Chapter 2 Pet Shelters

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Chapter two: Pet Shelters

Pet shelters exist because of pet abandonment. Pet abandonment exists because of humans. When humans abandon a pet, they break the trust between the pet and the human. Most pets, after being abandoned, get run over. Others, are sent to shelters. If the pet isn’t adopted in the necessary time limit, it will be put down. Because of this, many innocent dogs have died of humans. In other words, the only reason innocent pets are dying is because of corrupt people.

According to the article at www.animal-rights-action.com, the animals at the shelter are only there because of other humans. For example, when you see an aggressive dog, you might think that the dog is aggressive because that is it’s nature - however that is completely untrue. The only reason that the dog is aggressive is because that’s the way humans made it. The pet is always afraid of you, and it’s natural instinct to lash out if that’s the same thing that happened in the past. Because of humans, dogs are hostile and unsafe. Because of this, they most likely won’t be adopted in the shelter. …show more content…

Shelters usually hold dogs that were lost in the community. The adoption shelter relies on the community because people need to adopt the animals held captive. But when the community is letting go of more and more animals than they do adopt them, there is a massive overpopulation spike. In fact, only 15 percent of pets are reunited. That’s left with 95% of pets to be left in shelters with a large chance of them to be put to death. Animals are trapped in their shelters with no escape. Some dogs get adopted but what about the

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