in half and simply sterilize them? Altering our pets gives us the benefit of knowing we will not …show more content…
If dogs and cats are the most popular pets in households, why do we see millions of healthy ones roaming the streets or being killed every day in shelters due to irresponsible homes? The problem is the breeding rates of pets alike, exceeds the number of homes available to animals. Negligent pet owners who refuse to have their animals neutered/sprayed, are the ones continuing to bring animals into an already overpopulated world. This causes animals in shelters to have less of a chance to be adopted, because there is not enough room to house them all. More and more animals will die in the streets due to harsh weather conditions, poor nutrients, fatal accidents with traffic, sold or placed in laboratories for research, or even killed for fun. Overpopulation in pets is an enormous problem today. According to SNAP, “Each day 70,000 puppies and kittens are born in the United States. There are 6-8 million cats and dogs euthanized by shelters each year.” They also have the statistics for unsprayed cats and the liters they can produce is 11,606,077 in nine years, and 67,000 offspring for unsprayed female dogs is six years. SNAP also said, "Two of the top ten reasons for relinquishing a pet to a shelter or rescue organization are too many pets in the home and/or able to find homes for littermates.” With these calculations we will not be able to keep up with the breeding of these animals. With
Pet overpopulation is a major global issue. It involves issues of human health and sanitation and poses questions of ethics and humane treatment of animals. Current methods of surgical sterilization have obvious limitations; they are costly, time consuming and inadequate at addressing such a large scale issue. However, recent research is exploring several viable alternatives to invasive surgical procedures. While still in the development stages, two of these, Neutersol and ChemSpay are the most promising.
One of the many problems that we seem to be having is the amount of No Kill Shelters in America. No kill Shelters are shelters in which the animals there are not treated like the “pound” or “dog house.” These shelters do not kill healthy or treatable animals and even if they are not treatable they reserve euthanasia for them as the last resort to trying to save the animals. However, many understand that these some of these dogs can be a menace to society, but every single animal should be able to live. We do not have many of these in this country or if we do we are use the animals for the testing of some of our products. One of the many benefits of No Kill Shelters is the promotion of adopting dogs. Many people do not adopt dogs but they go to breeders which is not a bad idea, but we have many dogs that get killed in pounds every day. Why do we Americans have the say so in when an animals wants to die? With everything there are pros and cons and some of these cons can be the overpopulation of animals , but we do not kill humans if one race/gender is becoming overpopulated. The
Thousands of animals are put to sleep each year due to not having any available homes for them to be adopted. According to Jennifer Sexton and Tom Warhol in Domestic Animal Overpopulation, “The average female cat can produce two litters of six kittens per year, a female dog can produce one litter of six or more puppies per year, making pet overpopulation a significant problem.” Animal overpopulation is costing money and you can help the pets with spay and neutering programs. A new solution is mandatory contracts for breeders and spay and neuter programs. This paper will talk about spay and neuter programs, contracts for breeders, and why some people don’t think animal overpopulation is a problem. Thankfully there are solutions to this issue of animal overpopulation.
The reason why registered breeders have a contract which people are required to sign in order to take the dog is that ensures that the proper care will be undertaken, this includes vaccinations, desexing and if the people are unable to look after the puppy or dog that it is given back to the breeder. This will mean that it will give the dog some protection so, it does not end up in the pound or in the wrong hands. Due to backyard breeders not following these necessary steps in order to essentially protect the dog's life many fall into the wrong hands and as a result the puppy often ends up having its own litter which is just fuelling the problem. This is just contributing to the problem of dogs being picked up by the pound either because they are found wandering the streets alone or because the pound has been called by a concerned neighbour about the condition of the dog. WHY CAN'T THESE IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE OPEN THEIR EYES AND REALISE THE PROBLEMS OF BACKYARD
The lack of awareness programs attributes to animal hoarding greatly. The Robinson Rescue is an organization that “educate[s] pet owners about the importance of spay/neuter as a means of ending pet overpopulation.” ( ). This organization shows children how they should think of animals so that they do not abuse their animals like a case in which the defendants argued “that pets are classified as personal property…” and that they have feelings too (Donaghey 2011) (Gunnarson). Few people realize that 354 animals are eutha...
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.
