Welfare trap

Sarah Juffer Bakle Honors English 9 9/25/17 Animal Cruelty It has been estimated that there are 900 to 2,000 new cases of animal hoarding every year in the United States alone, leaving at least 250,000 animals falling victim(dosomething.com). This is just one of the many forms of abuse that owners inflict on their pets. The social issue of pet abuse occurs across the U.S. each year. The two main forms of abuse are neglect and intentional cruelty. Neglect is when an owner fails to provide a…

This is a clip from the 2016 animated movie Zootopia. The animal image symbolizes the different gender, the appearance of the person, the producer through the animal world to reflect the real life problems. The way is subtle and humorous. The video clip depicts Judy Hopps, the first rabbit police officer at the police station, the first day he went to work at the police station. In this video segment. Judy was subjected to prejudice and discrimination in her long career. Prejudice and…

In Poe's seventy novels, the works involving animal images account for a large proportion, while some of the works are mainly human beings, but in the process of creation, Poe has made animal descriptions, which also make people have some animal characteristics. We can analyze the works of Poe by the following classification. By analyzing the animal images in Allen Poe's works and exploring the causes of these animal images, we can better grasp the connotation of Allen Poe's works and further…

Have you ever been to a zoo? Zoos are very popular and everyone has been to at least one, at some point in their life. They are known for showing off the wild animals, and educating you on them at the same time. I don’t think zoos do very well with that. To me, a zoo is a large business that captures wild animals and changes their lives forever. They hold them in captivity and don’t treat them like the should, like wild animals. Many zoos are businesses and known for only caring about the money,…

Thousands of cases of animal abuse are filed each year, but less than a quarter of them lead to convictions (Friedman 34). Many of these cases filed are due to the use of animals in entertainment. Today, places like zoos, circuses, bull fights, horse races, and others use animals as amusement. These entertainment industries thrive on well trained and compliant animals, which is difficult to achieve. Trainers then use punishment and cruelty to train and care for those animals. Entertainment…

“A good deed done to an animal is as meritorious as a good deed done to a human being, while an act of cruelty to an animal is a bad as an act of cruelty to a human being” (“Animal Abuse Sayings and Quotes”). The frequent occurrence of animal abuse is shocking. The recurrence of animal abuse is no surprise. Animal cruelty happens in many different ways and is very common nowadays. If a human being endures beatings and neglect intentionally from another human being, the story can bring tears…

Animals getting captured and put up in zoos is a fast growing problem and it's harming innocent animals, this is a very important topic because by capturing animals we put them in danger of extinction and harms aquatic ecosystems, many marine mammals live in large groups and have a high life expectancy, but this greatly decreases when they are kept in captivity, animal captivity is a very common problem, and it is putting many marine species in danger of extinction and needs to be stop, because…

’There is nothing wrong with rearing and killing animals for consumption ’. Eating animals involves many aspects that may not be morally right. Philosophers may take into account violated rights, interests, human interests vs animal interests, rights argument and virtue ethics. Eating animals poses mainly two problems- is it wrong in principle to raise and kill animals so that human beings can eat meat and fish or Does it stop being wrong if the process involved are carried out humanely? These…

Chapter 2 Animal Abandonment Animal abandonment is a big problem. Most abandonment happens after abuse.Why not a lot people know. Imagine driving down the highway and seeing a beaten lonely hungry cold weak dog/cat.Awful right? That's what animal abandonment is. Not all animals are safe from danger in a shelter. Sometimes the shelters are the biggest enemy to lonely beaten abused and hungry cold weak animals. They give them a shelter and food for a couple days until the put…

Protection from Cats: Cats are a threat to birds as they kill them for food. These include loose pets, feral or strays cats. Pet owners and savvy backyard birders only need to take simple steps so as to protect their birds from cats. You don’t have to give up your pets. There are several methods which can be used for controlling the birds’ habitat and the behaviour of the cats. The number of injured and killed birds in your yard will be minimized. How to control Cat Behaviour It is hard for…