Stray Animals Essay

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Stray animals are dangerous reason being is children or elderly people can be bit while walking or playing around at parks. I live in Mercedes and at one point when I was walking from stars to the high school, and stray dog for no reason started growing at me and my instinct was to run until I got the a building. This can happen to anyone, they can be attacked trying to touch a stray or just simply walking by, or even worse a child can catch a disease. Also owners with their pets are also getting attacked by stray animals because they strays tend to be over protective of their territory, or they just want to fight with the pet of the owner.
People are becoming more alert when they see stray dog, that now when elderly walking they usually have a stick in one hand; why they may ask this they are carrying it to protect themselves by vicious dogs. This also makes it harder for parents to leave there kids outside, because the can approach a dog and want to touch it, a child does not know any better and a dogs is reaction to bite because it has not been pet …show more content…

But that would not be a smart idea to do, reason being is because we not know if they have any diseases, also they do not have any vaccines. An animal with a skin problem can turn be bad for the person who touches the animal, because if they has the smallest cut they can get infected with what the animal was carrying. Cat contain ringworms, with one single scratch can result a ringworm, they itch and sometimes hurt as well. The reason we get this is because the cat is not properly taken care of and it has no shots or any medical background. When touching a stray animal really do not know what you are coming up to, you do not know if they have anything that will affect you. From the actions taken can lead to a doctor’s office to see what was brought upon when picked up from the animal and how they can cure

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