Countless lives locked away in cages and forgotten about have overwhelmed our society, it has left blood stains on our history as a species and if history has taught us anything, it’s that we have a choice to change our ways of adjusting to situations. A war which was fought in pursuit of ending such criminal means, yet we as human beings do little to nothing to end the horrific crimes of animal deaths in shelters. It is no secret that this world has become infused with problems that have extended from one side of the globe to the other. Amongst these problems lies a terrible truth: nearly every year, sums of almost eight million cats and dogs have been placed in shelters around the world. Out of these vast numbers, half will be euthanized; that equals to one animal being put down every 8 seconds. Animals that are not adopted are kept in shelters until they find a home. Most of these shelters do not have enough space or resources to care for the animal. Only 15% of dogs and 2% of cats that enter animal shelters are reunited with their owners. The majority of pets are obtained from acquaintances and family members. Twenty-six percent of dogs are purchased from breeders, 20 to 30 percent of cats and dogs are adopted from shelters and rescues, and 2 to 10 percent are purchased from pet shops. In addition, only 56% of dogs and 71% of cats that enter animal shelters are euthanized. The 10% of the animals received by shelters have been spayed or neutered, while 78 percent of dogs and 88 percent of cats are not spayed or neutered, in 2009 Statistics from animal shelters in 55 counties in WV (West Virginia) shows that nearly 54% of all animals entering shelters are euthanized, The euthanasia rates ranged from the lowest at 5% to the highe...
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Killing and disposing of animals because there is no room available for them is unnecessary and inhumane. What comes to mind when most hear the term shelter? Usually most people who think of the term shelter think of protection and refuge but that’s simply not the case for the many animals in the world that are brought into a kill shelter each year. The ASPCA has stated that three to four million animals are euthanized in shelters in the United States: an absolutely shocking 60% of all animals that belong to shelters(McLellan). Why are all of these innocent and defenseless animals being euthanized? The primary reason for all this senseless killing is overpopulation. When most shelters cannot discover homes for animals they can no longer keep, the inevitable option is to euthanize them. These shelters do this regardless if the animals are young and healthy. In most cases the animals may also be completely worthy of becoming adopted and the shelters still euthanize these helpless animals (McLellan). Some believe it will be impossible to ever bring a conclusion to this killing of homeless animals and if No Kill animal shelters are the solution. Some...
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Humans have greatly impacted the global environment. Throughout the course of history, human populations have rapidly increased. Especially in Africa, these numbers have reached extraordinary proportions. Out of all the continents in the world, Africa’s population is increasing the most. The type of growth here is exponential. “Overpopulation is a condition when an organisms numbers exceeds the carrying of its ecological niche.” The growth rate of a population is equal to the birth rate minus the death rate. Therefore, for overpopulation to occur, the birth rate must surpass the death rate (Wiley). The current population of Nigeria is estimated to be 155,215,573. Most of the population consists of the younger generation. More specifically, 41% of the population is between the ages of 0-14. 56% of the population is between the ages of 15-64. However, only 3.1% of the population is 65 and over. This age group represents a very small part of the population. (CIA)
Pets are a common sight in many households today. In fact, according to the APPMA National Pet Owners Survey, 63 percent of U.S. households own a pet. At the top of this percentage are dogs and cats. One of the most important decisions an owner of a dog or cat has to make is whether or not to get them spayed or neutered. There are various reasons why people choose to not have this done, but all those reasons can be proven invalid. Many factors come in to play as why this is such an important thing to do. The effects of dogs and cats not being spayed or neutered has become such a major issue that it should be a law that all pet owners have to get their pet spayed or neutered.
One Green Planet says that there are still more than 70 million needy animals, only around 6-8 million enter shelters, and only about 20% adopt their pets from a shelter. Such a small percentage but there are still many animals getting put down. One of the main reasons I am against animal breeding is because most of the animals who get bought end up getting abandoned, which is why the number of strays increase. Like I said, why should anyone bring more animals (cats and dogs) into this world when there are more than enough in a local shelter waiting for their forever homes?
Overpopulation is a growing problem all over the world. This is a very important environmental issue and needs to be dealt with. This environmental problem is affecting many countries in the world, but mostly the poor and impoverished countries that don’t have the resources to help deal with these issues. It also affects the environment like plants animal life and air quality. When the population of people expands we need more natural resources from the environment, so we consume more then we can produce. This leads to the lack of resources in many areas. When expanding we create a lot of pollution in the air, water, and land. The pollution affects many humans health. Overpopulation is doing more harm than any other environmental issue. Overpopulation also causes many of the other issues we are dealing with. This is very dangerous to not only us humans but the planet. Even though many wealthy countries are not affected by this overpopulation, I feel like they should help the cause. There is always two sides to an issue like this. Some people don’t think that overpopulation is a big problem and the ones who say it is an issue that needs to be dealt with.
Over the last few decades, technology has greatly increased its abilities. It started from the simple radio to now having cell phones which can surf the web. Technology has greatly influenced our society in many ways. Nowadays it has made family relationships have a different connection and has simplified people’s lives. A couple decades ago, a person would never had imagined to Skype a family member across the world. It would be like trying to imagine teleportation. It was unthinkable, but with moderation, technology has evolved for the better. With the new technology in our world, people are able to talk to their distant family members. People are also able to save time and watch a movie with their extra time. There are pros and cons to having technology nowadays. Yes, people are able to communicate faster and save money, but technology is also disconnecting them from the people around them. Technology has changed humanity for the better, but humans must know to use technology in moderation.