Adoption Video

Animal Abuse Video

Websites For More Information

To read more about the topic of this blog, please visit the following websites that I found very informative:

www.humanesociety.org

www.americanhumane.org

www.Pet-Abuse.com

www.hsus.org

www.animalliberationfront.com

Animal Abuse

Animal abuse is a big problem in this country and is another thing, other than euthanasia, that could be reduced by choosing animal adoption instead of animal breeding.
According to www.Pet-Abuse.com, there were about 43,038 cases of animal abuse in the United States in 2008. Of those 43,038, 5,603 died as a result of the abuse. As an animal lover, this is a devestating statistic.
The bottom line is overpopulation. There are millions of animals and not enough available and/or willing households to take them in as pet. Every animal that is a result of breeding just adds to the problem. Why don't we take in the animals that already need a home instead of adding to the problem by breeding more? The problem of overpopulation will not go away overnight, but reducing the number of animals will reduce the devestating effects of animal abuse.

This photo was found at:
http://www.naturescornermagazine.com/NaturesBlog/archives/2007/12/damaged_dogs_pl.html

Pet Adoption vs. Breeding

I started this blog to show support for pet adoption versus animal breeding. Pet adoption is growing increasingly popular and is a wonderful way to take a pet into your home while contributing to stop pet overpopulation.


While it is understandable that many people prefer specific breeds of animals and want a pure-bred (this occurs more with dogs than cats), millions of helpless animals are euthanized every year due to overpopulation.


While it is difficult to pinpoint exactly how many animals are euthanized each year (animal shelters are not required to keep records of this), it is estimated that, in 1997, approximately 64% of animals that entered shelters were euthanized.


If you think about this logically, people who own pets should be animal lovers who have respect for life. If you ask me, it is more important to have a mixed-breed animal than to see an animals life cut short because there is just no room for them.


To read more about the information above, please visit the following websites:





http://www.americanhumane.org/





http://www.hsus.org/





http://www.petpopulation.org/