Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (ASPCA)

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For most people, it’s hard to wrap their head around the idea that animals all over the world are being abused, neglected, or even used in animal fighting. It’s a very sad concept to fully understand because most people think, “Why would someone do terrible things to an innocent animal?”. That is a type of question that many organizations are asking themselves today. Every day thousands of animals are brought to shelters because of the hardships that they had to go through during their life outside of the kennel.

Bam was just an ordinary dog that wanted a loving home but got stuck with a criminal. Bam was one of the 367 dogs involved in a criminal case that took over three years to finish just the investigating. After all the evidence was looked through, it was official that all of these dogs were
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(the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) The ASPCA is an organization that will help any animal in need, and give them a loving home, which most are not used to, and immediate care. The ASPCA was founded on the belief that all animals are entitled to kind and respectful treatments when in the hands of humans, and are on a mission to make sure all animals receive such care. When the ASPCA had found out about the dog fighting, they were sure to not back down unless every person that was involved was thrown in prison. After all the investigating was done, the ASPCA finally got a warrant and arrested many people that were involved. When they had gotten a hold of all those dogs, some reacted better than others. Some were still traumatized by the treatment they had received from their previous owners, but came around once they were treated and cared for. Sadly, others were not lucky enough to make a full recovery and never got adopted. Thankfully, Bam connected with one of the medical examiners, Lacey, right away. She soon started the process of adopting him, and now Bam is in a loving

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