Breeding Animals Is Killing Animals Every year, 6-8 million unwanted cats and dogs end up in animal shelters-apporoxamitly half of them must be euthanized because of one simple fact: there are too many animals and not enough good homes. Every time someone buys a cat or dog from a breeder or pet store instead of adopting a homeless animal from an animal shelter, a shelter animal loses a chance at finding a home-a chance at life. And since it is virtually unheard of for breeders and pet stores to require that the animals they sell be sterilized, many will have litters of their own, creating more unwanted animals.
Goal: A No-Birth Nation The solution is simple: spaying and neutering. Spaying one female dog can prevent 67,000 births in six years, and spaying one female cat can prevent 420,000 births in seven year-animals who will never suffer, never end up abandoned on the streets, or dumped at an animal shelter. Animals who are spayed and neutered also live happier, longer lives and are less likely to roam, fight, or bite. Puppies and kittens can be safely sterilized at 8 weeks of age.
I recently went to peta2.com/breakshearts.com to sign a petition against animal testing. I had no idea animals were still being tested on for hand soap, deoderant, laundry detergant, and lipstick. Accourding to this article, animals are routinely cut open, poisened, and forced to live out their lives in barren cages. Also, they have chemicals pumped into their stomachs, rubbed on their skin, dripped in their eyes, or forced into their lungs. This animal cruelty is so unneccesary and others should sign the petition on the website I listed above. Another way to help and always buy animal friendly products, meaning nothing was tested on animals. These types of products usually have a bunny logo somewhere on the product.
Ingrid Newkirk is the founder of PETA which she started and it is now a largest non-profit animal rights organization in the entire world. She also wrote a book called "One Can Make a Difference" which was so inspiring and moving. PETA has had so many victories and saved the lives of thousands of animals. I am sincerely grateful and thank Ingrid Newkirk everyday for all her animal rights work and for creating an organization that gives me a way of being active and having a voice in the cause.
A top judicial panel in
Brazil has ruled that
same-sex marriages must
be allowed nationwide. An
analysis and resolution
issued Tuesday by
Brazil’s 15-member
National Council of
Justice, the council that
oversees the
country’s
judiciary, s...
Marriage equality has
enjoyed a number of
breakthrough victories
this past year, but
looming is a brick wall
that, if not tackled
carefully, could stop
progress dead. So, we
need to talk about it.
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Regular users of
marijuana may be less
likely to develop
diabetes due
to marijuana&
rsquo;s abili
ty to regulate insulin
levels, a new study has
found. A multi-center
research team, headed by
a team at the
Cardiovascular Epidemi...
Lithuanian religious
leaders have formally
opposed a Council of
Europe Convention on
domestic violence action
because the convention
includes lesbian,
bisexual and trans women.
In a formal statement
released on May 9, the
Lithuanian Bishop’s
Co...
Do openly gay actors make
TV viewers switch off?
Are they less believable
in straight roles?
According to a new study,
the answer is no. Led by
Paul Merrit, researchers
from Clemson University
try to answer the idea
raised by several
commentators in ...
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TONIGHT's Town Board
Meeting to speak
out against the
plan during the
public comment
period:
Tuesday 5/14/13 at 7:30
PMNorth Hempstead Town
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It is hoped that a
dramatic and historic
price cut on leading HPV
vaccines will help
immunize millions more
young women in developing
countries and combat
cervical cancer rates,
but is this change one
that should be praised or
rallied against as not
...
A new study suggests that
consuming edible
nicotine, found in
vegetables like peppers
and fruits like tomatoes,
could prevent
Parkinson’s
disease. The
findings, pub
lished May 9 in the
Annals of Neurology, were
made by a team of rese...
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The Red Lion Area School
District of Pennsylvania
is under fire for
allegedly misgendering a
trans student by
purposefully listing him
as a prom queen nominee
and making clear that
only his female
birth-assigned name will
be used at graduation.
The t...